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Thursday. November 22. 1973
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The roar of the great
Sunday afternoon has faded
but does not die. The image
of a great fixithall star is
indelible in fond memories
and record books, and the
sport is a lot better for
having Rosey Grier.
Now there are new ova
tions Io ring the ears. Rosey
Grier has become a superb
entertainer and actor, and
the evidence of his success is
his achievements in a very
short span of time.
He
hosted his own immensly
popular syndicated television
show: he has appeared as a
singer at the most elegant
clubs and in college concerts
throughout the country, and
he records for A&M Records.
As an actor he was fea
tured as a regular on the
"Daniel Boone" series, co-
starred with Danny Thomas
in “Make Room for Grand
daddy" and made frequent
guest appearances on such
shows as "The Man From
I'n.-lc," "Wild, Wild West".
“I Dream of Jeannie" and
more. Recently he starred in
a comedy pilot for CBS-TV
entitled "Big Daddy”.
His film credits include
"In Cold Blood". "Mr. Carter's
Army", as well as starring
roles in two current motion
pictures. “Skyjacked" with
Charleton Heston for MGM.
and “The Thing with Two
Heads" with Rav Milland for
AID
Rosy, one of 11 children,
was named after the latt
President Franklin Roosevelt,
and since then, Rosey has
been in the company of some
other very distinguished
men.
His childhood was spent in
Cuthbert, Georgia, where he
sang spirituals when he was
five and saw the sun rise and
set while working in the
peanut fields by the age of
nine. In his free time he sat
at a piano picking out popu
tar songs and spirituals.
His activity in sports be
gan at Roselle High School in
the New Jersey city of
Roselle, where his family
moved during his early teens.
Rosey was the star of the
varsity team. He moved on
to Penn State and won
honors as an All American
lineman, as well as holding
the country’s record in track
and field as a shotputter.
In 1955 he joined the ranks
of professional football, en
joying twelve years of glor
ious action with the New
York Giants and the Los An
geles Rams. Rosey and pro
football parted company in
1967 alter he suffered a torn
Achilles tendon early in the
season. It was then that he
moved completely into the
arena of entertainment.
Rosey wrote, published and
recorded more than twenty-
songs and soon his vocal and
composing talents earned him
guest appearances on “The
K raft Music Hall", "The
Steve Allen Show", "Holly
wood Palace", “The Smothers
Brothers Hour", "The Pat
Boone Show", "The Boh Hope
Show". "The Joey Bishop
Show", as well as spanning
the day once on NBC by-
appearing on "The Today
Show" in the morning and
Johnny C arson's "Tonight
Show" that night. That was
some beginning. His singing
career and his dramatic act
ing career have kept him
busy every since.
Another thing that keeps
Rosey busy is his continuous
involvem ent as a human
being.
Tell Rosey of the
young and he is always
available for a benefit that
will help.
His name and
participation are prominent
on the Board of Direction
Sports and the Joseph Ken
nedy Foundation for Re
tarded Children. There is
the world and people of all
ages, all races, all of whom
have somehow felt the loving
helping hand of this gentle
giant. Rosey lives his life
trying to make the dreams of
other great men come true.
Part I.
"Pleasure", as defined in
your dictionary, denotes an
agreeable sensation or emo
lion; gratification of the
senses or mind; amusement,
diversion or self indulgence;
choice; a source of gratifica
tion. In Portland "Pleasure"
also means an eight piece
hand that plays today's pro
gressive soul, pop, R&B. and
the now sound.
Both the
dictionary meaning and the
hand combine to form "Plea
sure".
“Pleasure", formerly known
as the "Soulmasters", is a
group that originated hark in
1966 out of Jefferson High.
It was intially a trio, then a
quartet, and sometimes just
a combination of local musi
cians getting down on the
music side.
The original group (as a
triol was made up of Bruce
Smith, Donald Hepburn, and
Ken Graham. Bruce Smith is
still the percussionist of
“Pleasure" today, and the
only original active member
with the band. Donald Hep
burn had a great amount of
impart on both the "Soul
masters" and "Pleasure" in
their musical direction and
the group's growth to this
point. These two individuals
have been with the band
through all the changes and
significantly helped its de
velopment to this point.
Looking at a chronological
picture of "Pleasure", you
can notice the many changes
and im pacts th a t have
evolved during its four year
development. As the "Soul
masters”, its framework for
music was hasically jazz
oriented and this kept them
doing spotty engagements
such as fashion shows and
small dances.
There was
very little organization and
the band would play only
upon demand for a certain
engagement. Musicians were
asked to play with the band
on certain engagements and
then they could go on their
way. This accounted for the
change in size of the hand tas
mentioned earlier).
The core group of the'
"Soulmasters" still existed,
hut several other musicians
played through the group in
this time period.
Ronny
Steen, a jazz drummer who
has toured with Johnnie
Hammond; Gary Hobbs with
the Stan Kenton Band; and
Emanuel Boyd, who also
played with Jonnie Ham
mond; all have joined with
"Pleasure".
1969 70 were very shaky
years for the group and not
very much structure or pro
duction of music was oc
curring. In late 69 and early
70 a new influence on the
“Soulmasters" was to take
place in two forms. Michael
D. Hepburn and Nathaniel
Phillips were added to the
group on a part time basis.
This allowed them time to
play other places and still
have an effect on the band.
Michael D. Hepburn added
his expertise at keyboard
and piano, which released his
brother Donald Hepburn to
deal with musicial coord ma
tion and direction. Nathaniel
Phillips brought a totally
new perspective to the "Soul
masters" scene as a bassist
with a R&B background (Otis
Redding, James Brown, The
Horse, etc.).
These two
individuals are actively with
“Pleasure" today in the same
capacity as keyboard and
bass players.
It was not until the fusion
of a group entitled "Pepper"
that you clearly began to see
the musical m em bers o
"Pleasure” begin to form,
"Pepper" was a R&B group
of three individuals: Bruce
Carter drums, Marlon Mr
Clain guitar, and Nathaniel
Phillips bass. This group
had a hard core R&B, Black
rock background and they
were dealing with the Tower
of Power. Cold Blood, Sly
and Santana type sound.
"Pepper" connection with the
"Soulmasters" brought with
it two more members of to
day's "Pleasure" as we know
it, but also it brought a dif
ferent approach and sound of
music.
You can see that the
images of “Pleasure" today
have developed over a long
period of time. It has been
several changes to get to
where it is at now. Next
week we will continue on
with the story of "Pleasure"
and how it has gotten to
today and what it is to
morrow.
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