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Maroon Tiger
Sept. 15, 1977
ENTER TAINMENT
"Giving You the
Best of
Their Love"
FUNKADELIC
The recen t world tour by The
Commodores and The
Emotions was undoubtedly
very successful. Both groups
showed why they'have been
busting the charts with their
latest releases. The Emotions
opened the show and the
people ready with their soul
stirring renditions of “Best of
My Love”, “A Feelin Is”, “Re
joice” and more. (These ladies
deserve to be at the top after so
many years). Then came The
Commodores with their
“Space 1999” costumes and
rambunctious dance steps.
They proceeded to tear the roof
off the sucker. “Easy”, “I Feel
Sanctified” and “Zoom” were
among their strongest
numbers. Not to mention the
super-hot number ‘‘Brick
House” (the lady who danced
on stage was definitely a Brick
House!). With productions like
this, it is no wonder that
Taurus Productions, under the
able leadership of Mr. Quentin
Perry, is on top.
The Crusaders/Free
As The Wind - ABC
Gil Scott
George Clinton
/elcome to the Maroon
Tiger Entertainment Section.
lAllow me to introduce myself:
ll’m Kenneth T. Whalum, Jr.,
[your entertainment editor for
[the year. This issue marks the
'beginning of a quality
* newspaper for you, and we
will have more diversified and
[thorough coverage of the
entertainment world. We will
cover everything from Johnny
“Guitar” Watson to Andre
Crouch. I know that
entertainment is much more
ithan music. It includes books,
[movies, television, plays
recreational activities, etc. . .
.So kick back and cool out for
Isome good information and
fun reading.
Cornin' From
All Ends
In today’s music industry, it
is not uncommon to see
performers display their
talents in fields other than
performance. The Crusaders,
for instance, produces its own
albums and writes most of the
tunes recorded. Earth, Wind &
Fire recently showed
versatility by producing, writ
ing for and performing
releases by Deniece Williams
and The Emotions. Obviously,
this is a way to improve one’s
financial status.
I’m here to tell you that the
Funkadelic organization is no
exception. The following
recording artists are all
members of Funkadelic:
— Parliament
— Bootsy’s Rubber Band
— Fred Wesley and the Horny
Horns
Each of these groups has a hit
album:
Parliament - Parliament Live
Bootsy’s Rubber Band - Ahh
The Name is Bootsy
Fred Wesley - A Blow for Me, a
Toot for You
Former lead guitarist with
Funkadelic, Eddie Hazel has
just released a solo album
(Games, Dames and Guitar
Thangs on which most Fun-
kadelic’s players appear.
In addition, according to
Bootsy’s promotions manager,
Roy Whalum, we can look for a
new release from Bootsy pretty
soon.
Now if this is not “making
money from all ends”, I don’t
know what is. I’m glad to see
some more Brothers making it.
To the members of Funkadelic,
I say: “Keep takin’ it to the
stage!”
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K.T.
'Though Wayne Henderson’s
trombone work is
conspicuously absent, the
Crusaders members do a good
job of maintaining their stan
dard of quality. “Free as the
Wind”. “The Way we Was”
and “Sweet N’ Sour” are very
good. Incidentally, Larry
(’arlton does a beautiful job on
guitar throughout the album,
end Joe Sample is, as usual
great.
A/ Jarreau/Look To
The Rainbow -
Warner Bros.
This album gets an A plus
rating. Jarreau, with his amaz
ing voice and mouth-sound
techniques, is a treat to all
music lovers. Recorded live in
London , The album shows this
performer at this best. “Look to
the Rainbow” “Could You
Believe”, “You Don’t See Me”
and “Take P’ive” are the most
outstanding cuts, but the
w'hole album is excellent.
When you get time, check it
out.
Alvin Ailey Dancers
To Perform in Atlanta
Dance Atlanta, a program of
the Atlanta Arts Alliance, has
announced plans for a unique
project scheduled for
September. With the as
sistance of the National En
dowment for the Arts and the
Georgia Council for the Arts,
Dance Atlanta will sponsor an
unusual four week residency
by the Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theater in Atlanta. The
goal of the residency is to
enable the dance group to have
extensive contact with Atlanta
area schools, performers and
community groups and to in
volve local performers and
students with the company.
Beginning September 6, the
Ailey Company started
appearing in schools, colleges
and universities in the Atlanta
area giving lecture-
rlemonstrations, video-tape
and film presentations, master
•lasses and seminars. At the
The Brothers -Johnson
same time they are rehearsing
for a week of performances in
Atlanta beginning September
28 which will include two
premieres by the Ailey Com
pany. Rehearsals will be open
to the public periodically to
allow observers to follow the
progress of the new works
scheduled for performance.
The project, which is
designed to explore the
feasibility of annual residen
cies by the Ailey Company in
Atlanta, received a significant
boost last month when the
Georgia Council for the Arts
awarded Dance Atlanta a $14,-
000 grant to support the
residency. Earlier, the
National Endowment for the
Arts awarded a grant of over
$70,000 for the project.
During the final week of the
residency the New York-based
Ailey Company will perform in
the Atlanta Civic Center,
September 28 through October
2. They will be accompanied by
a chorus of AU Center
students which will be directed
by our own Dr. Wendell P.
Whalum - Calloway Professor
of Music.
FRED WEST EY & THE HORNY HORNS