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Pag« 8 Portland Observer August 6 . 1981 entertainment Specializing in all curly perm s, styling b trim m ing. ENTERTAINMENT Proline Style Shop Grassroot News N.W. - The local crowd at Bourbon Street was treatd to a musical experience beyond the jukebox with "The Greg Smith Show. " The revue incorporated the City's newest talents along with local giants in the field. The group consists o f Greg Smith, vocals and his counter-parts Anita McCowan and Alescia Locke, who really steal the show with their harmonies o f old. Smith explained: " I ’ ve always wanted to do a show with a lot o f variety and its more o f a show than a revue.” OLDIES BUT GOODIES "The Greg Sm ith Show " 917 S.W. Alder 224-8401 Py Lamia Duke (across from the Galleria) N ew to o u r S ta ff . . . Also clear and color cellophanes ■ lYVINSLOW CALDWELL Anita says, "Alescia and I joined the group in October prior to cutting the album which contains all original works and we had Mr. Lester Mc Farland as the captain o f the rhythm section. It also includes Thara Memory, who arranged the horn lines.” As a local group did they have trouble breaking into the market? Greg answered, "Portland is a town where you have a one way political game in terms ot music. You have a situation where you have punk rock and rock and roll getting more media than us. There seems to be some prejudice in terms o f media exposure that depends on what some people like. It's a tough nut to crack but once you’ re in, that’s it.” Other than the female vocalist, the bass player, Lester McFarland, is the dominate feature o f the show. “ I was born in Seattle and taught myself to play the bass. Later I played with Ester Phillips, Eddie Henderson and the Crusaders. A lot o f people say why don’ t you go to New York but my response is that I was born here and I like it.” McFarland is a traditional jazz buff. “ The new thing that is coming out that calls itself jazz really isn’t. It’s what you would call pop jazz or cross over music. The big boys like Benson and Hancock have broken through and some of this other stuff is questionable.” (form erly w ith Cydne's) Specializing in perms for LONG HAIR Regular $60 to $7« _ _ « T NOW The World s Finest Jazz Singer vm»g« vote» new York Tim«» nowng stone M IM E IN T H E L IB R A R IE S I he Oregon Mime Theater w ill present a series o f Free children per formances and solo Mime performances in the libraries during the week o f August 11-15. One would hardly expect to encounter a white-faced mime while searching through the library shelves! But Oregon Mime Theater members Francisco Reynders, Elizabeth Page and Burl Ross enjoy the element o f surprise that Mime communicates. They w ill bring their special talents into these non- tra d itio n a l, theatrical settings to expose this art o f non-verbal com m unication to children and adults. I hese lib ra ry settings w ill also give audience members a chance to meet and talk to the Mimes following the per formance. Due to the company’ s extet sive out-of-state touring schedule, Oregon Mime I heater is rarely seen bv audiences in P ortlnd. The library pe rfo r mances w ill provide greater accessibility to the company’ s work through a variety of locations In the Portland metropolitan area. CAMEO CALIMSTHE NIGHT I he lights in the arean go dark. Hundreds o f tiny flames flicker in an ticipation. Then a deafening primal roar of 20,000 people rips the air apart, and with an explosion o f smoke, stardust, and song, Cameo claims the night’ ( aineo, one o f the most trium phant musical ensembles anywhere, has mastered the connection with its audience, whether live on stage or on record. And the group's newest album, graced with a deceptively simple title, " /e e l Me, "takes their music one step beyond. ‘/ eel M e " follows in a great tradition: with each successive album, < aineo lias grown more and more popular, climbing higher and higher on the R&H and pop charts. ( ameo's success knows no bounds because Cameo has never raised any barriers as to who they can reach. Led by drummer/produccr/founder I arry Blackmon, the ten-man group lias synthesized a variety of influences to create its persona, everything from early Motown to Broadway musicals. Blackmon, a native o f New York idolized Jimi Hendrix fusion of R&B and Rock, and sees Cameo’ s music similarly. Having begun composing at the age o f fourteen - he listened to lames Brown. Otis Redding, and Cannonball Adderly - Blackmon formed a succession ol hands, playing the same clubs under different names like the Mighty Gees, ( oncrete Hall. Last Coast, and the New York Citv Players. THE BETTY CARTER QUARTET 9? 