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Pleasure to appear at Paramount Theater
This month, PLEASURE will be co-headlining several West Coast
dates with CAMEO and KURTIS BLOW. Naturally, the band will be
performing material from their latest Fantasy LP, ‘ Special Things/'
including the just-released single. Now You Choose Me."
A demo tape found its way to Crusader Wayne Henderson, who en
thusiastically described them as “ the greatest new band on earth,” brought
them to Fantasy (in 1974), and produced their first four albums for the label.
In keeping with its strong group identity, Pleasure has undergone sur
p ris in g ly few personnel changes. Trum pet player Tony C ollins, a
Philadelphia native, joined about two years ago; guitarist Douglas Lewis,
who’ s known all the band members since high school, became a part of
Pleasure last year; Marlon McClain recently departed the band to pursue a
solo career.
The individuals in Pleasure have not infrequently become involved in
projects outside the band. Nate Phillips and Bruce Carter, in particular, have
extensive studio credits: Phillips has recorded with Narada Michael W alden,
Ronnie Laws, Side Effect, Idris Muhammad, Billy Cobham, Esther Phillips,
Bobby Lyle; Carter with Ronnie Laws, Roy Ayers, Wayne Henderson, Side
Effect, Bobby Lyle and Gabor Szabo. Dennis Springer has recorded and
toured with Jeff Lorber.
Everyone’ s main thrust, however, is Pleasure. As Michael Hepburn puts it,
"Pleasure does it all for me. The music represents the kind o f statement 1
really am proud of. As our music continues to mature, 1 just expect really
good things to happen."
Although various members o f the band have had classical training, or have
played in jazz or rock contexts, Pleasure doesn’ t shy away from being
described as an r&b group. “ The new album is definitely directed toward the
r&b m arket,” says vocalist Sherman Davis, “ and it comes very close to
representing our true sound and identity.”
Donald Hepburn takes this even further. “ People are going to have to start
accepting r&b music for what it is-an an form just like other kinds of music-
and stop exploiting it, or ignoring it, or minimizing its importance in the in
dustry. In my opinion, r&b is the dance music of the 70s, the 80s, and the 90s.
It will be what Glenn M iller and those bands were in their tim e."
Michael Hepburn feels that "W hat Pleasure is doing now reflects the state
o f the art in Black music, which to me is all about quality playing."
“ As far as ‘crossing over’ is concerned," Donald continues, " i f you play
good r&b, it will get over. Pleasure is aiming to establish standards for r&b,
and we’re constantly trying to improve both the quality o f our music and our
presentation o f it on stage and record."
Bruce carter (drums), Tony C ollins (trum pet), Sherman Davis (lead
vocals), Donald Hepburn (keyboards), Michael Hepburn, (keyboads),
Douglas Lewis (guitar), Nathaniel Phillips (bass), Bruce Smith (percussion),
Dennis Springer (saxophones): these very special musicians take Pleasure in
bringing you Special things.
Muddy Water» will ba at the Euphoria, "live" Wednesday. Sep
tember 24th at 7:00 and 10 X p.m. Check ad below for detail». Tower
of Power will be at the Euphoria October 5th at 7:00 and 1 0 X p.m.
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T h e L e g e n d a r y (a n A m e r ic a n M u s ic M a n )
"Long Distance C a ll," " I can't Be
S a tis fie d ," "R o llin g S to n e " and
scores of others have been recorded
by artist after artist, attempting to
capture the feelings relayed through
the recordings o f the master.
Born McKinley M organfield on
D E B N A M and M AC K presents
"The Breaks'
M U D D Y W ATERS
M U D D Y WATERS is probably
the most imitated blues singer artist
o f all time. Tunes like “ Got My
M ojo W o rk in g ," "M anish B o y ,"
“ I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man, ”
"T rouble .Vo More, " "Y ou Can't
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Sunday, A p ril 4, 1915 in ro llin g
Fork, Mississippi, Muddy W aters is
in a direct line of descent from the
great blues singer o f the Mississippi
delta cotton farming .area in which
he was raised. His m other died
young so his father sent him to be
raised by his grandmother on the
Stovall plantation near Clarksdale.
It was she who tagged him with his
name. "She used to say I ’d sneak
out and play in the mud when 1 was
little so she started calling me M ud
dy. The kids added Waters, it was a
‘ sling’ (meaning slang) name and it
just stuck.”
Since the release of " I'm Ready, ”
Muddy Waters has been touring ex
tensively. T hrougho ut 1978, he
criss-crossed the U nited States
before concluding the year in
Europe opening a large hall tour for
E ric C la p to n , another great
derivative blues guitarist who owes
an inspirational debt to Muddy and
Robert Johnson.
Muddy’ s newest release for Blue
Sky is an entirely live recording,
capturing Muddy at his best. Recor
ded in 1977 and 1978 national tours
(in Detroit at the Masonic Temple in
1977 and in Chicago at H arry
H ope’ s
in
1978),
M uddy
"M is s is s ip p i”
W aters
live
(JZ35712) contains versions o f his
most exciting and enduring songs,
among them one o f M u d d y ’ s
favorites by another blues master.
Sonny Boy W illia m s o n ’ s " N in e
Below Zero" and a familiar hit he
co-wrote with Bo Didley and Mel
London,
"M a n n is h
B o y ."
Throughout the album, Muddy is
assisted by a stellar group o f blues
players including James C otton,
W aters’ men Perkins, S m ith,
Margolin, Portnoy, Luther Johnson
and C alvin Jones as well as the
album's producer Johnny Winter.
In the spring o f 1979, M uddy
again joined Eric Clapton for a 47
city to u r o f the U nited States.
Beginning in Tucson in March, the
to u r encompassed M u d d y’ s 64th
b irth d a y celebration held in
Springfield, Missouri (A pril 4) and
his marriage to Marva Jean Brooks
on her 25th birthday (June 5). Their
wedding preceded the Chicago
Stadium date where M uddy was
joined by Clapton, Johnny Winter
and W illie Dixon for a very special
encore o f " G o t
M y M o jo
W o rkin g ." When asked if he ever
gets tired o f so much travelling, he
says, "Sure I get tired man, but I
love the road. It’ s the chance to get
out and see all my people. People all
over the w orld say, ‘ who is this
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feel good and stay healthy, I ’ m
gonna keep out there and give ’em a
look. 1 love ’ em all...and they love
me to o !"
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