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Blues/jazz pianist Memphis Slim !! I
An evening spanning both ends o f the A fro-A m erican tradition!!
Memphis Slim, returning from his home in Paris, France, will headline this
evening of blues and jazz. The Golden Eagles will start the evening with the
unique sounds o f the M ardi Gras Indians chant-dancing. Food and bever­
ages will be on hand for the festivities and. back by popular demand, the
challenge round o f the W orld Champion Pepper Eating Contest!!
Memphis Slim is not just a blue singer. His compositions heavily influenced
the white British rockers o f the mid-'60s. He has appeared as a guest artist
with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, the Monterey Jazz Festival and has
played Carnegie H all more than once. He has had successful collaborations
with such diverse artists as W illie Dixon, Big Bill Bronzy. Cybill Shepard.
John Paul Jones (o f Led Zeppelin) and Peter Green (o f Fleetwood Mac).
He has recorded over 500 albums, more than h alf o f which are his own
compositions.
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JoAnn Collin« and Sweat Honey In the Rock will perform In Port­
land on Friday. July 16th. at the Starry Night.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
G R A SSR O O TS N E W S , N. W. — An unveiling o f sorts will occur this
Friday evening at the Starry Night nightclub, downtown on 6th and Burn­
side. Gospel singer JoAnn Collins will make her first public appearance as a
gospel singer. Born in Louisiana and reared in Portland, Ms. Collins was
introduced to gospel music as a child. " I started with gospel and when I was
16 then I kinda went astray and started into jazz. I started singing in clubs
and began to travel.**
The company she kept during her travels included King Curtis and Jack
M c D u ff. She had her own band called the JBK T rio . " W e sung jazz but the
public demanded variation so I ended up singing country and western."
Collins stayed on the road for fourteen years and says regardless o f the
songs she sang she never really left her gospel roots. "Gospel is all I could
play and I never really could play jazz. I had a band for th a t."
In the contemporary arena o f R&B, Collins can hear the harmonic chords
o f gospel throughout the music. " M y original sound is what I would call
old-time gospel music. This is quite a difference for me but it allows me the
opportunity to play what I feel.”
Her spiritual devotion is centered in her ability to play. "T h e way that I
sing and play is all a gift. I can't take much credit for it because I've been
able to play whatever I sung. It's truly a gift from G o d .”
The whirlwind o f vices in the musical world full o f one-night stands in no
name towns, lead Collins down the road to drug addiction.
This experience caused her to write the song, "Chains U n b o u n d ." " A t
one time in my life I was very hooked to drugs, heroin. I thought my will
over things was loo strong. I thought I had the power to make a choice. But
this wasn't the case. I learned that very late and paid dearly for it. There was
no prison as binding as this drug addiction. It was only through the help of
God that I was able to q u it.” Out o f her trial and victory came the song.
Collins doesn't feel pressured to change her musical style. "Singing
gospel is what I feel is me. I f I change I won’ t be me and that is important to
me.
Again, JoAnn Collins will release her talents as the opening act to Sweet
Honey in the Rock, Friday night at the Starry Night nightclub.
Artistas Indigena invites you to the 1983 reception opening o f "The
Third Ring o f F ire ," the 1st A n n u a l Ind igeno u s w o m a n 's a rt e x h ib i­
tio n o f th e A m a rlc a a and P ac ific Islands, July 12 thru 19th at Saia
zar’s Pine Street Theater, 215 S.E. 9th Pine with a reception opening on
Friday the 15th at 7:00 p.m. Along with the exhibit, there will be poetry,
dance, live music, special guest speakers, and workshops with slides and
films on human rights, nuclear and women's issues. For info, call 631-
7927/295-0343.
Mem phis Slim w ill ba at the Neighbors of W oodcraft. 1410 S.W .
Morrison. Tuesday. July 19th at 8 p.m . along w ith the Golden
Eagles
The Golden Eagles formed in 1966 as an extension o f the W hite Eagles,
one o f New Orleans' oldest M ardi Gras Indian tribes, dating back to the
'40s. Music historians say the M ardi Gras Indians began as a black cultural
affirm ation of the close lies and mingling blood between runaway slaves
and Native Americans. The Indian dress, in feathers and beads, evolved
from the New Orleans black community during the annual M ardi Gras
Festival. Traditionally, the M ardi Gras Indians play tambourines with
English and Creole chants. The sound and energy they produce is unimagin­
able until you have experienced it!!!
Tickets are $6 in advance and $7 on the day o f the show. For more in fo r­
mation contact 238-1353.
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Sweet Honey in the Rock, a quintet o f black women singers, began per­
forming in Washington, D .C ., in November, 1973. The original group was
part o f the vocal workshop o f the D .C . Black Repertory Theater Company.
Sweet Honey’s strength lay within its sound and repertoire, rooted in the
tradition of black American unaccompanied choral singing. The melodies,
harmonies and hard dissonances weave a musical spell, scanning the full
range o f vocal possibilities. Each singer is an electrifying soloist who, when
joined in chorus, produces an awesome blend o f instruments, changing
rhythms, switching leads, slurring, leaping and dancing through octaves _
making breathtaking music.
Their story in song celebrates the complexity o f being nurturing women,
mothers, children, lovers, builders o f community, moving through the
ritual stages o f life, birth, death and beyond.
They hurl their voices in resistance against racism, lynching, slavery,
rape, occupational dangers, nuclear energy and weaponry, sexism,
discrimination, hunger and unfair housing.
Sweet Honey in the Rock will perform in Portland, Friday, July 15, at the
Starry Night. JoAnn Collins will open.
Renowned Blues/jazz Pianist
MEMPHIS SLIM
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The Golden Eagles
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JULY 19th
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Oregon Jam '83
Double Tee Promotions, Inc. and M iller High Life will be presenting
Oregon Jam '83 on Saturday, July 16, 1983, at the Autzen Stadium.
Eugene. The gates will open at 9:00 a m. The show will start at 11:00 a m.
Advance tickets will be $17.00.
Tickets are available at these outlets. Albany: Everybody's Records;
Ashland: Home At Last Records; Bend: G .l. Joe's; Coos Bay; Penning­
ton’s Audio, The Bon (N orth Bend); Corvallis: Everybody's Records;
Crescent City: The Squeeze Box; Eugene: U o f O Athletic Department, G .L
Joe's, Everybody's Records; Grants Pass: The Music Shop; Klamath Falls:
High Country; M edford: The Record M ill, North Country; Portland:
Tickets Northwest (located in Frederick and Nelson-Downtown), G .L
Joe's, Everybody's Records; Roseburg: Scott’s Stereo; Salem: G .L Joe's;
or by mail order from: Oregon Jam, 1439 S .W . Colum bia. Portland,
Oregon 97201.
A ll mail orders must include: self-addressed stamped envelope and 50<
per ticket handling fee, only money orders or certified checks. No personal
checks. Phone order: Oregon Wats I 800-452-6278. Vancouver 1-206-694
1245, Portland 227-5558. The official Oregon Jam '83 stations are K G O N
and K Z E L . Listen for more details!
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