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Post by dino on Oct 14, 2008 10:41:43 GMT -5
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Post by manho on Oct 14, 2008 15:41:16 GMT -5
"In the mid-'90s he contacted MOJO to profess his affection for The Kills, suggesting that he follow the duo of Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart on the road and report back with sketches and a review. Sadly, the final results were never submitted for publication"
small mercies?
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Post by cripes on Oct 17, 2008 14:52:58 GMT -5
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Post by manho on Oct 23, 2008 5:05:38 GMT -5
Rudy Ray Moore
Underground legend and the inspiration for gangsta rap
Garth Cartwright
The Guardian,
Thursday October 23 2008
Rude, crude and extremely profane, Rudy Ray Moore, who has died aged 81, was an underground legend of black American entertainment. "Underground" remains the correct adjective to describe Moore's success, as he never came near to achieving mainstream appeal. But as a stand-up comedian, film star and singer he enjoyed decades of acclaim among urban African-American communities. If his profanity-laced comedy routines and no-budget movies appeared to be made strictly for ghetto audiences, he more recently became an icon of ironic urban hip to those nostalgic for black American culture before MTV.
Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the first of seven children, Moore grew up doing menial work to help his family. After moving to Cleveland, Ohio, he worked as a kitchenhand and began to study tap dance. Aged 17, he moved to Milwaukee and got a job dancing in a nightclub as Prince DuMarr. This led him to join a travelling black variety show where he did his apprenticeship as a singer, dancer and comedian. Enlisted into the US military, he served in Korea and West Germany, where his performances earned him the nickname "the Harlem hillbilly". He settled in Seattle and began recording in the proto-rock'n'roll style then ascendant. His records never sold in sizeable quantities but he remained determined to succeed as an entertainer and moved to Los Angeles in 1959. That year he issued his first comedy album, Below the Belt.
Moore released two more comedy albums in the early 1960s, although his popularity remained confined to South Central Los Angeles, where he worked part-time in a Watts record shop. It was there that he encountered a wino named Rico who would, in exchange for soup money, recite ribald toasts featuring a character called Dolemite. Moore was so impressed by the response Rico received from customers that he worked the wino's stories into his own material. This led to him winning much stronger responses from audiences and he developed into what he described as "the first X-rated comedian". His repertoire now focused on him performing rhyming toasts where he developed outlandish, amoral characters who boasted about just how bad they were. Sometimes backed by musicians, he came to be seen as a pioneer of what in the 1990s became known as gangsta rap. His 1970 comedy albums Eat Out More Often and This Pussy Belongs to Me both made it onto the Billboard R&B charts and demonstrated just how large his following had become.
Moore continued to release comedy albums regularly, their explicit content and covers marking him out as an entertainer who pushed the boundaries of what was considered acceptable. He would record his albums at home, inviting friends and serving drinks, and when everyone got merry, started reciting material. This won him the title "king of the party records".
In 1974 he invested his $100,000 savings in the film Dolemite, in which he played his super-bad creation. Mixing low comedy with blaxploitation-style action and racial politics, Dolemite stands as one of the most amateurish films ever to win a large audience. Independently distributed, it proved a hit in black American communities and Moore went on to star in a series of films - The Human Tornado, Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil's Son-in-Law, Monkey Hustle, Disco Godfather - during the 1970s. Small and pudgy, he was an unlikely action hero, yet by serving up a formula of sex, violence and comic crudity, he won a loyal following. Aware that he lacked the talent that had taken Bill Crosby and Richard Pryor to wider audiences, he revelled in his comic persona of the ghetto avenger Dolemite.
As tastes changed Moore retreated to working in nightclubs, still issuing albums featuring both comedy skits and him singing soul standards. The huge popularity of gangsta rap in the 1990s founds many rappers citing him as an influence, and he made guest appearances on several rap records and videos. This led to a demand for his material, and many of his albums and films were reissued. He again began appearing in low-budget films and in 2002 starred in The Return of Dolemite, picking up where he had left the character in the late 1970s. A 1992 profile in the Washington Post described him as "an astounding renderer of 'toasts' - elaborately boastful, profane and scatological tales of life in the old-style urban sub-culture of pimps, prostitutes, gamblers and badmen. His husky, down-home voice is ideal for it." The superstar rapper Snoop Dog said: "Without Dolemite, no Snoop." He is survived by his daughter and his 98-year-old mother.
Rudolph Frank "Ray" Moore, comedian and actor, born March 17 1927; died October 19 2008
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2008
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Post by cripes on Nov 3, 2008 13:45:05 GMT -5
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Post by manho on Nov 10, 2008 4:20:45 GMT -5
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Post by dino on Nov 10, 2008 9:24:57 GMT -5
killed by camorra
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Post by cripes on Nov 10, 2008 12:52:30 GMT -5
Nice going guys.
You fucking Italians should get yourselves a black President.
Like us here in the USA.
Get with the program.
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Post by dino on Nov 10, 2008 15:52:14 GMT -5
is the second american musician that died here in italy during or just after a concert, anyway
the first was that Morphine guy, few years ago, heart attack while on stage
pretty good record, aint that
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Post by manho on Nov 10, 2008 15:56:54 GMT -5
"You fucking Italians should get yourselves a black President"
silvio has black hair.
