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Afrlc n- tyl C
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te che . the b ic of
ceram i a you create and
decor te an African- tyle
m sk. It provides insight into
the functions of the mask. Call
Walter Weaver for info and
reservations t (833-12 3).
Feb. 1, 8, 15 1 :�O to 3:30pm
Age: 12 & up Fee: 20
Afrlc n Amerlc n Family
Day - African American
music and dance are among
the activities featured during
the OHM's annual African
American 'Family Day. Shop
t the bazaar feat.uring
African-Am erican goods in
the Streets of Old Detroit.
Also, trace your family history
Feb. 15 10am-4pm
exhibit - The successes
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nd challenges of Detroit'
African American businesses
is the topic of ·Strivlng to
succeed: African American
Businesses in Detroit,"
opening at the DHM on Feb.
8 and runs thru Sept. 1992.
Tu k ge Airmen'
Car r W ek - FEB.
17-21 -Careers in aviation
and aerospace presented.
CalJ (313) 297-9360 for
details. Historic Fort Wayne
is located at 6325 W.
Jefferson at Uvernois.
African-Am rican Film
Featlval - In celebration of
African American History
Month, we will be showing
classic. African American
Films suitable for all ages.
Feb. 29 1 :30-3:30pm FREE.
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DETROn) - The Historical
Department' popul r
booklet listing signific nt
people and places in the
history of Detroit s Afican
American community, is
available at the Detroit
Histori I Museum's Old
Detroit Shop. The booklet Is
$3 per copy, 2 for students.
The Old Detroit Shop, located
in the museum's lobby, is
open Wed. thru Sat., 10am to
4pm and Sun., 1-4pm.
Unless otherwise noted, all
programs will be held at Detroit
Historical Museum, 5401
Woodward. FREE parking Is
available In the museum's lot
located on Kirby. (833-1664).
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By SHEUA RULE
R.�lnt from New Yor" TIm ••
The hodgepodege of pop-music
legend inducted into the Rock­
and-Roll Hall of Fame last night
offered raucous, soulful and mel­
low te timony that rock-and-roll
defies easy definition. A planned
l.M. Pel-designed building in
Cleveland to house the music's his­
tory, meanwhile, continues to defy
construction.
The Rock Hall of Fame inducts
people in the categories of artists,
early influences and non-per­
formers. Artists ·honored at the
organization's seventh annual
awards ceremony at the Waldorf­
Astoria Hotel in Manhattan in­
cluded the Jimi Hendrix
Experience, whose innovative
leader expanded the boundaries of
the electric guitar; the country
singer Johnny Cash, and Bobby
(Blue) Bland, one of the most
respected voices in rhythm-and­
blues.
Theyshared the spotlight with
the 'Yardbirds - the English band
of the 60's that included three of
rock's best-known guitarists, Eric
Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page
- and with Booker T. and the­
MO's the Isley Brothers and Sam
and Dave.
Two Who
Showed the Way
The two inductions, both posthu­
mous, in the early influences, or
pre-rock, category, were of Profes-
or Longhair, the new Orleans
pianist whose rolling style is still
echoed by such performers as Fats
Domino and Dr. John, and of the
bluesman Elmore James, a slide
guitarist who influenced a couple 0
generations of rockers.
The non-performers, those
honored for behind-the-scenes con­
tributions, included three, posthu­
mous inductions: Leo Fender, the
inventor of the Fender electric
guitar; the songwriter Doc Po mus,
whose best-known hit was the
Drifters' "Save the Last Dance for
Me, " and the promoter Bill Graham.
To be eligible for the hall, artists
must have released their first
recordings at least 25 years ago, in
1�6 or before. About 600 per­
formers, producers, writers, record
executives and broadcasters cast
ballots for nominees.
