ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

Black girls jes’ wanna... Yes, Mick de lip Jagger has finally admitted that eight-year-old Karis Hunt Rutledge is indeed the result of a long-ago liason between he and "aspiring singer" Marsha Hunt ... And while we’re on the subject, it’s either a breakthrough for the plastic surgeons of the world or Amanda Lear really was telling us the truth in February’s revealing chit-chat: you see, dear Manny is with child...

Rats meet Rats’ Nest: Shortly after landing in New York on the first leg of a lengthy promo tour, Boomtown Rats Boh Geldof and Johnny Fingers spied a familiar orange/yellow/magenta bird’s nest hovering over one of Elaine’s feasts. In a moment of compassion, Geldof askfsd the waiter to deliver half a bottle of Heinekento the stricken man with a note: “Quick, Rod, cover up your rpots!” A short while later, Stewart had the waiter deliver a magnum of bubbly to the giggling Gaelics with this note: “Wishing you all the success I’ve enjoyed. ” C’mon, Rod, you can do better than that... Some days later in London, Rod found himself in die midst of an unwanted manage a trois when ex-sweety Britt Ekland descended upon-an intimate din-din Rod was enjoying with current squeeze, Alana Hamilton. When Britt proceeded to play kissy-face with Rod, Alana dampened her ardor by dumping a goblet of f champagne down her back. Looking on from a nearby table was Stewart’s ex-ex-live in, Dee Harrington. Stick-y...

ABBA spells div orce, at least as far as Agnetha and Bjorn are concerned ... and speaking of splits, you won’t have Emerson, Lake ft Palmer to kick around anymore (sounds of acute anguish from Rick Johnsonville). The good news Is thatthe trio is planning one more farewell concert tour this1 summer in the States. The bad news is that each member has a solo contract With Atlantic Records .(shimmer of hope in afore mentioned hamlet). Y ..

You can hear the strains all the way to Omaha... make that Birmingham: Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie and Beach Bum Dennis Wilson are crooning together on their nights off.

In thej Strange Enough To Be True Dept., the most vasectomyinducing rumor this month is that Bob Dylan’s next LP will be produced by the Brothers Gibb. WilLthose dolphin harmonies drown out Bobby’s trademark nasal flat notes? Will anyone notice thediff?

Another journalist falls with a greasy SPLATI: Allan Jones, of Melody Maker, was the recipient of a blow from the mighty fist of Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott. At an MCA party in London in January,seems the rangy Irish poet/bassist took offense at something Jones said; accused him of insulting his race, to which ^ the naughty Jones retorted: “The § Irish or the darkies?” Ka-blam. Lynott later fessed up: “Pd been on ® the piss since lunchtime and I was Jjust a bit smashed.” .

The saga of Sid Vicious ended tragically just as we went to press: Sid was found dead in his New York hotel room of an apparent overdose on February 2 after being released from prison on $60,000bail. The former bassist for the Sex Pistols was awaking a sanity hearing in' conjunction with his trial for the murder of girlfriend Nancy Spangan last fall.

Everybody go PFFFT! Peter Gabriels recent show in Paris was a bit too electrifying for his own good. As the audience rushed the stage, “their weight cut through the insulation of the main cable which ran under the barrier,’’said Pete. “During the show, I sat down on the edge of the stage, put my foot on the barrier, touched the microphone, felt a sudden throb, dropped the mike, then tried to pick it up another two times before realizing I was acting as a conductor for several hundred volts of current. 1 was a little shocked, as they say.” Ha.

In The Studio

San Francisco—Filmways/Heiden Jerry Lee Lewis, Alan Price, the Tyla Gang, Greg Kihn; Burbank—Kendun: Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Marcy Levy, Mandre; L.A. — One StepUp: Mike Love; Nassau—Compass Point: Rolling Stones, Dire Straits; L.A. —Paramount: Thelma Houston; Hollywood—Producer’s Workshop: Nils Lofgren, Chick Corea, Wha-Koo; L.A. —Record Plant: Ramones, Bill Withers;. N. Y. —Media Sound: Genya Raven, The Shirts, Sly & The Family Stone, Ronnie Spector; ’Miami—Criteria: Allman Bros.; Monterey, CA — SuperSound: Beach Boys; Boulder, CO—North Star: Isaac Hayes; Elsewhere: Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Cady J Simon, Martin Mull, Devo, ZZTop.

