April 1970
Features
The Joe Cocker Show...Mad Dogs And Englishmen
David Marsh
The Discovery of Canina, A Most Special Pet (and, coincidentally, Leon Russell, A Most Special Musician)
Dear Creem: I feel that your very well-written article concerning the Detroit scene in the first anniversary issue greatly under estimated the heavy Detroit radio scene by failing to acknowledge the existence of WDET-FM.
Rock 'n' Roll News
NEWS ROCK & ROLL
ON THE LOCAL SCENE-The Stooges, as bizarre-o and twist-o as ever, have been exposing themselves in new areas, not the least of which is St. Louis, where they completely stunned the audience at the St. Louis Pop Festival and returned two weeks later as “The Rolling Stones of St. Louis.”
What?
Dave Marsh
Pink Gold
Pleasantly, but unexpectedly, Frijid Pink have struck literal gold with their single “House of the Rising Sun”.
Mothers / Rezapped
Dave Marsh
The lately lamented (too late, some say), under the direction of clean-cut Francis Vincent Zappa are reforming, in whole or in part, to do a series of concerts with Zubin Mehta’s Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
Looney Toons
Looney Toons
This column was suggested by Bob Rudnick, late of WGLD in Chicago, (among other places). Which doesn’t necessarily indicate that he’s responsible for it, just that I try to lay the blame where it belongs. Especially if it isn’t with me. Detroit progressive radio is experiencing some sort of upsurge.
Interviews
an interview with Leon Thomas
Dave Marsh
(Leon Thomas first became known to us through Pharoah Sanders’ album Karma (Impulse). His near-yodel, “the moaning of spirits known and unknown” as it has been called, fascinated both myself and many others. It was like the crying out of the father after the son and a million other everyday occurences; immediately relatable, as real and intense as Sander’s own work.
Gombeen Man
Gombeen Man
Deday LaRene
Writing (having) my own column is something I’ve wanted to try for quite a while, never had the termerity to suggest (it being so obviously an ego trip), and have now had foisted upon me. Of course, I find myself with nothing to say.
Savage Grace...a savage paradox
Debbie Burr
Savage Grace is a band whose music and story is as paradoxical as its name.
Records
RECORDS
Karma Kancelled-Right In The Heart Of Honky Heaven
Dave Marsh
The righteous Bob Rucnick, late of WFMU and WABX, is now also late of WGLD is Chicago. He was canned March 31st after a stormy four months as the king of underground radio in Chicago.