The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, September 19, 19897
Cream of Soul polishes sound, looks toward future
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Cream of
Church, the band hopes to have an
album out this winter, most of which
will be original songs. The group is
already booked through the end of this
year, Church said.
The band, which gets most of its
business from private parties and wed
dings, also performs in area nightclubs
and as far away as Myrtle Beach and
Georgia.
But as the group members get older,
their audience gets younger, Herndon
said. "We are really more of a (band
for) a sorority formal than a rowdy frat
party," he said.
TTie group, which was first started by
Herndon, now includes Church, Corky
Jones on bass and Eddie Sparrow on
keyboards.
"I always wanted to start a band that
played soul," Herndon said.
His inspiration came from an early
1980s soul band from Raleigh called
the Fabulous Knobs, which later be
came The Woods, he said.
Many of the band members were
involved with music well before they
got together.
Herndon, who graduated from East
Carolina University with a business
degree, played in a 1970s alternative
new wave band called Xtra Xtra.
Church had been the manager of the
Music Loft in Carrboro before leaving
to be a full-time musician. Along with
the rest of Cream of Soul, he now sings
duo with Carter Minor on Wednesday
nights at Spanky's.
One of the group's strengths is the
quality of its live shows, Herndon said.
"If you have good vocals, you're gonna
get a good audience," Herndon said.
"And we can draw!"
future.
The Motown band, which will play
Friday at Magdalena's La Terraza, has
been performing for about five years
but just went full-time in August 1988.
Since then, they have signed with East
Coast Entertainment, purchased a new
equipment truck and started preparing
for success.
"We are on the verge of doing some
thing big," said drummer and lead singer
Barry Herndon. "Soon we'll be up there
with the big guys."
The band chose its name to milk the
Wendy Grady
Now, band members devote about.
60 hours a week to songwriting, meet
ing with their agent and working on pt ,
their shows. Add that to the time spent"
on the road and it doesn't leave much
time for anything else, the band mem-!
bers agreed. ..'
But the commitment is worth it,'
according to Herndon. "Cream of Soul
is what is going on," he said. M
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Cream of Soul will perform at La ot
Terraza Fri., Sept. 22, at 10 p.m.
Admission price is $5. ;
Band Profile
concept of white boys playing soul
music, according to Herndon.
Cream of Soul plays a variety of old
remakes from singers such as Marvin
Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett
and James Brown, as well as cuts of
their own, Herndon said.
According to lead guitarist Andy
UNC-Kentucky football:
The most popular question I've heard
since I returned from Kentucky is (It
was late Saturday night, so grammati
cal corrections are included): "I lis
tened to the game, and it sounded as if
they did pretty well, but how did they
look out there?"
Now, I'm assuming that the question
was referring to the Tar Heels' 13-6
loss to Kentucky and not Saturday
night's Bid Day extravaganza, though
both are distinct possibilities.
Well, for starters, the UNC defense
looked terrific, even though it gave up
130 yards to Wildcat tailback Alfred
Rawls. Rawls, a 5-foot-1 1, 200-pound
bowling ball, earned every inch of those
1 30 yards, as the UNC defense swarmed
to the ball consistently on sweeps and
pitchouts. Keep in mind that he piled up
those yards on 28 carries (for a less
impressive 4.6 yards a carry). Twenty
eight rushing attempts is a John Rig-gins-like
total. Rawls was also running
behind a Washington Redskins-type
Rawls dreams of success,
then lives it on the field
By BILLTAGGART
Sportswriter Wannabe
Alfred Rawls dreams about football
on Friday nights, about what he is going
to do in the next day's game.
The Kentucky running back's dreams
became a 5-foot-1 1, 200-pound night
mare for the Tar Heels Saturday after
noon in Commonwealth Stadium, as he
rambled around, between and mostly
over North Carolina defenders for 130
yards and a touchdown.
