DO NALD RYKD A '
: BLACKI
had aspim m a r the Mäsaiaafeei D uka
tratad when he - s a fea r, he
fe» Donald Byrd aad i m Blae
first gofa album X R y L ife’
lfe lS years < ® , - h a a » M
m hkc Rock aad RolL Pop. B
fas m et her pasead away by waritfeg
. A t fao r tosa ha «smramaltod w ffe fa a
i, Fd like to cuagratulato the Black
i turnad gofa a smash ago
strietly gatagoriaad to oses e v o
laax or Country aad W estern then
le f t h e lR a a a s m d R t i R
Jaxx. aad trurspst players ia
yaa had to ateatioa the hooey weights tike Doaald Berd, Milos D aria,
dibard. Dus? Gdfeapea aad a few at hors. A ll of these |
I «ritti Jan
i world far th eir ceutributsaes to aeusae. Along with this
according to one of the famous feur. DoaaM Byrd hat emerged to
" mix J a » aad R t i B tike m other j a a m u s a a n to date. When Byrd
Vniveraity a the aotsoa's capital w 1966. (by the w ay. Donald Byrd bold» a Ph.D .)
many jam buffs wore shocked induding a t . But when I asked Byrd about it at the
after p m ty hold a fas honor. be commented. “I just felt that I wanted to share ssy
while teeefaagbeeame lo o re a to x trie " ;« c o n fin in g . Besides I like to party, be myself,
Riley
his own i
allowed to play at horns, ha quickly haram i as a
at the I
earn what aeaassd a t tbs tim e to ba vaat nmnar
the atreetearuars of neighboring towns.
b ^ kch-fahad nertkjto JK am nh ia to five w ith fas
it h a l
tke only muste ba
e
Bukka W hite.
ladiaaola ha was able to obtain a job parfarm iag five nights a weak a t the 16th Street
G rill. The management of W IM A . the local Black radio statma. war ea iaqpreaaad w ith
did well enough to be promoted in abort order to tbe position of
Boy." If t e r tbs e iu ix re w d e d street « T r i d X he n X did moat of h u live
be far real and tra rfaa g don't allow you the freedoms to da sa." Whoa Donald Byrd
■sa t fljia g bis own twin engine plane from bis homes in Hollywood and D.C. he's domg
what he does best aad that is generally w hatever ho decades to do. Byrd's new album
“Caricatures* is sa the shelves now. Y e u l enjoy every a s os i t
N C C t - T H E V R E S O M E T H IN G E L S E
e about N C C V prior to the co m e n was ña name N C CU.
I it stood far “N orth Carolina Central V niveraity." A ll nine members
d N C C V and majored m masse and graduated. It's no wander aad
( why they collectively went off into show business. They offer sa
sm start to B ank T heir showmanship is definitely first rate.
Actually, the only thing that surprised aw about the group was the fact that 1 bad
never heard s f thorn befare’ But you know uw. T w peeked winners m the past befare
sad N C C V is no exception-they re « » » « I» » » »*«»"
table in Portland in al
tw o
He made fas first record, fa r the R P M label in 1969. The I
O Cfeck Blues' attained tbe au m b arm m peaftioa oa the national R A B charts, and ha
left W D IA to accept bookings aU over th e country.
L ittle could he have imagined th at he'd play some WO cfathBi
nearly eighteen years before achieving tb e stature to 1
entitled fam: not until the lato W a . when such rock guitar heroes as Eric I
M ike Bloomfield acknowledged fas enormous inflaence would a tru ly ma
W hen the pep audience feacovared fam. though, it was w ith a
1966 he was invited to perform at virtu ally saury m ajor college ia the cc
as at a number of important pap festivals all over N o rth America. The I
he travelled to Europe, where he performed ia France.
Denm ark, aad Sweden after an aartsticuA applauded tour-opening concert at
Landon's Royal A lb ert Hail.
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THE BLACK BYRDS-THEY DID IT!
SERV IN G A L L O F P O R T L A N D
7 D A Y S A W E E K . 24 HOC RS A D A Y
to find th at out bow . They
ra re brought over here as slaves, that w e w ere the only
r , hut th ey are faarniag today th t many people of different
people to catch hell <
hell ton. One thing I th in k th a t made it stand fa r young
H a rk s is th at whenever they walked into a place, they w ars identified only by color.
I have never been ia a country th a t at one tim e o r another I wasn't reminded th a t I
was a Black man. M aybe not discriminatory
the tim e. I usually try to defend the fat
about young Blacks When I was starting out about IS. there w ere always kids m y age
and older. Those older people are still w ith me and w e are gaining a few. T h e young
Hacks are h «ginning to appro rin tr th eir heritage. They are now rsaliriag th a t the
music that ia theirs today, didn't a ta ri w ith them.
Janes: D a yen think Blues ia g ritm g its proper recognition mteruatiansBy aa it
Donald Byrd introduced the Black Byrds to the world a couple of years
then. The H ack Byrds have bees racognmad as one of the top musical gro
aatton h 's rare that y o u ! find a new group who's firm album turns gold
1 A ~ has. T heir new one “Vnfinisbed Business" is destined to do the same
unique quahty about the Black Byrds is th e fact that th ey're ail
consists of Orv ille Saunders on g uitar. Kevin Toney on keyboards. Wesley
I Bute. Joe Hall on bass and Keith KiUgo sa drums. Thai five
i the sound and the group known as The Black Byrds,
ekeod at the Paramount was everything I thought it would be:
sd thoroughly enjoyable. They performed all of the aelectioa
Unfinished Business- like T im e Is Moving." " la Life."
smaena' aad others. By the way. they w rote ail of the tum
The Black Byrds this
it to yomaetf.
