The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 188

6 TIIE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 29 1970 Night Life Ivory Joe Hunter Coming To Nite Lighters fiu TOUM WATT Kiicm uiMh a moita In haut nlaulna Cntufau Time JOHN KNOTT bum which he made in now playing Sunday idea of bottle clubs to the city many a young matron in town who can remember that if she go to the Sharecropper at least once on the weekend she would miss something Now a lot of them go to the new Sharecropper on Monroe at Willett tectural gem looks more barren and ramshackle than ever as the razers work at its destruction in a most lackadaisical manner Half of it is gone and you can peer through busted-out windows into a room that once was the swingingest place in town about 15 years ago when it introduced the Memphis coming out the first of the year The Triads a three-piece folk-soul group which has been popular with Nite Lighters patrons will start playing at 7 the nights Hunter appears Larry Gill the guitarist who sings like Johnny Cash has rejoined the Nite Lighters singing and playing along with Moetta LEON ROWLETT HAS beefed up the entertainment at his popular Wonder Bar at 777 White Station Road Roy Wolf and the Cubs are By Ivory Joe Hunter who has had his share of million-seller records over the years will play four days this week at Billy Hill's Nite Lighters Club at Jefferson and Second He will give three shows a night Wednesday through Saturday at 10 midnight and 2 am Some of his gold records are I Met You Baby his most famous which sold about one million and "I Need You which a chap named Elvis sold a million or two of Ivory Joe has a new al- Tuesday and Thursday nights with this lineup: Roy on clarinet Johnny Hunter on drums Tiny Dixon on guitar and Bobby Burns on bass and vocals All are well-known Memphis musicians Filling in the rest of the week are the well-liked Inn Men who have been furnishing music for Leon for three years They play Wednesday Friday and Saturday nights There is no cover charge except on weekends RONNIE SMITH SAID the beer busts at his Lounge on Jackson are a great success except he had some complaints told me they think of drinking beer in the afternoon so they came by and were a bit irked when they found out I John Knott open until You pay a nominal sum and drink all the beer you want girls pay even less Drinks are half-price Paul White is the new dee-jay for the discotheque part of the lounge THE old home never an archi- presents songs and music from The beautiful end talented Girls present an ALL NEW SHOW featuring do I to be in Spac and othefe Reid McCoy and the Common Law Catfish provide the backup sounds Shows nightly except Sunday at 8 10 and 12 Reservations: 525-8363 BIRTHDAY SPECIAL To celebrate our 1st ANNIVERSARY in Frayser We Are offering our Regular Dinners at an Outstanding savings Yes true Save 25c on each evening Dinner Four Nights Only Mon Nov 30 Tor Dvr 1 Wrd l)rc 2 Thuro Dee 3 Regular Adult 69 for 1 64 Pint Tax Regular (under 12) 100 for 75 Plus Tax Beverage Included Bring The Entire Family Special at Frayser Unit Only Norlhgate Shopping Center "MAN OF LA Ken Zimmerman is Cervantes-Don Quixote and Sherry Mathis is Aldonza-Duicinea in the Memphis State University Theater production of the musical play Staff Photo by Thomas Busier The play was written by Dale Wasserman with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion It began Its New York run on Nov 22 1965 at the ANTA Washington Square Theater later moving to Broadway where it is still incumbent at the Martin Beck Theater This matinee will be its 2093rd performance 1 La Mancha Set To Bow I At University Memphis State University production of of La will open tomorrow night with the first of 12 performances in the main theater of the Speech and Drama Building on Central All performances will begin at 8:30 They are 1 scheduled nightly Monday-i Saturday this week and next Ken Zimmerman has the i title role of Cervantes-Don Quixote in the musical drama Sherry Mathis will be Aldonza-Dulcinea and Terry Amidei will be Sancho Pan- za Others in the cast include Alice Fisher Bernita Farmer Tom Wolfe Tom Viers Mike Darling David Carter And Kitten Lyons Keith Kennedy is director tNUATAINMeNT tor All Occasions BERL OLSWANGER STUDIOS MW-IOWN I AST WMITIIMVIN coil ns-tiH YOU CAN PLAY Piano organ guitar DRUMS-BANJO-UKE VOICE ''TlIEEASYTrAY'.