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Folk Icon Keeps Her Edge
More than 50 years after her
debut, singer-activist Joan Baez
m aintains the charism a and po­
litical edge that initially made
her a star.
Baez will bring her three-oc­
tave vocal range and tradem ark
vibrato to Portland. Friday, Aug.
14, when she perform s as part
o f the O regon Zoo's sum m er
concert series presented by NW
Natural.
Baez has released more than
30 album s and recorded songs
in eight different languages. In
addition to h er ow n body o f
work, she is known for her re-
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"Day After Tomorrow," builds
on and interprets contem porary
ta le s o f so c ia l in ju s tic e by
s o n g w r ite r s su c h as Tom
Waits, Elvis Costello and Steve
Earle.
"Joan Baez's voice is radiant
an d rig h te o u s," sa id K rista
Swan, the zoo's events coordi­
nator. "A nd with such a vast
ca ta lo g u e o f g rea t so n g s to
draw from, she's sure to pu, on
an am azing show."
Platinum Fade
Remembering Sam Cooke
Soul, Gospel legend was ahead of his time
sound that m elded blues and
gospel. He co-founded his own
record label, SAR Records, in
1961, signing such artists as
Bobby W omack, Johnnie Tay­
lor and Billy Preston.
L.C. Cooke said his brother
had formed his publishing com ­
pany around 1959. Sam Cooke's
contract with RCA Victor stipu­
lated that after 30 years all o f
his m asters w ould belong to
him, his brother said.
Contem porary artists would
do well to follow Cooke's path,
said DeCurtis.
"To this day, artists struggle
with the business aspect o f their
work. He signed artists and he
wrote for artists. He did it in-a
time when it was much more dif­
ficult for artists, specifically
black artists," D eCurtis said.
Unfortunately, Cooke didn't
live long enough to realize the
s ig n ific a n c e o f h is b r e a k ­
through, said DeCurtis.
Forty years after his tragic death, Sam Cooke is a soul arid
At age 33, Cooke was shot to
gospel legend.
death on Dec. 11, 1964, at the
Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles.
Details
of the shooting are still
C o o k e , say s the late sin g e r J o h n L e g e n d w ith o u t S am
disputed,
but the hotel's manager
should also be know n for his Cooke."
told
police
she killed Cooke be­
Bom Jan. 22,1931, Cooke was
p io n e erin g b u sin ess acum en
cause
he
threatened
her.
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black perform ers to ow n the
rights to his music and to form Cooke was 2 years old when his legacy. L a st y ear, "R o llin g
his own recording and publish­ parents and six siblings boarded Stone" ranked Cooke No. 4 on
its list o f the I (X) greatest sing­
a G reyhound bus to Chicago.
ing com pany.
C ooke began his writing and ers o f all tim e, and he’s in the
"If they look at it, Sam was
first in everything," L.C. Cooke recording career with the "Soul Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
L.C. C ooke recalled being
said. "All his m asters belong to Stirrers" in 1951, making albums
Sam, and that was unheard of. at Specialty Records. Tall and sto p p ed at an a irp o rt a few
H e w as M o to w n b e fo re handsom e with a smooth, m e­ years ago by a disc jockey, who
lo d io u s v o ic e , C o o k e d rew told him his brother's music gets
M otown was even invented."
P resid en t B arack O bam a's cro w d s o f sw o o n in g y o u n g more airplay than any other d e­
rhetorical nod to "A Change is w omen at gigs in auditorium s ceased celebrity.
"Somebody is alw ays giving
G onna Com e" after his 2(X)8 and larger venues that included
som ething in his honor, and
election victory w as a te sta ­ the Apollo Theater.
A fter six years, he made the they call me to give interviews,"
ment to C ooke's enduring sig­
n if ic a n c e , s a id A n th o n y leap to secular m usic w ith a L.C. Cooke said.
(AP) - More than 40 years
after his tragic, violent death,
Sam Cooke is still known as the
le g e n d a ry so u l a n d g o sp e l
singer who penned "A Change
is G onna Come," w hich found
a new audience with the elec­
tion o f A m erica's first black
president.
B ut C o o k e's bro th er, L.C.
D eC urtis, a contributing editor
at Rolling Stone m agazine.
"The language of the artistry
coupled with a kind o f vision of
a better world is som ething the
song stands for," DeCurtis said.
"Certainly his influence extends
to c o n te m p o r a r y a r tis ts . It
w o u ld be h a rd to th in k o f
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Cocaine
Contributed
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An autopsy report says cocaine contrib­
uted to the death of TV pitchm an Billy
M ays.
The 5()-year bearded TV personality died
o f a heart attack in his sleep. His wife
found him unresponsive June 28 at their
condo in Tampa, Fla.
A release from the H illsborough County
medical exam iner’s office Friday said
M ays had last used cocaine days before
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