"Rock-and-roll has been around
�ce the early 1950's and held cen­
u�r court, the main ring," aid
seymour Stein, the president of Sire
R):cords and a member of the Hall
Fame .board. "No other
American music - no other music
_ has been in the spotlight,
Ylhether big bands, jazz, torch
hl$ers of tile 1920's or Latin dance
o
t
o
or
rhythms that came and went. The
reason is rock-arid-roll is a com­
bination of all music." ,
A museum and archive 'dedi­
cated to the culture and history of
Mr. Stein' favorite musical form
have been in the planning since
1985. But ground ha yet to be
broken at the site, along the shore of
Lake Erie in Cleveland, the city
where the disk jockey Alan Freed
began to popularize the term rock­
and-roll in the early 1950's.
The projected cost of the build­
ing has spiraled heavenward, from
an early estimate of $15 million, to
$65 million, of which $44 million
has been raised from a combination
of state, city and private sources in
Cleveland, and from events spon­
sored by the Rock-and-Roll Hall of
Fame Foundation in New York
City. Jann S. Wenner, the execu­
tive vice president of the founda­
tion, said that corporate sponsors
would be looked to and a member­
ship drive po sibly mounted to raise
the rest.
Mr. Wenner, the editor and pub­
lisher of Rolling Stone and Us
magazines, announced in early
1990 that after prolonged delay'S,
ground would be broken that year.
Now he says, with more caution,
that it could be "as early as this fall
or could stretch out to fall of '93.
"Raising money for a nonprofit
museum in the amount we're talk­
ing about is not easy," Mr. Wenner
said. "It's never been easy, whether
it's a Presidential museum or an art
museum, particularly in these
times. If thi were an art museum,
people would say they understand
what that is. We've been trying to
do it right and trying to do it right
means making mistakes and cor-
FEE
recting them. That takes time. No
one has ever done a eum of
sound before."
ore T an
Just a Museum
The museum and archive ale to
be part of a high-tech center .ha:
covers about 135,000 square feet
and includes theaters, a promenade,'
a restaurant and underground, ex­
hibition areas Intended to allow
visitors to delve deeply into the
lives of artists, their music and their
eras. .The exterior pyramidal
design, by the architect LM. Pei, is
to be dramatically lighted against
Lake Erie.
All of this sounds really good,
said Sam Moore, "if it is true." Mr.
Moore was half of Sam and Dave,
the stellar soul duo of the 1960's
whose ong "Hold Ont I'm Comin''
made even people in a hurry willing
to wait. In 1967, their hit "Soul
Man" was at the top of charts in both
the United States and Europe. Dave
Prater, the other half of the duo.
died in a car accident in 1988.
Mr. Moore said that being m­
ducted into the Hall of Fame "says
that we have arrived and will go
down in history with some of our
peer." But he speaks with less cer­
tainty about the building itself.
"At first it was supposedly going
. up," said Mr. Moore, who was bat­
tling chills and a fever so he could
attend the star-studded induction
ceremony and jam session, which
had B.B. King, Keith Richards,
Aaron Neville, Neil Young, Steve
Cropper and Carlos Santana on the
bill. "Now it's alleged that it is
going up. If that is true - and I
don't know because I can only go
by' what they say - the museum
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WORD MAKERS Edited by NATHANIEL SCOTT
Drowned in tears of fear
A song to be written
A cry precious souls will hear
A sour apple waiting
Still looked at as that Black deprived child
Never feeling secure about the past or my
color
Always having to prove myself
Puzzled if the Black male is my enemy or
lover
You ask about my Blackness
But in my heart it is clear
The suffering is over but
The struggle is still here.
Frightened by the future J see
The young man wearing his "starter"
Wondering how reality
Passed him by
LATRICE HARRIS
Chicago
Willing to live a fast life
Thinking of himself as martyred when he
dies
Watching his mother
Sit through the wake
Send your poetry to: Michigan
Citizen, c/o Nathaniel Scott, P.O.
Box 03560, Highland Park,
MI 48203.
oot
BOBBY (Blue) BLAND, one of the arti t honored at the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame's sev�nth
annual award .
will teach the kids that there is more
to music than rap. Your children's
children might ask what did Sam
and Dave do and they could go there
and get a good history lesson. If I
. have any pride, it won't be for Sam
and Dave's legacy but that people
have gone there to learn."
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