ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

Bod Stewart and Maggie Bell recording a single together of an unnamed Neil Young song.

Harry Nilsson punched out a drunken patron at an L.A restaurant after the man walked up to Nilsson's table, apparently on a dare, and poured a drink over Harry's head.

Motown has agreed to distribute Qaiee Records, the first all gay label

The Secrets (who were formerly the Leather Secrets, if that gives you an idea of what their act was about)i have hung up their ketchup bottles and corpses, stowed their padded undies and leather skintights, and bid adieu to show biz. New York leather boy heartthrob and Secrets' bassist Ed DonDiego may just have to start practicing law now, if he can’t dig up anything else.

Crosby, Nash, and Taylor? They were so excited after harmonteing together on J.T,’s new LP that it could become a reality in the near future.

New Bryan Ferry solo’Single due any minute.

Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum is making an Elton John. And the American Optical Society has | honored him with their “Eyes Right” award “in recognition of his influence in making glasses glamorous.”

No hard feelings: Nigel Olsson, late, of the E J band, to record for Elton’s Rocket Records. Meanwhile oF Pink Eyes has found hisself a new drummer and is gearing up for this month’s bash at London’s Wembley Stadium with the Beach Boys, Joe Walsh, and the Eagles. ■

Patti Harrison received a $30,000Alfa Romeo from soulmate Eric Clapton for her thirtieth birthday. And maybe to pay off expensive birthday gifts,, Eric is planning to tour again this summer (the same line-up as last year), and is already in the studio at work on his next album. At' the same time, Atlantic is talking about releasing a live LP from the last tour.

Lawrence Welk will not run for the Presidency in 1976, despite th^ 5,000 letters urging him to do so.

dagger and Jimmy Page huddling over potential plans for a monster summer show that would feature the Stones, Led Zap, and FacesfSl

Who was that masked man dept. Following Lon Bleed’s recent nervou? collapse on the eve of a concert in Germany, bassist Dong Yule (who, so the story goes, tried to pull the group out from under Lou shortly after joining the Velvet Underground) reportedly donned a pair of sunglasses, went out and did the show as Lou singing all the songs, and not a soul but the people in the entourage knew the difference. Meanwhile, Lou’s next studjo album, Coney Island Baby, apparently represents a return to pre-Sally Can't Dance sleaze (sample lyric, from a song entitled “Dirt”: “Pickin’ up trash down on the docks, guys with hard-ons . , .”). If he can ever finish it, that is: sessions broke down completely when Lou fired produced Steve Katz, took over production himself, and completely confused the sidemen, according to one inside source, by being “so wired he’d change the rhythm every time they tried to lay down another take.”

Are you running with me, Jimi?... Jim Croce’s producers, Terry Cashman and Tommy West, have stumbled over—you guessed it—some unreleased Croce tapes and are secretly preparing them for a fall release.

Six tracks are complete on the next Allman Brothers album scheduled to be out by August to coincide with the start of their summer tour.

Count ’em! Two new Jethro Tull LFs on the way. The first, Rainbow Blues, a compilation album featuring some unissued material, will be out this summer. And, in the fall, expect a completely new studio effort called Minstrel In The Gallery.

Spurred by Transcendental Meditators Al Jardine and Mike Love, the Beach Boys have established a group law against the taking of drugs on the road, under penalty of a $1,000fine per offense.

Garth Hudson, Al Kooper, Roger McGuinn, and Elvis all hanging out at the Poco sessions in L A with Garth laying down some tasty keyboard overdubs.

One more time dept. The Dolls have disbanded with guitarist Johnny Thunders and drummer Jerry Nolan reforming as the . Heartbreakers. ... •.

Todd’s latest is the longest single rock album in history, clocking in at 65 minutes.

Marc Bolan will play the drugcrazed sex killer in a film co-starring David'Niven.

