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WBTV Special
Looks At New
Bankruptcy Laws
“WBTV News Special Edition"
looks at the new federal bankrupt
cy ^ws>and how they affect, both
debtors arid creditors, Sunday,
February 8th at 6:30 p m. on
WBTV, Channel 3.
WBTV News Reporter Jim
Berry talks to some people who are
using the new bankruptcy laws to
straighten out their finances, and
how the i new law helps debtors
protect more assets from creditors
than they could have undef the old
law.
Berry, also, discovers how
lawyers are taking advantage of
the new laws, specifically one
lawyer who has advertised that hp
can heljl people in debt get credit
ors off their backs. And, he takes a
look at the new laws from the
creditors’ point of view - how
they're being hurt and what
they’re trying to do to change the
law.
Finally, Berry reports on what
the future may hold for the bank
ruptcy situation, what some states
afe doing to limit the law’s Ef
fectiveness, and what the elimate
is at the stateand federal levels for
further change.
In the History Department fea
ture, Mike Cozza tells about
George Washington's visit to
Charlotte.
Gil Scott-Heron
Kicks-Off JCSU
Lyceum Program
History can be made in different
ways, but Black history is an
exception in that only its people
can truly speak of its richness,
kiepth and multi-facetness.
In observances of Black History
Month, the Lyceum Committee at
Johnson C. Smith has compiled a
variety of performers and lectur
ers that is more than worthy to be
included in Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity’s Black History Program.
Gill Scott-Heron, noted musical
performer and author, will be the
first guest during the month of
February. He will make an
appearance in Brayboy Gym,
Thursday, February 12, at 8:15
p.m.
Often being labeled a "political
artist,” Gil Scott-Heron com
ments, "I am an artist who is
aware of the politics in the com
munity and is not afraid to deal
with them ”
Admission for this program is
only $2.
THE REDDINGS
.....Taking different path
Singer Otis Redding’s Sons
Following In His Footsteps
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Remember the cloying of Otis
Redding? He was both a singer and
songwriter who knew how to stir up
latent emotions. His sons have
decided to follow in his footsteps,
only they are taking a different
path.
The Reddings, composed of Dex
ter Redding, Otis Redding Jr. and
their cousin Mark Locket, have
recently projected their first
album, “The Awakening." Don’t
expect a replay of the old Redding
style. Instead, as the album’s title
connotes, the group presents a
fresh approach backed with profes.
sionalism.
Backed by the songwriting team
of Nick Mann, Bill Bears and Chet
Fortune, The Reddings’ album was
released on the Believe In A
Dream Record label. The first
time the company's president,
Russell Timmons, heard tapes of
The Reddings he was impressed
enough to sign them.
But this wasn’t the first time
they had received favorable com
ments. From the very beginning
critics gave positive reviews. Dur
ing one of their first performances,
with the band called Father's
Pride, they had no problem con
vincing the audience that they
were serious about music.
“Those first days were rough,"
Mark Locket remembered. “When
we played New Directions (a popu
lar Macon nightspot owned by the
late Otis Redding's wife, Zelma
Redding) the audience was super
critical, definitely letting you know
what they thought." The Macon,
Georgia area had already pro
duced such greats as Otis Redding,
Little Richard and James Brown -
they couldn’t let their standards
drop now._
“People would even stop us on
the street to talk about our show It
was if they felt a special commit
ment to help make us as good as
possible,” Locket continued.
But even with all of the com
parisons still being made the three
some can’t feel intimidated. "Peo
ple tell us all the time about
hearing or seeing our father and
how much he meant to them. It
doesn't bother us. We’re very
proud of it. It just means we have a
very high standard to live up to,”
explained Dexter Reddine.
All three grew up in Macon, Ga
By the time Dexter, now 20, was
four he had already picked up a
guitar and by 13 he began playing
the bass. He made his recording
debut at age 12 on Capricorn
Records and had a single “God
Bless” and “Love Is Bigger Than
Baseball." The record sold well
in Europe, but the elder Redding
soon returned playing music with
his brother and cousin.
Otis III is now 16. He began
playing the guitar at age t2. Mark
Ixxket, the brothers’ cousin, about
the same age began singing in
local talent shows. Locket later
began learning the keyboard and
drums
When the trio first became a
union the harmony just seemed to
flow. During their teen years they
would practice in long jazz
sessions.
4
PBS Profiles
Jazz Singer
Betty Carter
"...But Then, She's Betty
Jarter,” a one-hour television pro
gram Saturday, February 7, 10
p.m. on many PBS stations, pro
files a jazz vocalist who has valued
independence over fame for the
three decades of her career. Today
Betty Carter is known as a
“musician’s singer" - admitted by
jazz professionals, but little known
beyond this inner circle.
This program is a study of the
jazz lifestyle embodied in one
steadfastly individualistic, talent
ed and controversial woman. Pro
duced by independent filmmaker
Michelle Parkerson of Eye of the
Storm Productions. Inc., “ But
Then. She’s Betty Carter" is pre
sented on PBS by WETA, Wash
lIlftlUN. U.L.
From her initial exposure with
Charlie Parker’s quintet in the
early 1940s to national tours with
Lionel Hampton and Ray Charles,
and currently in her solo per
formances, Betty Carter has been
noted among her fellow musicians
for her ability to use her voice as
an instrument Along the way she
acquired a reputation as a maver
ick, unwilling to compromise her
musical individuality. In order to
maintain the independence she
irized, she established her own
ecording company.
The program presents many
acets of this remarkable woman,
A'ho has rarely been seen before on
national television. Before an exu
nerant jam session with pianist
conducted Lionel Hampton con
cludes the program, Ms. Carter
appears in meditative moments in
her home and the garden that she
loves, and visiting with neighbor
hood children. She discusses the
challenges facing a single parent,
the difficulty of integrating the
jazz lifestyle with one's personal
life, and the relationships and
personal developments which
weave the fabric of her 30 years in
jazz.
“Dukes Of Hazzard
Boss Hogg's Annual Stonewall
Jackson Day turns scour with the
General’s historic sword, which
Luke and Bo are hired to guard,
thetarjjet of a pair of crooks, hirer!
by Boss, on "The Dukes of Haz
zard,” Friday, February 13, at 9
p m on WBTV, Channel 3.
Jeb Duke, Luke and Bo's favor
ite boy cousin, arrive' in Hazzard
just in time to help his cousins
extricate themselves from the
ness they managed to get them
elves into by rescuing the curator
>f the Atlanta Museum from
fogg’s henchmen