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I BREAK Wednesday Sept 7 1994 21 1' I "The Hottest -f 8 Trends In American Cuisine" 375-2004 comwofetlfand ColPeae LUNCH Mon-Frl Free Parking at lunch and dinner DINNER Mon-Sat during a show Soule calls the music "Southern soul" and Is very excited about the upcoming release "It's awesome We are very happy just to know that a major label is behind our music" No single release has been targeted yet for Righteous "Sweet Little Lass or Continued on next page CHARLOTTE Baseball Show Carolina Coin Show Charlotte Merchandise Mart 2500 East Independence Boulevard Friday September 16 10 am 6 pm (Baseball Show Hours: 2 pm 6 pm Friday) Saturday September 17 10 am 6 pm Sunday September 18 10 am 5 pm New! Low Baseball Show Admission: $300 Children Under 16 Admitted Free with Paying Parent (Limit Three Children Per Parent) Coin Show Admission FREE 1 00 National Sports Collectors With Great Prices on Baseball Basketball Racing Football Golf Cards and Memorabilia Comic Books and other Non-Sports Collectibles Buy Sell Trade 75 National Coin and Jewelry Dealers with Rare Coins Gold and Silver Jewelry Mint Sets Coin and Stamp Supplies A JIM PRUITT PROMOTION SINCE 1981 band We were inspired by those (early) days" Dennis said this vibe harkens back to a looser freer "party" era "Then the music made you feel happy that life was good that you could dance and have a good time" The music for Righteous has been ready for quite some time and was just waiting on packaging and the right release time Produced by John Custer (who was also behind the debut from fellow Raleigh-ltes Cry of Love) the album was recorded at Alabama's famed Muscle Shoals studios which has hosted such legends as Wilson Pickett Aretha Franklin and The Rolling Stones The members of DAG which consist of bassistvocalist Bobby Patterson keyboard player Doug Jervy and drummer Kenny Soule along with Dennis must have felt right at home there "We were making an record" Dennis said "so going down (to Muscle Shoals) to record was like getting the pope's blessing" The first reviews are-all glowing citing the band's "straight ahead undiluted funk" and calling them "four of the funkiest unknown kids ever to come out of North Carolina" All true A staunchly percussive band DAG boasts a groove deep enough to rival the Grand Canyon and vocals that range from a Sly Stone bottom end to the lilting falsetto of he-who-was-Prince Wonderfully infectious DAG is also a great live band where you can see the rhythmic funky feeling spreading around the room By Debby Jet Jennings Music Writer Sept 27 is the release date for the long-awaited debut album from Raleigh's DAC on Columbia records The four-piece funk and groovefest's Righteous will be fiercely faithful to DAC past influences and noble in its present day quest The music of DAG rolls on with a sound that's as much '90s as it is retro '70s '80s and even '60s Impressions of the finest funk and influences are invoked everyone from Sly The Family Stone ParllamentFunkadelic The Commodores Earth Wind Fire and Ohio Players to Prince "I don't know if I could put (the music) into a specific genre" guitarist Brian Dennis said "We're inspired by and 70s soul whichever term one wants to apply This (sound) is going back to the day when soul music was played by musicians in a self-contained band With the superstar syndrome of today you don't get the idea of a real I s' si Herb-Roasied Chicken Slo-Cooked Roast Beef 845-1999 9624 Manrte Rd 1 1-1 (Nrt MmHm at SHli N) I Seating far 30 Firi TekeniH wmmumums PRIVATE ADULT I VIDEO CLUB Novelties Magazines Video Arcade i Private Parking Security i 332-0450 3205 The Ptaza rOrtUflg wwWW IWWW I ft yiOMfl i MNEWUV1USI0IB OmIc Pete I) Gro LA 3 fkTD titii anti iSSSSSs' 1 I ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST AS YOU EXPERIENCE THE CHALLENGE OF WHITWATER RAFTING ina Be sure to catch Carlos Nakai Peter Kater Concert This Sat 8: pm Dana Auditorium Tickets available at Rainbow Path and Ticket Master 522-6500 1412-G East Blvd 332-3404 FRENCH BROAD RAFTING CO 1 -800-8423 189 704-649-3574 MARSHALL RESERVATION UNE LESS THAN 3 HOURS FROM 4 CHARLOTTE GUIDE IN EVERY RAFT MORNING AFTERNOON SUNSET TRIPS PRIVATE TRIPS OF 10 OR MORE AT NO ADDITIONAL COST (Li.