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DAZZLING DIANA ROSS
AT CAESARS PALACE
Chick Willis StUl
Can't Reach The
Golden Circle
(AT. MAY 22. 1I7
THE CAROLINA
LAS VEGAS - Diana
Ross, the dazzling, definitive
superstar of films, recordings,
concerts and cabaret, head
lines at Caesars Palace, Las
Vegas, through Wcsncsday,
May 19.
The engagement marks
Diana's first United States
apppearance since the con
clusion of her recent smash
European tour which climaxed
at the New Victoria Theatre
that had all of London at
her feet.
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Opus VII Band Had To Change Name
Now Moving On Up
"The Opus VII Band name
came up three times this week
in long distance telephone
calls." says Liggins. chieft
executive of the D.N.B.R.D.
and Black Gold Music Program,
and in the conversation Liggins
learned that the Opus VII Band
was once called, the Superiors
and it was conflicting in name
ownership.
Opus VII is touring North would get on the ball, and
Carolina and is due in Wilming- get the recording playing in
ton for a two night stand
very soon. The band owners
say this is one of the most
polished groups on the road
today. "1 understand " they
have out a record. I wish they
would send me a copy or
that their promotion man
this area. I want the fans
to see them," says liggins,
"but 1 want them to be
ready to receive them. You
can't come into Durham
without advance notice. Well,
I wouldn't say 'can't' but
the good . group might lay
an egg to an empty house.
Clarence Carter SUl Has Drawing
Power fit Music field
Clarence Carter, a blind
guitar man and vocalist that
sounds like a preacher still
has a good following after
many years out there on the
road. Clarence who got
going out of Montgomery,
Alabama, later set up a
booking office out of Atlanta
and the rumor says Liggins.
"Is that Clarences' money
finances several records and
black artists in the south."
Clarence . Carter . came.., into
the Club Baby Grand under
criticism by the promoter's was happy for him," says
that he won't draw crowds. Liggins, "that he can still
But Clarence fooled everyone, do it. In this fast modern
The fans turned out a world these people are real
bad weather night to hear quick to count you out."
him. They paid five dollars rtlU AA rrw
at the door with no complaints
Clarence wen t through his list
of records that made him a
drawing card from , "Sixty
Minute Man" to "Slip Away"
to the delight of the fans
that stood around the band
stand to Watch' and cheer
this' gre'ar' musician tin. "I
Jim ' Catfish" Hunter of the
New York Yankees thinks
Minnesota's Rod Carew is the
AL's toughest "out." "He has a
magic wand. I remember one
time I struck him out and
Thurman Munson jumped out
from behind the plate and was
running up and down the field
laughing, Hunter says.
Trussel Band
Great In Action;
Little Drawing
Power At BG
. . . , , contributions and impact on
Trussel, a dynamite band ..
1 tha mntinn mptlirA crrPAn
with enough equipment to j Bergman was also the
supply two bands, came into , , . ,
if
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laesar awara.
prestigious
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Club Baby Grand,-
the big names on the club
circuit come to show their
wares. "They just haven't
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u,. .uT. reviewer wrote, "She is a
as jrci iu luin tins nuwu mai
Diana Ross' growth as a
performer and star has been
phenomenal. One European
comes to Club Baby Grand,"
commented Jimmy Liggins,
chief executive of the D.N.
B.R.D. program. They did it
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night clubs but Durham's R5" !fat happens the world
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superstar in a true sense.
He performance is flawless.
With all that, you come away
feeling there is an untapped
portion ready to explode.
CLARENCE CARTER
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Club Baby Grand is something
else. 'Now they wiU need a u ins And tWs comM
strong record says bggins. from before big
Then they will get to come Cf0wds on other top bUling
in on a big show but it s shows and maki records
hard to pay the kind of money Thjs is what the DNBRD
mis group as, wnen iney and Back Goid Music Prograill
don't draw the crowd. 1
is all about, to assist in the
wouldn't say it's the groups 0f black talent and black
fault, they have everything music Tnen new bands and
going for them. But that taent can make a right prcsen
drawing power is in the name." tation "
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good news.
If it happens at Caesars
Palace, Diana Ross may well
win a second "Caesar!"
The European and British
press were unanimous in their
priasc, exclaiming that they
had never anticipated so lavish
a production with such
effective theatrical staging and
costuming.
With a Diana Ross
performance no one knows
what to expect. Just when
you begin to anticipate, Diana
comes up with the startling
and the sensational.
The production that she
brings to Caesars Palace is
a blockbuster, a tour de
force, a delight on the eyes,
ears and imagination.
The material is totally
new from top to bottom and
was conceived and staged by "
Joe Layton.
The Ross performance is
a logistical wonder of costume
changes, lighting, staging and
presentation.
There is an all-stops-out
recreation of the Diana Ross Hf
legend from Motown to The 9f,
n a iti . j. . ci
aupremes 10 uiay oing
The Blues" to "Mahogany,
a kaleidoscopic look at
Diana's career through the
force and power of her mu
sic. The last four weeks of
her career featured a pair
of extraordinary highlights.
Marking a first for the Aca
demy Award presentations,
Diana appeared live from
Amsterdam singing the Oscar
nominated song from her
smash "Mahogany" film, "Do
You Know Where Your're
Going To?"
On April 3 in Paris she
was awarded a "Caesar," the
French Oscar equivalent, from
the French Academy of
Cinema Arts & Techniques
for her "continuing excellence,
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"Chick Willis is
one of the best blues guitar
men around," says Liggings.
Liggins first met the
Atlanta, Georgia man in
Oklahoma City, while there
on a business deal setting
up a record distribution house.
"I was invited to a Club to
hear Chick Willis and
Harmonica Fats. They put
on a show that was out of
sight. I was so impressed"
says Liggins.
From that
meeting a friendship was
established between the two
that has lasted over the years.
Liggins made arrangements to
book Chick in Houston, Texas,
he came out with a big record
'Stoop Down Baby', but he
can't seem to stay in the
limelight as other blues
singers such as B. B. King.
Lowell Fulson, Freddie
King, Albert King and the
late Howling Wolf. Chick is
as good as any of these artist
says Liggins who knows them
all. "I was listening to Chick's
recording of 'Things I Use
to Do'. It has all the flavor
that makes blues records sell.
But no big major label has
picked him up. After the
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Icebergs in the North Atlantic
draw attention because they are
hazards to shipping, But some
Antarctic icebergs have been
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break off with the label out
of Michigan, I talked to
that owner soon after the
break up, and I believe that
if Chick had stayed with
that compaii. he would have
the gold r i n jj But who
knows. I hope Chick Willis
gets what he is after in the
music business."
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