Portland Observer, August 21, 1985, Page 5
Frankie and Murray to appear
at the Royal Esquire Club
ENTERTAINMENT
NETWORK
Joe "B e a n " Keller, Entertainment E ditor
Bobby Murray
Born in Nagoya, J p n, Guitarist
Bobby Murray grew up in a military
family whose international travels
brought
them
to
Tacoma,
Washington, where Bobby played in a
rock & roll band with high school
friend Robert Cray. In I973, bobby
moved to Los Angeles where partici­
pation in battles o f the bands with
such artists as Vernon Garrett, Ted
Taylor, and Z.Z. H ill led to stints
with Albert Collins and with the
Sweet Inspirations.
As musical director for Frankie I ee
in the late seventies, Bobby made
yearly tours o f California and Texas,
with stops in Kansas City, I as Vegas
and Portland Since settling in the Bay
area in 1980, he has been house
guitarist for the Marin County,
Sonoma County, San Francisco and
Sacramento Blues Festivals and for
the "B lue Monday P arty" live radio
broadcast and has performed at every
Monterey Jazz Festival since 1981 In
1984, he toured Japan with the San
Francisco Blues Festival.
Bobby’s film and video credits
include Cork Marcheschi’s film .
.Survivors (in which he backs John
Lee Hooker and Lady Bianco) and
the Videotunet video-documentary
Perry M ayfield—Poet I aureate o f
the Blues Bobby Murray appears as
guitarist and session leader on Frankie
Lee's Hightonc album, The Ladies
and the Babies, and is currently
working festivals, concerts and club
dates as Frankie's guitarist and
musical director.
Frankie Lee
Frankie Lee, the Texas Blues-and-
Soul Man, grew up singing in his
Mart, Texas, church and, in I960,
after a year as a professional gospel
singer with the Highway Q C ’s and
other groups, auditioned successfully
for the Ike A Tina Turner Revue .
Moved to Houston in 1963 and
recorded “ Full Time l over" (an
answer to Little Johnny Taylor’s
smash, "P art l ime 1 o ve") and seven
other sides for the Peacock label
presents
Jeffrey Osborne
Frankie performed at the 1983 and
1984 Monterey Jazz Festivals and
toured Japan last winter with the San
Francisco Blues Festival . . . A t the
1985 M arin County Blues Festival,
Frankie I ee is joined by his long-time
guitarist and musical director, Bobby
Murray.
NAOMI S M S AN O M OOCfOCAS H A I * » « C O U » M K H A It W t t » S
Come one,
come all
Friday, August 23, you are invit­
ed to attand Leel-Ligbta Benefit
Fast featuring an array of dynamic
l »«dormers
To ba featured are the exciting
sounds of Raggae by Floyd Cruse
b Dark Star; Janice Scroggins on
piano and the R it B vocal sounds
of Mary Reynolds Also available
will ba poetry by Lois Maria Law
is. Nathaniel Scott. Barbra LaMar-
ticalla and Linda Hunter. The pro­
gram will begin at 7 00 at the King
Facility, and a tax deductible do­
nation will ba accepted
Carman
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Frankie Lee will be at the Royal
Esquire Club with Blues guitarist
Bobby Murray on Friday and Sat
urday. August 23 and 24 The club
is located at 1708 N E Alberta
Has performed on shows with Albeit
Collins, Hobbs Bland, B B. King,
I ittle Richard, James Brown, I reddic
King, Jackie Wilson, lit tle Richard,
James Brown and many others
Recordings include the mid seventies
I lka single, " I ove’s Repossession"
"Strung Out on Y o u " (produced by
Frankie’s cousin, Johnny "G u ita r"
Watson), " I Am I use" (a 12 inch
single on California Gold) and two
tracks on Lomistoma Productions'
Usual Suv/kxtv anthology album
series--Wilson Pickett's "C a ll On
M e " and Mark Naftalin's " I ’ ll Do
Right by You lit Y ou'll Do Right by
M e)"
I rankie's first album. The
ladies and the Babies was released
last year by Hightone Records
925 Lloyd Center
T he T h ir d A n n u a l
W o r l d M u sic F estival
Saturday, August 24th
University of Portland
(Across from Rubensteins Furniture)
24K C o n c e rts P re s e n t
5000 N. W illamette Blvd.
11 A.M. until Dark, rain or shine.
Lou Rawls
G ates open at 10:00 A.M.
Featuring:
Tito P uente (The K ing of Latin Jazz)
and T he Latin Jazz A ll-Stars
ALL
JAZZ
ALBUMS
CASSETTES
&
COMPACT
DISCS
ON
SALE
Bryan Bowers ♦ Darol Anger
Mike Marshall ♦ Todd Phillips
Barbara Higbie ♦ Andy Narell
Obo Addv ♦ Amer Jafar
Compton, Doherty & Einhorn
Mazeltones ♦ Motherlode
Pa'Lante ♦ Sandunga
& many more.
Tickets available at The Earle A. Chiles Center Box Office
(charge by phone— 503-283-7525) G.I Joe's i Artichoke Music
5b (X) Advance, S10 00 Door. 58 00 after 4 00 P M on day of Festiv al
Children under 12 and Seniors free
w ith S(>«i ml G u h M
Calvin Walker
Sun.Sept.8,7pm
Civic Auditorium
Tii kets A vailable nt
Mem r b Frank B ixs 226 1605
Steven b Son L C
C iv h A u d ito riu m B o * O ffic e 248 4496
284 2101
All Gl Joe * O utlets
Tapes and Records
DOWNTOWN
631 SW ALDER
(Just otf Broadway)
226-0624
Tonight,
let it be
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