Toupees booed
by bald men
MOREHEADCITY, N.C. (AP)
- Toupees and transplants were
heartily booed at the 16th annual
convention of the Bald Headed
Men of America.
“It’s not what’s on the head
that’s important; it’s what’s in the
head,” said John Capps, the or
ganization’s founder.
More than 30 of the organiza
tion’s 30,000 members attended
the event in this aptly named town,
engaging in a marathon of bald
humor and participating in compe
titions including Most Kissable
Bald Head, Smoothest, Sexiest,
Best All-Round and Solar Dome.
“You really don’t need those
lights,” one baldie joked to TV
news crews videotaping the as
semblage of shining pates.
Steve Austin of New York City
said he feared not winning the
competition for Smallest Bald
Spot.
“I think I'm going to lose by a
hair,” he said.
Mild winter, hot summer
boosts ‘angels’ share
COGNAC, France (AP) - The
“heavenly partners” of this
town’s most famous product have
been getting more than their usual
share this year because of the heat.
Townspeople here refer to the
amount of cognac lost each year to
natural evaporation as “angels’
share.” This past summer’s tem
peratures, sometimes reaching 100
degrees locally, have caused a
much faster rate of evaporation
from the oak barrels in which the
premium brandy is aged.
“As a result,” said Jean-Marie
Beulque, of the Bureau National
du Cognac, “the town’s angels are
receiving a substantially greater
portion of our cognac this year.
They are definitely coming out
ahead.
“The extremely mild winter,
hot spring and very hot summer
has increased the angels’ share due
to evaporation by 8 to 10 percent.
This represents an overall increase
of about 1.5 million to 2 million
bottles over and above our usual
annual loss.’’
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Beck releases album
(AP) - Jett Beck, long praised
as one of rock’s greatest and most
innovative lead guitarists, is a man
with strong opinions and a new
record, “Jeff Beck’s Guitar
Shop.”
Tony Hymas plays keyboards
and Terry Bozzio plays drums.
“We’re a band is what it is —
for me, for the first time in about
nine years,” Beck said. There is
no rhythm guitar or bass guitar on
the just-released Epic Records
album.
“I got rid of rhythm guitars
when I was 14,” said Beck, who
turned 45 in June. “If the drum
mer and bassist know their jobs,
you don’t need rhythm guitar for
this stuff.”
Bass players have “had their
innings,” according to Beck.
“There are so many piddly
thrip bass players. They’re trying
to do my job.”
He said, “I love to play rock ‘n’
roll.” But it has been Five years
since he made a record.
“In 1984, I made the ‘Flash’
album. I’ve been doing Mick
Jagger’s stuff. That took quite a
while.
“I did his first album, ‘She’s
the Boss’ ~ Mick singing and my
choice of rhythm guys. On his
second album, ‘Private Call,’ I
think Mick had a fantasy about
forming a designer rock band. I
didn’t fancy that. I was only on it a
little bit. I was a sideman. That’s
where I got off the boat.” He
didn’t go on Jagger’s tours.
Beck said that in 1986, he
“bumped into Malcolm McLaren
and worked on his album, ‘Waltz
Darling,”’ which is doing pretty
well.
I haven t- done a lot since
1986.1 sat and thought a lot. There
must have been a short space of
time when I checked out where I
would fit in. What is this? I can do
much better than I’m hearing. And
I’ve got something to say people
would enjoy.
“I’ve not been hiding away.
I’ve been trying not to listen to
radio in England. Anybody with
integrity at all, it’s not possible to
listen more than five minutes.”
While working on cars, Bcck
broke his thumb.
“The thumb got OK,” he said.
“I was a bit worried about that a
few months.”
Beck hasn t acted in movies.
“If they made a documentary
about mechanics, I could proba
bly do it,” he said. “We did a bar
band scene in ‘Twins.’ We didn’t
do any acting. I’d love to be in an
ultrafunny, hip comedy.”
A veteran of many group
lineups, Beck said that “none of
them were satisfying. They were
all frustrating. I wish I’d spent
more time with some of them and
not skimmed over them so
quickly.”
He was in the Yardbirds for
two years, replacing Eric Clapton,
and left in 1966. He formed the
Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Ste
wart on vocals, Ron Wood on bass
and Ray Cook on drums, to play
rhythm ‘n’ blues-edged, heavy
rock. Wood and Stewart left in
1969 to join Faces.
In 1971, after Beck recovered
from a car accident, there was a
new Jeff Beck Group. In 1975, he
had a successful fusion album,
“Blow by Blow,” followed by
“Wired,” also successful, with
keyboard wizard Jan Hammer. A
live album with Hammer fol
lowed.
“In the mid-’70s,” he said, “I
dabbled in the high art of jazz
influenced rock. John McLaugh
lin achieved this incredible level
of artistry. I felt totally inade
quate. Jan helped me put my feet
back in my shoes where they be
long.
In 1985, Beck had a hit with
Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and
Nile Rodgers as the Honeydrip
pers. He made an album, “There
and Back,” in 1980, with the clas
sically trained Hymas on key
boards, Mo Foster on bass and
Simon Phillips. Hymas was on
“Flash” in 1985 and Phillips was
on a 1986 tour of Japan.
“When Phillips left, he left a
big hole,” Beck said.
“I couldn’t be specific about
my calendar and Simon had to pay
the rent. He’s with the Who at the
moment. I’ve been waiting for a
drummer like Terry.
“In 1984,1 was looking for a
drummer and the hot tip around
the New York area was Terry, of
Missing Persons. I couldn’t go
down the road and hear him so he
remained a name. Fate works in a
funny way. Doing Mick’s video,
because of Simon’s absence, we
had to have another drummer.
When Terry started playing, I
knew he was my drummer, not
Mick’s.” Beck went up to him
afterward and said, “You’re
coming with me.
Sixteen months ago, terry
arrived, ready to stay in London
for three months. I went down to
Tony’s to write. He didn’t seem to
be the slightest bit interested in
coming on the road. He had three
children. I think when he heard
Terry playing he was a lot happier
about making a commitment.”
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