The St. Louis Argus from St. Louis, Missouri • 13

THE IRADii idAxuun ll(e jumr Converts Renovated Tavern Into Rock and Roll Rendezvous I i pany (Saylnn law singing. WITH Bt'IJIlNO CHEEKS. Jonce. Waynmn Hill and Jackie Brinson srrnm- men Eddie no SHOW BANGM to a tow roek and tH I ballad Blue Shoutar Lov chant tha lyric. Delisa becoming mecca for ringing rhythms RUDDY LONESOME A renovated tavern In the 800 block of N.

Vandevenler la rapi-tlv gaining recognisance a the rock and roll renter of St. Um-a with the playing of Ike Turner, the colorful, acknowledged King of rook and roll artUta In thl area. Ike Turner, to you non-rock 'n roller, gained national prominence with hi waxing of -I'm Tor a due which reached tne half-million aalea mark throughout the country, and waa a ama'-h from roaat to coast. Ike la currently riding tne rreat from two more coming hit. Do You Mean and "Ho.

At the Club Delisa. these nights, Ike Turner is not only Tore up but hi fan climb to a feverish pit. bordering on near hysteria. The rocking, barrel-house rhythm and riotous antics of the danier is entertaining even to tha tone-deaf iwptute. While Ike draw a younger crowd.

Ilia fans, many of whom ar white, faithfully sit through each of hi four nightly sola on the bandstand neither vlpplng or vopiiing, just kicking heels In gay abandon, as If the 111 besetting this tired old world exist on another planet. OIRIJt AKE RI.EEK The women that flock to the Hub Dnllsa to hear Ike nnlniimlier the men by at least two to one. Nit are they dreaai-il in bohhy-soa fashion with Indifferent taste. The gala wear sleek, modestly priced dresses, are heavily perfumed and skillfully coifed. The present feminine emphasis on short hair stylea la a universal trade mark among the rock and roll fans.

But the women really don't come to alt, hear the music, and pat their feet. They come to danre, and that they do -all night. With the firat guitar strains of the heavily rhythmic Turner original "Rock-a-Bucket" they are up and running. Aa the dance floor stays park'd the women present, who treat Ike aa if he's the newest thing in Men, continually shriek for more, more rock and roll. But while the dancers are busy on tha crowded floor, there la other artion, equally aa entertaining going on at the DeUsa bar and the tables.

For th heavy Influx of femala Ik Turner fans has bought with it an increasing number of local playboy. These fellows, many of them aa gleeful aa if they had filled an lnaide straight, reach out happily to grab tha dance-hungry lassies. HAVE OWN BREAD One fellow who has been roaming In the environ of Pa rah and Finney for many moons, was asked why th transfer to the Delisa and Ika Turner. HI reply, "The babes, Man. these broads are something else.

They got their own bread (money) too. Which is aa good an answer as any. Most of ths men have to be reminded by the girls to remove their hats whlls dancing. But that is usually only a temporary setback. For If a fellow la alow to understand what the sweet young thing means, sha will gently reach up and take his hal off for him, holding It in her hand while they dance.

Ike Turner's present band Includes ths leader on guitar, Wayman Hill, tenor, Eddie Jones, tenor, Jackie Brinaton, baritone anx and oca la, Fred Sample, piano, Jessie Knight, Ike's nephew, on elect rlc bass and Clayton Lova on vocals. Lov replaced Billy Gayle, the vocalist on "Tors Up, when Billy left to form hla own group. Along with his meotoric rise to fams, Iks Turner has also managed to summon some inner reserve to maintain smart discipline among hla musicians. Iks limits tha men to two drinks night and many of them don't even drink that, he declared. "We're trying to get somewhere and when we first started out, had a lot of fun playing, drinking, everybody liked our music and ws were making money.

But I found out the hoys were doing a lot of clowning and during the last part of tha night, things got so bad sometime, we couldn't even play right. Bo now we arrange our business so that If wt want to drink wa wait unlil we get off explains Ike. FOBTION FOR TAXER Ike also pointed out that he Ukes a portion of the musician's salary and put it away for Ux purposes. The band treasurer has been one Eugene Washington, young drummer who has been with the band for three years. For the last week Eugene Washington has been missing.

Nobody knows where he 1 but Ik Turner hastily explains that hs didn't run away with tha money, mounting to several hundred dollars, because "I would have loaned It to At the age of 26, Ike Turner has a new Cadillac, an attractive home In East 8L Louis on Virginia Place and he end hla charming wife, Anna Mae, are literally sitting on top of the world. It was not always peaches and cream, however, for Ike wax born in Clarktdale, Mississippi and he saw a white man kick his father to death. In tact it waa because of the whltM that he came to the- parts. Iks had a dispute with a white tire dealer about payment on a tire which Ike said waa bed. Tha dealer sent a white woman out to the house to collect th money an old Southern ruse and the woman cursed Turner, repleted with the usual racial epithet, and then threatened to get her brother, i Ike whipped out a pistol and showed it to the woman, saying.

"Yeah and they will get this too." He left Clarksdsle. Mississippi that aame night and hasn't been bark since. He had no desire to get "Tor WINTERS, barmaid at Peacock Alley erthusndly dene with unidentified man. IONE jum era ST ABANDON tin couples ar jitterbugging to tin On Turner rhythm. i.