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Post by dino on Nov 10, 2008 16:38:26 GMT -5
he is not suntanned tho
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Post by manho on Nov 10, 2008 16:44:22 GMT -5
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Post by manho on Nov 12, 2008 18:45:39 GMT -5
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Post by dino on Nov 13, 2008 2:30:28 GMT -5
Drummer for Jimi Hendrix found dead in Portland, Ore., hotel room
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PORTLAND, Ore. - Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.
Mitchell was a powerful force on "Are You Experienced?" the 1967 debut album of the Hendrix band, and the band's albums "Electric Ladyland" and "Axis: Bold As Love." He had an explosive drumming style that can be heard in hard-charging songs such as "Fire" and "Manic Depression."
The Englishman had been drumming for the Experience Hendrix Tour, which performed Friday in Portland. It was the last stop on the West Coast part of the tour.
Hendrix died in 1970. Noel Redding, bass player for the trio, died in 2003.
An employee at Portland's Benson Hotel called police after discovering Mitchell's body.
Erin Patrick, a deputy medical examiner, said Mitchell apparently died of natural causes. An autopsy was planned.
"He was a wonderful man, a brilliant musician and a true friend," Janie Hendrix, chief executive of the Experience Hendrix Tour and Jimi Hendrix's stepsister, said in a statement. "His role in shaping the sound of the Jimi Hendrix Experience cannot be underestimated."
Bob Merlis, a spokesman for the tour, said Mitchell had stayed in Portland for a four-day vacation and planned to leave Wednesday.
"It was a devastating surprise," Merlis said. "Nobody drummed like he did."
He said he saw Mitchell perform two weeks ago in Los Angeles, and the drummer appeared to be healthy and upbeat.
Merlis said the tour was designed to bring together veteran musicians who had known Hendrix - like Mitchell - and younger artists, such as Grammy-nominated winner Jonny Lang, who have been influenced by him.
Mitchell was a one-of-a-kind drummer whose "jazz-tinged" style was a vital part of both the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the Experience Hendrix Tour that ended last week, Merlis said. "If Jimi Hendrix were still alive," Merlis said, "he would have acknowledged that."
During his career Mitchell played with the best in the business - not just Hendrix, but also Eric Clapton, John Lennon, the Rolling Stones, Jack Bruce, Jeff Beck, Muddy Waters and others.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 1992. According to the Hall of Fame, Mitchell was born July 9, 1947 in Ealing, England.
Hendrix, Redding and Mitchell held their first rehearsal in October 1966, according to the Hall of Fame's website.
In an interview last month with the Boston Herald, Mitchell said he met Hendrix "in this sleazy little club."
"We did some Chuck Berry and took it from there," Mitchell told the newspaper. "I suppose it worked."
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Post by Cat Stevens on Nov 13, 2008 3:57:10 GMT -5
No!!! Mitch........................
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Post by Cat Stevens on Nov 13, 2008 9:04:03 GMT -5
Just got back from work (the above was typed right before I left the house)... I've suspected yesterday that something happened when nick posted that pic, but didn't bother to check the latest news on Eric, Keith (this guy will never die, right?) or Mitch, but how, oh how I loved this man, his every drum solo onstage with Jimi... I also have a close friend that looks exactly - and this is the truth - exactly like Mitch (circa '70, Isle of Wight period, with the beard)... very sad news. Mitch in action: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiMu_ZSbKn4 |
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Post by Cat Stevens on Nov 13, 2008 12:19:27 GMT -5
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Post by Cat Stevens on Nov 13, 2008 16:14:43 GMT -5
Interesting, Wiki article on Mitch wasn't so sure about him being a child actor so they removed that info, but the Guardian obituary mentioned it, so I've decided to check my source - old book of Mitch's memoirs, and sure enough, there it was (Mitch is on the right):  "Mitch in 1958 as Jennings in the BBC TV series, Jennings at school" Ha! Wiki sucks! Any recollections of this one, nick? |
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Post by cripes on Nov 13, 2008 16:15:45 GMT -5
Yo Cat--any idea what Mitch Mitchell was doing at the Rock and Roll Circus? Was he just there for the jam? What was Hendrix doing in December of '68? He'd have been a cool guest on the R&R Circus.
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Post by Cat Stevens on Nov 13, 2008 16:44:30 GMT -5
"any idea what Mitch Mitchell was doing at the Rock and Roll Circus?" Same thing Eric was doing - he was invited by John, that's all I know - and Keith was of course already there in the first place, as it was his group's film. "What was Hendrix doing in December of '68? He'd have been a cool guest on the R&R Circus." He just finished the USA tour (promoting Electric Ladyland, last Experience album), and indeed was already huge - that could be one of the reasons why he wasn't invited; remember, Stones wanted to be the 'headliners' there, what with the anonymous Jethro Tull (Stones were also thinking of inviting the "new yardbirds", later Led Zepp), Mick's lover, the fire eaters; they fucked up with inviting The Who though, who naturally upstaged them - that's why we first saw the film, what, 25 years later? The other reason is that Jimi slept with Faithfull while she was still dating Mick, and various accounts say that Mick was extremely jealous of Jimi anyway - take for example this nice little vid of Jimi backstage at the MSG, at their famous ("Get yer ya-ya's out") 27 november 1969 (Jimi's 27th, last, birthday) concert; how many times Mick posed in front of the camera, covering and ignoring Jimi? Keith was cool tho, and the only dialogue you can hear in the clip (5:30 - 6:30 sec) is when Jimi & Keith are talking about the girlfriend they shared, Linda Keith (actually Keith's girlfriend, but yeah, you get the picture... Keith didn't seem upset, tho): www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuKs9LsSBQA |
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