3a 8 PM SAT. AUG. 29 BLUES DELUXE ON BLUE MONDAY WITH LEGENDARYBLUESMAN MUDDY WATERS 8 P M. MON. AUG. 31 NEIGHBORS OF WOODCRAFT 1410 S.W. Morrison T lc k s tt: *7 5 0 Available from: Muatc MMtenlum s.E. • N W Evarybody » S.W.. A W o rn « ,. Piece Slmmn. * Son. 2nd Annual Oregon F olklife Festival; August 8th and 9th - II a.m. to P-m., at Avery Park, Corvallis, Oregon. Kinds o f music: Folk, Traditional, Blues, Jazz Irish, Jug Band, Bluegrass, Old Timey, Country, Rounds and C anons, and Appalacian. For more information call 753-0819 or 757-8986. P O R T L A N D C L E A N IN G W ORKS Dry Cleaner Alterations and repair »Ask about our new budget service ^ ^ o w J o v ^ J o w jg n c e s o<«» home ’• o o m I »WW» detecto r» >0>c«< 1 Choc»» Dophko ground ■ cmnomem gone to« ouo- J oe- and ion ion -v»e SUPER V A lU F *1 09 Reg $1"* ■ f A W/Coupone w hile q t i. tities last Auo 6th thru 10th, Lloyd cot tor N ow berrys only Z a g re b H a m s - cured cooked, canned just for you-so convenient £ a '\ Reg 82 •• 2/$5°° W /Coupons while quantities last Aug. 6th thru 10th ■ / r Hour: Monday - Friday 8 6 30 Saturday 9-1 00 p m 24-hour Service In today - O ut to m o rro w '^ 3 3954 N. Williams \ Portland, Oregon 97227 282 8361 __Newberrys Lloyd Center Coupon KITCHEN SPICES No charge Knit blocking our speciality I he songs that make the Greg Smith Show are traditional oldies but goodies from the Motown era that our parents knew and grooved on. " I sing something you can feel, not just a bunch o f notes. We’ re singing from a tune when the lyrics made sense." Greg begans to explain his concept. I ve been singing R&B lor 18 years and will be singing another 30 or 40 years. I he old style ol soul will be coming back because people nowadays want something that s real. Folks don’t need the watered down tunes or music that’s just going through a phase.” There’ s one sound that you don’t hear and that’ s Disco. Lester feels that Disco is just a 360 degree sound that is here today and gone tomorrow. Anita felt it as being a fad because now people are coming back to the roots ot jazz and soul; things that really mean something because you can say my grandmother used to sing this. People can relate to this." The show opens with an instrumental by the sound section; Lester Mc- McFarland on bass; Wilbert Antoine providing a strong lead on g u ita r with (ieorge Mitchell on keyboards and D.D. Wigs on drums. I he only item wrong or lacking in the Greg Smith Show is us. you know, that laid back Portland audience who’ s so cool that it isn’ t much o f an audience. It’s a shame 990 extra charge • Minor repair < ' I1. (P hoto: R ichard J. B ro w n l CAMEO After co writer and guitarist (and now co-lead singer) Anthony Lockett and M , i ; ’ 1,^ ? 7 ’ rCgr r V IOhuSOnJOined him ’ ' arry addcd vocalis' s Stephen A n ,i i n '" "A , " '1 aSsiM Aaron M ill,: and hor" sec,io" Nathan and c I cllcn a n t. Also in the group are trom bonist Jeryl Bright and keyboardist Thomas “ T.C .” Campbell. I he stage shows are tightly choreographed. Larry explains, because "W e fhowmansHn Th“ gf° UPS WC’ rC a" h'ghly a,,Uncd ,he arl of ’ ''' ,c wav we emphasize emotions and moods, build momen- cent’ o ' he a U n " u’d OU" ClvCS ,n Vcry dosc ,o ,hc 'radi.ional con- S e ° f .‘ h„ : : ; e, h i ; hnT bCC° me eVen,S ^ r y y'a r. whether vinvl" it ? * i"| L 'S i' " a' bum- 3,1(1 il energy could ever be converted into th?. S a h h SUr y SOUld hkC’ " , ecl Mc " A " ,he drama < a"ieo brings to _s age has been captured in " I eel M e." making this the best Cameo album «»date Songs I,ke Keep It h o t” and "Y o u r Love Takes Me O u t" shows o it Hhe group s impeccable funk creden.ials, while "P e tte r D ays” and the C om pany Pr° V' ,h" ' beMer ballad« ” «•»" Blackmon h s l e n T o ' - L T ^ ? ! ^ ° n7 f 'C ,Cad" ' g nn,SKal o f ,hc cra ,i . | ' . ." 1' al lcrc i*> ” «»«»vcrsiaimg the sheer musical and theatrical power o f (amen You can't help but feel it! u If you want to stay on top» you have to stay in touch. Kam has the signal that keeps you in constant touch. r<>v’ding d irect d ial, tone a lert, to n e voice, and m o b ile tele p h o n e service. *74c S c c /tc t “P e o p le f 7 1 1 SW 12th Avt- I ’oal.iiiil ON 97205 2 2 6 -1 5 0 7