you catch
they
P L E A S V K E -W H A T A P L E A S U R E
* to play at a social function oar sodai d a b was having at
mr the Hfltoo Hotel down aad they did. Even though I
, I know they woe
ere a little
me of the moat demanding musical groups in the business. There are no
i to deal w ith anymore, only a smooth, polished, professional group of
t that can an audience's mood at «rilL Sherman Davis heads up the group
I background vocals along «nth Marion T h e M a g id a a * McCatiu on guitar,
I Michael Hepburn are on keyboards aad background vocals. Daa 1
Dennis Springer tennor and soprano saxaphone. Nathaniel Phi
bass. Bruce C arter, drums. Bruce Smith, tambourine, bell tree, cowbefl. congas, qi
Flexitone and background vocafa. Thev did a number of selections from their
album T l i m u r i . " like “Joyous." “Only You." "Sassafras G nL " T u n e Is " and m
AU the selections w ere w ritten by members of the band. T heir
"Live" from start to finish. I think it goes w ithout saying th at F
exerting aad suc c ess f u l hand to come out of the N orthw est. T h e ir |
with Donald Byrd. The Black Byrds. N C C V all recording far Fantasy was one of the
most enjoyable concerts Fve ever seen"
ill
King: N o-1 think it s starting. R
they P ^ y othe r t ypea of music. TT^
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It h e i
JHfy fc S a n rfta of Oregot
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ROZfLL’S
playing it tike
m as that d e a l
Something New
They play it because, speaking cufturally. they wm
w hat a going cm. But the A M stations aad the F M stations th at dap and heavily on
commercials, they jnat daa 1 play an th a t much. The company I w ork for (A B O is a fag
and powerful company (I'v e been w ith them far 16 years) and they have people oa the
road ail the tim e tryin g to gut Bfaes records played aU the time. They wifl be able to
get erhars pfaged. B u t they are nat abfe t a get th e Bhma played aa easily. I am aaare
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mmne. meaning I play'ithe WneaTl pfay R B . King, but I was able to ^ o rd c r an hard
rack. jaxx. aad anal and Gospel The avenue is very «ride, fast Fm still B B King. 1 think
that by domg this over the rears is ana thine that ban kept ma abve aa aa entertainer.
People m y that a let of guys le a n from you. T ru e. But Fve learned from thorn. Tve
learned the music that's being played is played by th em . All the guys th at th at la a raad
from ase are the moat popular oa the radio oa in order fa r my music to gat played I
have to do the same thing but Fm still doing me over again.
W ben 1 do that Fm able to talk about it. Now 1 can aay that a lot of my buddies aren't
getting played. I think 1 wouldn t ba here if I had not started to diversify my muasc.
Ja n a « Do you think this is a sacrifice?'
King: Yea. but it's a sacrifice I can live w ith. 1 think in life everybody gives a tittle.
T H L S C L PO N W O R T H 50c ON A N Y
B R E A K F A S T O R D E R O F «1 JO O R M O R E
N E . U N IO N A T A IN S W O R T H
The
bread
Things have gat to open up far Bhea. I t can't be done just by the madia itself. T h a n
has to be community involvement. They have ta lot th e D J . know they w ant to hear
the P u ce.
There have been a cfatteriing. Wack peas and cornbread stigma attached ta the
Blues, but this isn't true. There are many Blues singer» aad listeners th a t don't ant
The doors started ta open more «rhea young whites started ta play aad talk about
the Blues. Aad Fm one they happened ta baton ta . pattern afte r aad talk about.
Janes: Does it strike you aa runic th a t Rock aad Roil ia founded oa Blues, but is so
much more popular?
King: I t ia easily understood. It's because the young whites started ta do it. The
young whites are the D J . ’a aad th eir parents own the radio stations and the
Ja n e « la it difficult bring ap to the reputation as K ing of the Bhms?
King; W hea they m y yea are a king, it ’a libs saying you a r t bettor than aoaaaaae
rise. I think of ia aa kno«riag asy job. aad «rhea I perform . I da m y beat.
People ask «ray are you a t ii playing the same aid atuO. but a shady over says
aaythuig about Beethoven or Bach «rfaeh is mack alder than th e atuff we do. They
don't m y anything about old guapal. They don't any aaythings about aa old Rolls Royce
which is bettor than tbe new ones.
Today a lot of performers are loaing their idantitg aad are Bounding tike »rhoever
circumstances call far. aad this really bothers me.
James; W hat do you think of the young eatartm aars coming ap?
King; I think we have some great talent Aad it «riti gat bettor beeauae they are
more aware. I can be in my hotel room watching people 1
Goeb. I would have given my life far th at type of exposure. W hen I was a boy I
heard of T V . Moat people didn't have radios. If yon had a radio, you
I think Hues ia dying though. Bees u s e we doa't have enough people wanting to keep
it tike it really is. I think that aa long aa there are people there «rill be asaaabady
singing tbe H ues, but not as are are singing it now. Unless there ia a drastic change
soon. Because what's happening b that some of tb e young whites th at helped open tbe
door, are now going into other muaieal fields
We believe strongly that the blues ia like the m other tree to the mueic you bear
today. Many branches have eprouted out from the H u es and we feel th at it deserves
preserving and should be preserved.
Jamee; Do you have to have lived the Hues to play tbe Hu*s?
K ia *; No. It's just a m atter of wanting to do R AH men are talented if ha wants to
be.
Jemer W hat does B.B. King do when he’s n at oa the road?
King: I w ork oa the average of 360 days a year.
Flying, readiag. talking to people, sports, I really like everyday simple life.
Janas; Do you think that Jaxx and H ues sre ia the same field?
K ti« : No.
la a a r. W hat type of music da you eejoy?
K l n r I tike music and I listen to ail types.
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