Ain’t love grand dept. Yoko On© was in Bloomingdale’s in New York recently ordering a set of personalized bath towels to read: “John and Yoko, Together Again,” Previous to the re-engagement, Yoko approached Atlanta’s GRC records, of Moe Bandy fame, about picking up the option on her solo career and was turned down flat. "The trouble was,” explained GRC' rep Mike Bone, "she brought her songs with her.” I

Ray Manzarek is working on the soundtrack for a major movie about a not-so-mythical Southeast Asian opium war.

‘In recognition of contributions, blah blahblah m " Hohner has presented John Mayall with the world’s largest harmonica which stands over two ahd a half feet high, Meanwhile, John’s latest single, “A1 Goldstein’s Blues,’’.reportedly came about because the Screw publisher said he was jealous of the bluesman’s more extensive ..porno collection;

Steve Miller is now out on bail after being arrested for forcibly ejecting a female friend from his Mill Valley premises.

Captain Beefheart, who has leen working as aju mbetjack in northern California, now making his grand return to music as part of the Mothers. 1

At the First Annual Truckage Country Music Awards in Memphis, 400 truckers awarded Charlie Rich, the only celebrity to show up, top honors as male vocalist of the year.

The Trogge’ original drummer failed to join them for their current comeback attempt because he’s reportedly “afraid to get back into rock ‘n’ roll” after being stabbed by a Hell’s Angel at a gig several months back. ?

After a long hiatus, John Fogerty is back ip the studio in San Francisco.

Wings’ guitarist Jimmy McCullough may be taking on any of Ron Wood’s Faces commitments while Ronno’s bn tour with the Stones.

Hollowing the lead of Carlton the Doorman (a.k.a. producer Lorenzo Music of Rhoda), whose record is currently climbing'thes charts, Ted Knight (a.k.a. Ted Baxter of Mary Tyler Moore) .is cutting a

Say it phonetically .. . The Soviet State Record Factory, Melodiya, has released three songs by an English, band called the little. The tunes, once big sellers in the U.S. and Western Europe: “Let It Be," “Across The Universe,” and “I Me Mirie."

The rest of Lynyrd Skynyrd has bet lead singer Ronnie Van Rant $4,000 that he can’t quit drinking for six months. Ronnie’s doc ordered him, id lay off the sauce or forget about having a future.

Uriah Heap’s David Byron smashed up his $12,000 Jaguar in England, but he’s all rigfyr

Monty Python’s new single disc LP actually has three sides by virtue of the alternating grooves on one side. • Warn 111 Btlll

Vintage stuff: Tommy Rettig, who played Timniie on Lassie, was busted for smuggling liquid cocaine into the tl.S. contained in wine bottles.

Ifcyp Paayle h^e reportedly broken'ap with RftcMa Black more putting together a.H band called Rainbow with KLO’s cellist Hugh McDowell and some of the members of RHf.

Chat s father is suing her, and Time and People magazines, for $4 million, claiming that his privacy was invaded by several articles, one of which referred to him as “ajg compulsive gambler and later a heroin addict.”

The show must go on . Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler put a hole through his lip falling into the head of Joe Perry’s guitar during a recent gig, .but returned bloodsoaked for the encore anyway.

The Valiant Brothers, tag team wrestling champs of the world, are set to make their vinyl bow, produced by Dictators / BOC / Pavlov’s Dog trairier Murray Krugman.. Their material includes a reworking of “Jim Dandy” called “Jim Valiant to the Rescue,” as well as songs by Mars Bonfire and the Dictators’ own Adny Shemoff (“The Valiants’ Story’’). Until they are picked up by a record company, the two blond Valiants say their records will be sold only at wrestling arenas.

Ex-Quicksilver lead guitarist John Cippolina has joined Man, , white longtime Man member Ken Whaley has split to pursue a career in journalism.

Ersatz Indian Keel Hartley has split with Dog Soldier in what someone says was “a wise move.”

Why does Diana Rose drive a ’65 Rambler?