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...catching, ear- gracing commercials for Levi's 501 jeans. His four-octave voice has topped Down Beat magazine's readers' poll for best male singer four years running -- that's one award per octave. For the past three years, he has also taken away Grammys for Best Male Jazz Vocalist. Now, after spending two of the past three years on the road (performing as many as 116 concerts annually), Bobby McFerrin is setting his sights on something serious. San Francisco. Home. Family. And true glory: "I want to be the Scrabble champ...
...only a hiatus, not a permanent dissolution--gave Richards that opportunity. He assembled a crack band of studio musicians and impressive guests, including veteran studio guitarist Waddy Wachtel, star New Orleans pianist Ivan Neville, funkster bassist Bootsy Collins, Talking Heads keyboard sideman Bernie Worrell and E Street Band vocalist Patti Scialfa. Dubbed the X-Pensive Winos (Richards' comment on their salaries and drinking habits), these players have allowed the star to do things...
...proscenium. "Half the concerts are quieter on the stage than anywhere else in the house," notes Flansburgh. Many rockers now sport protective gear during practice sessions and even during performances. Saxophonist Benjamin Bossi of the Ordinaires, a New York City- based band, dons headphones before concerts. Fred Schneider, vocalist for the B-52's, stuffs tissue into his ears. Rock Promoter Bill Graham, who is shepherding the current Amnesty International tour, keeps vats of earplugs available for everyone from security guards to roadies...
...stand the heat, check out the All Day Jazz Festival, which features vocalist Rebecca Parris, trumpeter Herb Pomeroy, saxophonist Alex Elin and other local musicians. From noon to 5 p.m. at Newton's Leventhal-Sidman Community Center, the Highland Jazz's annual festival will cost $10 for adults and $8 for students. Children under 12 get in free. Telephone...
Meanwhile, the Golden State batting champ had been seduced by a new love: music. Olmos taught himself to sing and play the piano and, by 1961, was good enough to join a band called the Pacific Ocean. Sporting hair down to his waist, Olmos was the group's lead vocalist. "I was a terrible singer," he admits, "but, boy, could I scream and dance...