UNC tacklers only dreamed of bring
ing down Rawls on the first tackle for
On Tap
Wednesday, Sept. 20
WOMEN'S SOCCER vs. Duke. Finley
Field, 2 p.m.
MEN'S SOCCER vs. College of Charleston,
Finley Field, 4 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 22
VOLLEYBALL vs. Furman, Carmichael
Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
WOMEN'S SOCCER at Massachusetts,
Amherst, Mass., 2 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 23
FOOTBALL at N.C. State, Carter-Finley
Stadium, Raleigh, N.C., 1p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY at University of Mary
land, College Park, Md., TBA
VOLLEYBALL vs. Ball State, Carmichael
Auditorium, Noon
VOLLEYBALL vs. Wyoming, Carmichael
Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY at Old Dominion, Norfolk,
Va., 7 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 24
MEN'S SOCCER at Connecticut, Storrs,
Conn., 2 p.m.
WOMEN'S SOCCER at Connecticut,
Storrs, Conn., 3:1 5 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY vs. Northeastern, Nor
folk, Va., 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 26
VOLLEYBALL at Duke, Durham, N.C, 7:30
p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 27
MEN'S SOCCER vs. Campbell, Finley
Field, 4 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY at Virginia, Charlottesville,
Va., 3 p.m.
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offensive line that averaged about 6-4,
290 pounds per monster. Rawls' suc
cess had more to do with his individual
excellence than any defensive short
comings on the part of the Tar Heels.
The statistics for the rest of the Wildcat
backs 86 yards on 34 carries (a
measly 2.5 yards a pop) strongly
support that theory.
The same theory is being used as an
excuse for the Tar Heels' passing woes,
but I don't buy it. Yes, the Kentucky
defense rushes the passer well. Yes,
most of the game. He showcased his
power and speed throughout the after
noon. The only thing Mister Dream
repressed all afternoon was UNC line
backer Dwight Hollier during a chest-to-chest
standoff at the UNC 20 yard
line during Kentucky's first drive.
Rawls followed the sweep to the
right, where Hollier was waiting two
yards off the line of scrimmage. Hollier
pounded Rawls and ended up face down
on the soggy turf, while Rawls paused,
regrouped himself and continued for
1 3 more yards, repressing several more
would-be tacklers.
After the game, Rawls called
Hollier's hit "decent," but seemed fairly
nonchalant about the run. "I just kept
my balance and got some good blocks,"
he said.
The next play from scrimmage
showed the other side of Rawls' rush
ing game acceleration. As he took
the pitch from Wildcat quarterback
Freddie Maggard, he saw UNC defen
sive backs Torin Dorn and Reggie Clark
between him and the goal line. They
saw him too but only briefly.
"I knew I had an angle on the corner
(of the end zone)," Rawls said. The
angle was more of a roundabout route
as he bounced outside and went around
any pursuit.
Of course, Alfred wasn't worried
about outrunning anybody. His other
options were "run over them or give my
stiff arm," both of which proved to be
viable options on other plays during the
game.
These are options he practices in his
dreams as well. "I think about hitting
hard and the stiff arm," Rawls said.
Several Tar Heel defenders were left in
REM sleep by these weapons.
"He's a real tough back," said UNC
freshman linebacker Tommy Thigpen.
"He runs low.to the ground so he's hard
to tackle. If you don't wrap this guy up,
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UNC quarterback Jonathan Hall has a
cast of freshman receivers. And yes,
the weather Saturday in Lexington
wasn't perfect. But one completion to
wide receivers for a grand total of four
yards? C'mon, something is definitely
wrong there. Start with Hall. You don't
have to be a Tar Heel basher to under
stand that he had a terrible game. Six
for 22 might be pretty good for a short
stop, but it doesn't cut it for the guy
who's supposed to be the most impor
tant man in your offense. Pure and
simple, it was a lack of execution, of
fensive line and receivers included. But
I'm not so sure there wasn't someone
on the UNC roster who could've done
a better job from behind center on Sat
urday afternoon. I do think it's too soon
to call for freshman Chuckie Burnette
as a starter; Hall deserves more than a
few chances to rebound. But there's
also nothing wrong with a relief ap
pearance now and then when your starter
doesn't have his best stuff.
he won't do down."
