European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday october 11 1977 the stars and stripes Page 19 singin the blues by Dan Warfield is entertainment editor Rish guitarist Rory Gallagher s unpretentious work shirted performance style and his equally straightforward blues based Rock music got a lot of Public exposure in Europe this summer when he appeared on a eur vision All night Rock concert the first time German to had broadcast so late at night since astronaut Neil Armstrong s Moonwalk. Gallagher s spot on that International broadcast is an indicator of How popular he has already become in Europe. Many american Rock fans in Europe encountered him for the first time on that broadcast or on the summer festival circuit and have come away impressed. So have the organizers of the prestigious Monteux festival who have invited him to play there twice and he is one of a Small but growing number of Western Rock artists to perform on East bloc stages. Last year he toured Poland. We did a gig in Warsaw and a gig in Karovich or a Rovitz or something like that he said in an interview in Karlsruhe recently. It was very unusual in some ways. But the audiences were great and the Halls were grand. The promoters were a Little bit unused to the requirements like the crates of Beer and All the usual things but they did their he said he Hopes to return but right now his orientation is a Little farther to the West. The next thing is to dig deeper into our new material and try to come up with a really Good album that really cracks Home in the states. That s our big ambition sort of the crowning glory because our live Power playing for audiences is bigger than our record sales would show and i just want to even that Gallagher grew up in Cork starting his musical career at Home with a plastic Woolworth s guitar and a Reper Toire of Roy Rogers songs. Lonnie Donegan and Chuck Berry soon replaced the singing Cowboy As Gallagher s is photo by Jeff Whitted Gallagher at work in the Karlsruhe stadium. Musical idols and a real guitar replaced the Wool Worth s. Almost 10 years after coining to London to seek his Fortune he has continued to resist the High intensity silliness that passes for Talent in much of the record business. He s not planning on changing his music or donning Bizzaro gear to make it in the states refusing to panic and Start dressing up and doing what everyone else is doing. Well change As the changes come in the eight Way. But it s no Point in just Reading in the newspapers that everyone s doing reggae so you immediately do reggae music and then Start doing country and Western follow ing the crowds. You just do your own music do own thing. You always Hope you can jump Over the next Fence and find yourself in More interesting territory but. You have to keep what you be got As you go along learn and Progress the Best you can and develop into something very original and Strong. That s what we try to let s clean up the ghetto in t just the title of another hit record produced by Kenny a r l o and Leon Muff. It s also the n Are Ivan to a Ltd Vul Campaign being launched in Philadelphia by its two native music heavyweights who head Philadelphia International records. The single was recorded by the Philadelphia International All stars All of them big name artists on their own Lou Rawls Billy Paul Archie Bell & the drills Teddy Pendergrass Dee Dee Sharpe Gamble and the o jays. An album which has sold around 200,000 copies thus far was Cut by the same acts plus the three degrees in truders and Harold Melvin & the Blue notes. Gamble & Huff backed up the local clean up Campaign with a $50,000 contribution for openers. Now they re really putting their Money where their Mouths Are by pledging the net profits from the Sale of both album and single to the Effort which they Hope will inspire Community groups to unite in an educational program of one of the Best known disc producing teams in popular music Gamble & Huff currently have five singles and four albums on both Rock and soul music surveys. Tom Campbell sponsors jazz How the Howard Hanger Trio a jazz variety show from Asheville n.c., has begun a seven week tour of Ameri can military bases in Europe. The Trio spotlights eight musician entertainers whose 90-minute show features numbers by Dave Brubeck Carole King Paul Mccarcy . Walker. The show appears in the following areas nor deutschland oct. 10-17 a to shape oct. 18-22 v corps oct. 23-31 Middle East november. For de tails Check with local army music and theatre offices or recreation centers. Frankfurt area theater the International theater workshop formerly the american theater workshop will begin its fall season with a production of the Day after the fair a play based on a Short Story by Thomas Hardy. Admission