ROCK & ROLL NEWS
Ted Nugent, dangerous rock n roll guitar player spent some time in the Traverse City jail July 11, 1969. Ted has long been famous for his bizarre stage clothing, and has been known to wear such things as fish net pants, chains around his neck... the kind that you could pull a car with, and this time his indian outfit was a bit too much for local officers of the law.
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ROCK & ROLL NEWS
Ted Nugent, dangerous rock n roll guitar player spent some time in the Traverse City jail July II, 1969. Ted has long been famous for his bizarre stage clothing, and has been known to wear such things as fish net pants, chains around his neck... the kind that you could pull a car with, and this time his indian outfit was a bit too much for local officers of the law. The outfit was complete with head dress and knife. The knife was the reason for the hassle. The officers tried to book Ted on a concealed weapon charge because the knife was in a sheath although totally visible. Ted is back on the streets^the charges dismissed.
At Trans Love, the notorious Kraak has taken the vacant half of the second Trans Love mansion, sharing it with the. dangerous Upsters. The Kraak might be remembered from several appearances at the Ballroom under the name Gypsy Blue, previously from Ohio. Look for big things out of the Kraak.
Eighteen year old Scott Bailey, drummer with the Up, is seriously ill with arthritis.
Who owns the Eastown?
Jimi Hendrix will be standing trial in Toronto at a date yet to be set for possession of a glass jar containing three bags of heroin and a metal tube full of hash.
Dutch Elm has gone through another personality change which looks like a change for the better. . . much better.
New roster is Marc Faulkenbery, past of the legendary Pink Peach Mob, Michael Jones, bass, formerly of Back and Back Boo, Tom from Ann Arbor, and Rockin’ Reggie of the Family Medicine Chest and Southbound Freeway.
Savoy Brown will do an album at the Grande.
WOODSTOCK
So much has gone down about the Woodstock Pop-Rock-Art fete that people are wondering if it is happening at all and if it is, how do you find it. Well, here is the rap as of press time. The “Ultimate Pop Festival” was originally scheduled for Woodstock, New York. The promoters had advertised a 500 acre site but it turned out that no such site was available in Woodstock. They then headed 40 miles north to Wallkill and secured 200 undeveloped acres called Mills Industrial Park. Wallkill (8,000 population) freaked. Their zoning board met and rejected an application to hold the three day festival there. All this time, promoters had committed themselves to over S750.000 front money and had sold over S300,000 worth of tickets. It was decided that even though legal action could be taken against Wallkill. the site should be moved again. Many places called Festival offices offering locations for the fair. Of these offers. White Lake, in Bethel,
New York. (Sullivan County) 98 miles from New York City, was chosen. The site is supposed to spread over 600 acres of virgin land. The Town Board and people are anxious to cash in and things seem to be full-on once again.
Vanguard Records has approached All the Lonely People with a contract offer with Samuel Charters calling them “one of the most dynamic groups” he has ever heard.
The Third Power have also been contacted by old Sam and are negotiating. It sure looks like the Vanguard Recording Society is waging a total assault on second wave Detroit rock. Sam must have Motor City Madness bad.
Jeff Beck and Donovan have joined forces to become a super-group in the best super-group tradition. Plans for live performances are reportedly in the works and they've already cut a single.
Is it true Detroit has its own very active klan of Plaster Casters?
Chess records is discontinuing its current series of old 78 blues in album form (Real Blues, More Real Blues series) and . some of the “heavier’ hits will be released in new packages.
WCAR, presently playing a radio format that depend^cntirely on the swill and dreck of the record world will soon be kicking out the jingles with a brand new rock & roll format. Be prepared if you have high hopes for FM quality on AM because rumor has it that it will be a strong copy of CKLW three months ago. For you radio buffs, it might be significant to know that Paul Drew was in town last week and he was not visiting CKLW (Paul Drew, former hired enforcer of the Drake format, notorious monotonous a la CKLW programmer).
After Monday the 28th of July, the archives close on yet another Jeff Beck Group. Ron Woods, as exclusively reported in Creem No. '2, is leaving to join the Small Faces.
Also, as the Faces have recently lost Stevie Marriot they have offered Rod Stewart the gig as lead vocalist. Rod will probably take it.
Nicky Hopkins vanished about four weeks ago, having just cut six tracks with the Jefferson Airplane, and has probably tied back into the psychological security of session work.
Which leaves Jeff with Tony Newman, whose drumming is extremely good but nowhere near as heavy, 1 fear, as is necessary to work as a basis for Beck’s incredible guitar work.
Jeff Beck guitarist
extraordinaire and shy guy extreme will rock & roll on - tho’ hell should bar the way!
There’s a benefit on Sunday, August 17 and 24 at the Grande Ballroom. These are benefits to raise money for Mid-West Printing Co-op. Russ is cooperating to help all the local papers raise some needed funds.
Bob Seger ot System tame, will soon be retiring from rock biz to go to college to study criminology.
The Frigid Pink have signed with London Parrot Records and after a successful single, “Tell Me Why,” have completed their first album for Parrot label.
Abie Ecks really makes it.
