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Portland Observer, September 22, 1982 Section II Page - » Queen Ida and The Bun Tempt» Zydeco Band Get ready Portland, the dance o f the year is coming your way. A New O rleans-style celeb ratio n w ill be happening on October 2nd, featur ing the Cajun-blues sound o f Queen Id a and the Bon Tem ps Zydeco Band. In addition to her good time music the Queen w ill be in the kitchen serving up some o f her world famous Creole foods. S tart ing at 7 pm, there will be steaming pots o f gumbo, red beans and rice, trays o f cornbread with honey and plenty o f hot pepper and beer. Like many of our finest Blues and Jazz artists, Queen Ida is a well-es tablished performer in Europe who is just now being discovered by A m erican audiences. The band is led by Queen Ida on lead vocals and but ton accordion— an instrument im ported by Bavarian immigrants who settled in Southwest Louisiana in the 1880s. She is backed up by fid dle, triangle, and guitar characteris tic o f the tw o-century-old French C ajun tradition. Washboard, bass, and drums add the A fro-A m erican Blues element which propels the mu sic in to the latter h a lf o f the 20th century. Jr. Walkar and the All Stars along with special guaat Shock will ba at the Euphoria. Wadnaaday, October 8. Two shows, 7 and 10:30. 320 S.E. 2nd. Tickets 48. Junior Walker Fine foodand drink I Membership - $2°° ~~] per year | A Soul Man Showcased on the sax solo on Foreigner’s hit single, "U rg en t,” and as special guest on Foreigner’s I982 World Tour, Jr. Walker established him self as the tenor sax man in the m id-’60s through a succession o f finger pop ping, uptempo dance numbers recorded for the Motown label. Among his hit singles were tunes like "Shotgun,” "Roadrunner," “ Cleo’s M o o d ,” " H ip C ity ," “ What Does It Take (To W in Your Love)," “ Home Cookin’," and “ Shoot Your Shot.” These Motown classics brightened mid-’60s radio considerably and are still among the most requested records for dances and ’60s radio shows, especially "Shotgun," which won a Grammy Award in 1965 as the best RAB recording. Jr. W alker’s lyric and rhythmic style with its pared-down instrumenta tion, tricky sixteenth-note patterns and clean, distinct lines has been a pri mary influence on numerous new wave, rock and RAB groups. His gritty, preaching vocals and clear, singing saxophone parts punctuated by joyous whoops, screams and shrieks used to introduce numbers and climax phrases are his trademark. A natural, unforced singer, Jr. triumphs through understatement. His use o f the tenor saxophone as a rhythm instrument is in the tradition o f the RAB and jazz masters o f the *50s such as Big Jay McNeely, Sam "Th e M an ” Taylor, Illinois Jacquet and Arnett Cobb. The simplicity of his con ception and his remarkable drive have always been among his greatest strengths. The All Stars consist of bass, guitar, drums and organ and provide a solid foundation for J r.’s arrangements through their energy and unanimity of accentuation. Reviewing the Greatest Hits album in Rolling Stone, Arnold Brodsky calls the band "rhythmically as tight as anything Motown puts out . . . W alker’s band sounds like nothing else in creation___ What really makes W alker’s arrangements so distinctive and powerful is the heavy use to which he puts the supporting instruments— bass, guitar, drums, organ— not just in sustaining the rhythm, but in working out interesting counter- melodies o f their o w n ." One of the few sax men and seminal RAB performers to survive as dance and musical styles changed, Jr. continues to tour and be in demand for ses sion work. He is enjoying the resurgent interest in his music and has stimu lated that interest through his special guest appearances with Foreigner, a Spring 1982 European tour and recent headline appearances at The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Chicagofest, The Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, The Old W aldorf/San Francisco, The Country Club and Club Lingerie/Los Angeles and The Ritz in New York City. He has upheld his reputation as a master showman after nearly upstaging acts such as James Brown at The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and The Commo dores at Chicagofest. MILDRED O R O TH A Quean Ida and the Bon Tampa Zydeco Band w ill perform on Saturday night, October 2, at the Neighbors of W o o d craft, 1410 S.W. Morrison, at 7 pm. Tickets are *6, available from M alar & Frank, Stevens & Sons. Every body's Records and Music M il lenium or at the door. Cleo & Lillian Social Club 3041 N. Williams Ave. «284-7150 DOUBLE TEE PRESENTS JR. WALKER ROOMFUL OF and The All Stars BLUES w ith special guests Coming Soon LADY JAVA Frie. Oct 15 Sat. Oct. 16 "Java M one of the moat talented body dancers in show business —and I personally would venture io say in the world For I have never seen any dancer who has had as much body and muscle co n tro l, scintillatin g, sensuous teamwork " A n elegant game o f C at and Mouse II steps lively outdistancing most dancers by a mile Java is crisp, chic and right on target " — Res Reed "Rises to the top of the list of dancers, you want io see ••Java is one of the warmest, funniest, m oil energising dance imaginable" — Stephen Schaefer, U S Magatme Java" Archer Wlnsten, New F a rt Port Geneva’s 422B N . W illiam s w ith apaclal guests SHOCK Wednesday, October 6 Two Big Shows at 7:00 & 10:30 THE EUPHORIA 320 SE 2nd TICKETS $6.00 282 6363 | Wednesday, October 20 EUPHORIA 320 SE 2nd Show Time 9:00 pm Tickets only $5.00 Euphoria tic k e t outlets: Q .l. J o e 's , E v eryb o d y’s R ecords, Frederick & Nelson (d o w n to w n ). M u s ic M ille n iu m , Euphoria
