e d 47-
ju t 00 much f
City to overcome.
the kind of I d the
d you tend to
o defen .
on the Junior
85-71.
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By Hardi
17 entri ere: Van King -
lin 2 Whirlpool; Grover
Randell - line 2 Whirlpool;
and R ymond er­
line 2 Whirlpool.
lined sine ov. 19 be­
cau of tom cartilag in his
left nee. The Lakers
ere 15-5 before he nt
down, no they are 23-14.
time the ore 37-19.
Benton Harbor dominated
the game.
Lenni ord played n
of his best game of the
n oring 23 point
RA TED CE TR L F LLS pulling 10 reb und .
little agic" m e TO TIGER DEFE S Quincy Tum r played
the Lakers go ound "Ear- Benton Harbor played of the year best defensive
vin agic Johnson of the excellent d fen again t games, oring 17 poin
Lo Angele Laker who Kalamazoo Central Thurs- offensivly forward John
smile lit uP, the entire day night winning 73-61. Youn had 12 points and
league, e pected to be Central ranked number 9 rebound.
b Feb. 22 in time for 12 in the ate, kept up Benton Harbor won the
the game with ew York. with the Tiger for only Junior Varsity game 61-57.
Johnson has been ide- the fir t quarter. By half-
ere ready and
say an er
Timmon 'But
decided to start my label
(Beli e in a Dream I also
decided to brio them to
ashing ton to try nd
devel d a 0
ship' ith I'
family becomin
legal gu rdian:
Reddin ll ith him.
o E The Reddings jam to a different sound
on th Junior
56-55.
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GTO 0 brother goe to hool. He
year go, a gr p called is a nior cadet at St.
ther' Pride as pl ying John' Colleg High School,
th regi nal circuit around and every day after he
their hometown of aeon, doe his h me ork, he
G . heads do 'town to a re-
Older memb rs of th cording tudio to pursue
audience w me thing his I Hi name .
familiar out th bands Otis Redding 1lI, (the
1 -year-old b player - famous father Otis Jr.)
in the y h The three Call them-
I 0 ed d th ay h lves th Reddin and
metime san in a 10 their ne album is 'called
tenor. His name "The Aw ening." Their
De ter Reddin, olde son single 'Remote Control,"
of Otis Redding the singer is rising on the pop and
ho helped reshape oul ul charts.
mu ic b for his death in an ean hi1 , the songs of
airplane era in 1967. th father are still heard
He 100 S e hi f ther, occasionally on the air-
h h ays like him' av s: "I've Been L ing
Y Zelrn R dding, De - You Too Long' "Re-
ter's mother and the group's ct,' 'Doc of the Bay,"
co-manager. 'But D xter ''The Arm of ine,'
n ver wanted to capitalize 'That' Ho Strong y
on that image. Everybody Love Is."
ys 'D es he und like "I t m e you feel good
Otis? I m glad he doesn't to no that's your father
becau it s been on his on radio, ' says Otis 1lI.
mind: 'I don t nt to The und of 'Awaken-
und e Daddy.' He in' is much more in th
want to be better ith Kool and the Gang-Larry
-his vocals. And that will Graham-funk-bottom school
come about ith exper- of mu . c than their f: ther's
. nee. He goe after being cia ic soul b II s and
Dexter Redding." gritty or ong.
DEXTER REDD G
AND his cousin, ark Loc- ALTHOUGH TIlE Red­
ket, 24, live in ashington, dings only started playing
here Dexter' 16-yearo{)ld together two ago,
each had previous exper­
ience in the music busine .
When Dexter 12 he had
an English hit called "Love
Is Bigger Than Ba ball!'
"I t as my first chance
to e hat it as like,"
got them Ives really tight. '
says Zelm Reddin
aeon circuit as rough
on: It had alre y spa n­
ed Little Richard and Sam
e, as well as th nior
Reddin. Dexter ys that
his moth r for rna
in con, Dexter years has own d and man-
had picked up the guitar aged the 3S():' at e
at the ge of 4, but Otis III Directi ns nightclub ttl re,
w "never. into musi ," 'told us if that' hat e
y his mother. 'On anted to do, w uld
Christm he'd, '1 ant help us in any ay that sh
a guitar.' I said, 'I II buy it could. Sh g ve u time to
. but I know you can't play decide. I m an sh 's been
it.' But he learned. It kno .
just a thing of If my bro- IR pedi-
ther can do it, I can do it, gree the Reddin didn't
too. find do singing open
Dexter moved over to h n they opp d their
electric b , and cousin demon tape around.
Lo et eventually came in 0 they came to me
on drum and keyboard. (at pi Records in e
'They or ed real hard, York), I d idn t think they
gr ced th ir father' record
'They on't be missed -
that's just ho tight
music ill be," y &.AI'�"'�'
or much re mblance to
ra1 mu 'cal sty} .
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