Rawls didn't break many big gainers
thanks to the rejuvenated Tar Heel
defense. Eric Gash and Thigpen led the
team with 10 tackles each, while nose
tackle Roy B arker clogged up the m iddle
with eight. The linebackers had plenty
of chances to make tackles as the
mammoth Kentucky line blew holes in
the UNC defensive front.
Rawls is on a good-dream streak,
one whose yardage UNC head coach
Mack Brown must wish he could tap
into for his running game. He had 107
yards and a touchdown against Indiana
in Kentucky's first game. Kentucky
head coach Jerry Claiborne is probably
sleeping a lot better, too, now that Rawls
has led his team to a 2-0 start.
"Rawls made a lot of yardage on his
own," Claiborne said during a terse
press conference. "He has great accel
eration and finds holes that really aren't
there."
UNC head coach Mack Brown also
gushed about Rawls.
"Rawls is an excellent football
player," Brown said. "He's one of the
better tailbacks in the country."
The judgment on this statement will
have to be reserved, but Rawls cer
tainly did look good enough to make
UNC fans miss ex-Tar Heel tailback
Kennard Martin. In fact, he ran well
enough for UNC linebacker Bernard
Timmons to compare him to Martin.
The Big Dream could have been
bigger, but fortunately for UNC, all of
Alfred's wishes don't come true. "I
think about running big plays," he said.
"I dreamed about a 90-yard, run, but
that didn't happen."
Enough did happen for Alfred to
sleep tight for one more week. Whether
the dream continues will depend heav
ily on the waking powers of the Ala
bama Crimson Tide, whom the Wild
cats face next week.
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My first question to UNC head coach
Mack Brown at the post-game press
conference: At any point did you con
sider going to Burnette at quarterback?
His response: "No, we didn't, because
of the experience of Jonathan Hall. A
lot of things that happened today that
looked like Jonathan's fault were busted
routes by young receivers. So, it proba
bly looked worse in some instances
than it was." Not as bad as it looked?
Maybe, but still bad.
After the game, there were very few
of the signs traditionally associated with
a losing locker room such as yelling,
cursing, crying, etc. Though many were
intrigued by the Tar Heels' apparent
lack of concern, I think it was more of
a tribute to the surprisingly advanced
maturity level of a very young UNC
football team.
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theirs and he'll grab on until some other
people come on. We work on tackling
every day. With as many young guys as
we have on defense, it's hard to tackle
a 200-pound guy who runs a 4.5 (40
yard dash) for three-and-a-half hours."
For a moment, let me abuse my power
as DTH sports editor to tell you that on
Sunday nights at 7 p.m., yours truly
with co-host Deaton Bell has a one
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Brown a man you're tempted to
trust enough to buy a used car from,
then love enough to let him keep it
had quite a few entries in the Quote of
the Day contest. A true gem: "We had
quite a few young mistakes in there.
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young ones, and when they make mis
takes, we're going to hug their necks,
put them back out on the field, and one,r
of these days they're going to grow ,
up." That's almost enough to make you
cry Carolina blue, isn't it?
The three most disagreeable people
the DTH sports staff came across in
Lexington (drum roll, please): 1) Inex-
plicably, Kentucky head coach Jerry-
Claiborne, 2) Understandably(?), UNC -f
quarterback Jonathan Hall, and 3) un-'
fortunately, Rocko, the bouncer at attl
shady campus bar called The Bearded
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In the midst of writing my column '
Monday night, I strolled by Carmichael
Field to get a look at some intramural'
football. It's amazing the quality of k '
play there. One top team it's called
"Dee You Blue," I believe won by;t'
what looked like a 7-0 score. What sl'
defense. They'll be tough to beat. Later.-'
the holes in the UNC defense
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