ROCK AND ROLL NEWS
NASHVILLE — Cetron Records is releasing a recording of Bobby Seale's contempt citation, a word for word documentation of Judge Julius Hoffman’s nova oven indictment of Seale for daring to desire to have his own choice of counsel. The double record set features a group of L.A. actors reading the relevant parts of the transcript and ends with a smuggled recording of Seale himself, recorded in jail in Connecticut two months ago.
ROCK AND ROLL NEWS
NASHVILLE — Cetron Records is releasing a recording of Bobby Seale's contempt citation, a word for word documentation of Judge Julius Hoffman’s nova oven indictment of Seale for daring to desire to have his own choice of counsel.
The double record set features a group of L.A. actors reading the relevant parts of the transcript and ends with a smuggled recording of Seale himself, recorded in jail in Connecticut two months ago. Ben Vereen, who played “Hud” in the L.A. cast of Hair plays Seale in the rest of the documentary.
25% of the artist’s royalties are committed to the Bobby Seale Defense Fund. Producer Dennis Shanahan commented, “I wanted to produce Gagged and Chained because I believe Bobby Seale never yet had his day in court — and God knows Fred Hampton, murdered in Chicago (during the trial) will never have his day in court.”
It should be out in early September. Break your neck to get a copy and listen to it.
John Wilcock is starting another new magazine, this one about hip travel. It’s to be called Nomad, for late Fall appearance on your newstands.