is 8 Marks about $3.50 for adults half Price for students. Playmates Are oct. 14, 15, 28 and 29. Shows Start at 8 . At die Englisch Kirche Ferdinands Platz bad Homburg. Also in production for the English language Independent theater group is the marriage go round same place time and Price scheduled for oct. 21 and 22, and nov. 11 and 12. Louisiana red the Frankfurt amerika Haus plans an evening of blues with Louisiana red oct. 18 at 8 . Admission is free. The amerika Haus is at stauffe Strasse 1 in Frank Furt. French travel writers put the Blitz on Lon l londoners who who survived the Blitz should Beable to live through a Savage assault of hilarious criticism leavened with generous Praise launched at their City by France s two most irreverent food and travel writers Henri Gault and Christian Millay. But their French language guide to 1,500 Ood very Good and very bad addresses in and around London May in change the eating sleeping shopping and night Outing r conducted by j. King Cruger travel writer habits of the thousands of French tourists who flock to spend devalued pounds in the British capital. " Here Are some of their evaluations Wilton s restaurant serves infamous lobster new Burg a Creme Caramel As insipid As a kiss from the Queen Mother and a Check which is a slight Case of inde cent assault. The Playboy club is like an aquarium where they forgot to change the water. The Mirabelle a top Mayfair lunch spot welcomes diners worse than a Railroad station Buffet with service that is hardly worthy of a cafeteria. Dishes Are brought with an incredible Lack of consideration. If the Mirabelle had not existed it should absolutely not have been invented. But Prue Leith s restaurant in Back of Kensington is pleasant sober distinguished and comfortable with sumptuous hours d oeuvres and remarkable roast beef with delicious vegetables Simpsons in the strand is a National Monument where it is absurd to ask if one eats Well or badly but sometimes errors produce admirable traditional English meals. The Savoy Grill when it was sumptuously antiquated looked like nothing else. Since it has been renovated it looks like nothing. But beyond the appearances there Are very happily excellent products and a remarkable Savoir Faire. The Grill room at the Connaught however is undoubtedly so named because it is the Only room in this old and elegant hotel that in no Way looks like a Grill. The tenacious legend that it serves the most authentic English food should be killed because of its overcooked meat absolutely murderous Puree of peas and Green Beans whose strings could be Woven into a flak when English hotels had English staff say Gault and Millay they were not Only deliberately inefficient but Felt obliged to scowl at you. The italians and cypriots Are no better but at least the waiter who brings you the breakfast meant for the next room or the portuguese switchboard girl who wakes you 6 . Without being asked seem to find it All hysterical and you can Only join in the general London s famous hotels As viewed by Gault and Millay @ Grosvenor House a Railroad station on a strike Day. Don t venture into the succession of salons without an a Penstock and Good walking boots night May fallen 0 Mayfair if you Are a sausage King or a 1960s film Star it s exactly your hotel. Your Crocodile shoes and Large tips will bring immediate 0 strand Palace the rooms were decorated by the but shopping in London is absolutely fabulous no where else can you find so Many specialities so Many Dif Ferent models so Many bizarre objects according to the authors. Individualism they say is undoubtedly an eco nomic aberration but in a world where everything tends to resemble everything what a Joy. There is still a civilized world where they dare to make somewhat useless London s pubs and its open air markets like Petticoat Lane and Portobello Road generally rate High with the super critical frenchmen As do tourist attractions from the Tower of London to Cambridge. For All their criticism Gault and Millay admit that we can say without flattery that More than Ever we love London. Whatever the foreign press May say of Brit Ain s economic crisis the English Are still there with their Bizarr eries their ingenuity their Sharp sense of cordial i hospitality their Catar hic plumbing. London is the most exciting the most absurd and to say it All the most exotic City in the a top of the charts american top 10 singles according to billboard 1. You Light up my life Debbie Boone 2. Keople Comyn the Sunshine band 3. Nobody does it better Carly Simon 4. That s Rock n Roll Shaun Cassidy 5. Theme from Star wars Meco 6. Boogie nights heatwave 7. Cold As ice foreigner 8. Brickhouse commodores 9.1 feel love Donna summer 10.1 just want to be your everything Andy glib
