European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes monday september 9, 1985 by Mary Campbell associated press in an Era when Many Rock of needing 18 month. In the studio to can in album. Blu. A Donn b Kiiu a corps Only two w " Sand we it the and Ginger creates during that Lime leaves mom tans weeping screaming or stomping. Born 60 years ago this sept. 16 on a Cotton Plantation hallway Between Indianola and Ilia Bena miss., King has More record albums than years. His latest six Silver strings is his 65th. I carry seven musicians with me at the moment it is six he said. We have been averaging about 300 dates a year. We re cutting Down now Well probably do 250 to 275.1 want some time to go in the studio. Working so much i never had studio time like other people do. Every album i be Ever done has been made within two weeks. I d like to have a month or so to work on an album Iii wanted there Are other things King would like to do ii he had the time. A lot of times i be been called to do to shows and could t. I d already made commitments to play concerts he said. King did t know How Many records he d made until a 1984 pcs documentary. Let the Good times Roll counted them up. I used to keep an album every time i d make one he said. I gave a big collection to the University of Mississippi and during my divorce a lot of records got Tost travelling one place to another. And your friends and your wife s friends borrow them and Don t bring them he has been married and divorced twice has five daughters and three sons. Most of them have children of their own. None is in music. I never did encourage any o them to go into any profession. The Only thing i asked of them was go to school and try to get a Good education. Education was one thing i did t have and i wanted my children to have it. Most of them stayed out of trouble. I m very proud of allot . King first came to wide Public attention in 1969 with the record the thrill is Cone that song s lyrics talk of bluer. There Are also blues songs with suggestive lyrics the Early female bluer Singer specialized in those and Tunny bluer there a also country blues it if Urban Blu i. But King does t put much Stock in that fiction the Way people Analyse it out. The tend to think that Chi Tajti developed its own blues he i Don t agree Wilh that. Most of the people that came to Chicago Muddy Waters. Jimmy Reed. Howlin Wolf. Buddy Guy and Many others were doing what they do before they got there. It just happened to be kind of a Haven for the blues. Chicago welcomed King loves to hear people laugh and one of his favorite songs is How Blue can you gel the lyrics Are i gave you a Brand new Ford and you said i want a Cadillac i bought you a $10 dinner and you said thanks for the snack i let you live in my Penthouse. You called it a Shack. I gave you seven children and you want to give them the song written by Leonard Feather always gels laughs. King said. King As almost everyone knows plays 3 guitar named Lucille. I m playing Lucille 15 now. I be got a couple of guitars Only one on the Road with me All the time. I be never worn one out. Two or three have gotten busted up in Auto accidents. I be Given a couple away. Those i be got now i keep one at Home and one on the last Spring King made his first video for the soundtrack of the movie. Into the night. Michelle Pfeiffer and Jeff Goldblum. The movie s co stars play Alto sax and keyboards in the Murphy plays Drums. I had a terrific video King said. Jeff is a terrific keyboard player and Eddie keeps very Good time on Drums. We re pretending to play to the soundtrack but they re All such Good actors you would never know it " it s business As usual for men at work by Judy Cantor associated press on Friday nights Gresham picks up his saxophone and jams with his a band a group of neighbourhood blokes and Ham s Girlfriend. In a Melbourne Australia pub. We play 60s songs music i be never played before. They play every Friday night. It s nothing much to do with Ham said. That anonymity of sorts is a pleasure the Rock musician does t have playing gigs with his a band. Men at work. Ham wit have to give up his Friday night fun for a while. Men at work have come out from Down under again with a new album. Two hearts. The group also launched a North american tour earlier this month with a kick off concert in it. Lauderdale Fla. The group that made a bread spread called vegemite a household word and saturated the airwaves and video screens Wilh such singles As who can it be now and it s a mistake had taken off a year and a Hall to rest. They won a grammy award for Best new group in 1983 and toured the world for two years cruising on the Success of their firs two albums. Business As usual and cargo. Speaking by Telephone from his Melbourne Kitchen one recent morning Ham said a lot of people say i guess you be dropped out of the Public Eye. Will it be possible to get Back " he said that on the contrary men at work s successful singles and videos resulted in overkill. I d like to think people have had the time to forget about he said. When the group finished touring in 1983, Ham said. Everyone split off in their own different Ham said he has spent the time just relaxing in Melbourne and writing songs for the new album. It took me at least four weeks to get used to being in one place he said. Sitting in airports it s a Little difficult to men at work returns on two hearts minus bassist John Rees and drummer Jerry Speiser who left the group. The songs were written and produced by Ham and Colin Hay and recorded with guitar player Ron Stryker and studio musicians. Ham described the album As quite different without being totally different. Elements that people will recognize and like Are still there. The style of some of the songs is still what people associate with men at work. Others you could possibly hear on the radio and say who s that we just do the songs that we regarding the tour Ham said this time we re going to approach it with a bit More common he said they will restrict touring to four months at a time. We re going to try to a e it a situation where every show a do is a Good one he said. Ham anticipated a War n Welcome Back. I feel Good about i. We be had plenty of time he a Iid. It does t really matter what to me you take off. 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