'60S STARS WILL SHINE IN PALMDALE.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer They became famous in the peace-and-love days of the 1960s, disbanded, then got together again for a benefit for 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake The Loma Prieta earthquake was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m. The earthquake lasted approximately 15 seconds and measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale (surface-wave magnitude 7.1). victims. Now the Chambers Brothers are touring again at festivals, theaters and clubs, finding their old fans and making new ones among young people. Performing isn't much different than 25 years ago, said Joe Chambers, guitarist and vocalist. "The audiences are just as enthusiastic as they were then," Joe said by telephone from his Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. home last week. "We have a lot of fun doing what we're doing. We just got a little older. The older fans are bringing their children along." The Chambers Brothers will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Palmdale Playhouse, 38334 10th St. E., Palmdale. Tickets are $16 for general admission, $14 for youths. Mississippi-born Lester, Joe, Willie and George Chambers This article is about the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. For other uses, see George Chambers (disambiguation). George Michael Chambers (1928-1997) was the second Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. were the nucleus of the original group, getting their big break after they began playing gospel and folk music folk music: see folk song. folk music Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural. in 1961 in a Los Angeles club. Joe Chambers said their eclectic sound derived from the music the brothers heard growing up in the South: gospel music, country music, blues. "Our music is pretty much out of a bag all its own," he said. "We just blended our music with the gospel sound, the blues sound, the rock sound. It comes out Chambers Brothers." They had their first hit with "The Time Has Come Today," described by a recent reviewer as a combination of "edgy rock, strident R & B and spacey spac·ey adj. Slang Variant of spacy. Adj. 1. spacey - stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug spaced-out, spacy unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" psychedelia psy·che·de·li·a n. The subculture associated with psychedelic drugs. Noun 1. psychedelia - the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs ." They followed up with "People Get Ready," "Can't Turn You Loose" and "Love, Peace and Happiness" - staples of their stage show today. After going their separate ways, the brothers reunited at promoter Bill Graham's request for the 1989 benefit concert for victims of the quake that hit the Bay Area. The performance went so well that Joe, Willie and George began performing again, accompanied by nephew Jerry Warner Chambers. They have performed all around the country. Wednesday they were scheduled to play at the club actor Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. He came to fame in the late 1980s and has since retained a career as both a Hollywood leading man and a supporting actor, in particular for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard series. owns in Sun Valley, Idaho <includeonly></includeonly> Sun Valley is a city and affluent resort community in the central part of the U.S. state of Idaho, adjacent to the city of Ketchum in Blaine County. , and they are booked for the New Orleans Heritage Festival. Joe Chambers said he hopes at least three of the brothers will be in Palmdale. George has been undergoing medical tests after losing stamina on stage, but either he or Lester - who has been pursuing his own route in blues - may be there, Joe said. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (Color only in AV edition) The Chambers Brothers - including Joe, left, and Willie - will perform a concert Saturday in Palmdale. |
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