Who’s n6ws: Well, we’re pot holding our collective breath, but the word is that The Who will be doing a short U.S. tour sometime thisspring with Kenny Jones on drums. The soundtrack from the movie The Kids Are Alright is scheduled to be released April 1, with the flick itself due on these shores in May. Pete and the boys are putting the finishing touches on thd movie and soundtrack from Quadropheriia, which should be teady for viewing this summer.

Bob Seger & The Silver Ballet Bend have been home washing socks since the first of the year, on their winter break from the road. In between loads (that’s a lotta Burlington), Bob’s polishing off a few songs for the next one, tentatively pegged in the hearts of those who should know for a June release (aka July maybe?). This new vinyl effort should include some of the ditties Bob knocked off with fellow shy person B. Springsteen when the two got together last } - : September (say that you ^ ** remembah). Unless Bruce gets there first, which he won’t, as his only planned UP release is a double LIVE LP Jon Landau will have finished producing by the time you scan this.

Send it to Canada; they’ll buy, anything: Such was the thinking when Nail Diamond gave the thumbs-up to the idea of a gold-plated LP, appropriately titled ! 20 Golden Greats, to be shipped off _ to husky-land bearing the price tag of 100 bux a throw. At current exchange rates; our neighbors to the' North should be shelling out around five years’ worth of wheat crops for the shiny disc. Capitalism marches

Renowned jazz bassist and composer Charlie Mingus, 56, died January 13th in Mexico City after a long illness. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Eric Dolphy and John Handy were just some of the jazz greats who participated in Mingus’s jazz workshops in the 50’s. A NYC memorial service is planned ... •

Donny Hathaway fell to his death January 13th from a hotel window in New York City. His manager, David Franldfin, dispytedireports that the singer’s death was a suicide. . Franklin claimed that Donny had just finished tracks for an upcoming duet album with Roberta Flack, and was in too positive a mood to have contemplated suicide. He was, Franklin claimed, in the habit of singing in front of open windows, and could have accidentally slipped.

Maybe Mcliaoa Manchester should mooo-ve over and give Jeff Lynne a shot at those Memorex commercials: ELO slapped Detroit’s Brass Ring Productions with a lawsuit, alleging the company did not pay them enbugh for last summer’s Pontiac Silverdome show. Brass Ring then turned around and counter-sued, claiming ELO used tapes rather than performing live at the show in question: ’.> •;

“Yes, we have no Bianca,” said Casablanca Records when rumors spread that Meat Jagger had signed with the label to cut a (what else?) deezcoLP... But one new voice being pressed into vinyl service is that of Gllda Radnor who is cutting a comedy ahum., l

Time for a nyafwnyah: Marie Osmond is boasting to anyone who’ll listen thatshe was approached for the femrne lead in Grease long before Olivia Newton-John accepted the task. M O. turned it down because the thrust of the film didn’t quite jive with her upright moral background.,■> When asked if she’d also turn down the lead in Romeo & Juliet because of the bedroom scene, Marie responded with a resounding “YES!!” but then reconsidered and added, “Well, I dunno. I’d have to look at the script first.” Author! Author! ■ •

On Tour

Elvis Costello & The Attractions; Alice Cooper; The Clash; The Babys; Elton John; Georgq Thorogood & The Destroyers; Frank Zappa; Judy Collins; Stevie Wonder; The Kinks; Average White Band; Bob Marley & The Waiters; Boston; The Stranglers; Graham Parker & The Rumour; Van • Morrison; PeterTosh; The Temptations; Brides of Funkenstein; Tom Robinson Band.