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You Could Soy They Have A 'Chance'calCmbesOn RecoraBv LARRY DI M(TIMES Staff Writer)A local rock n roll grou p known as Ken Owens and the Bel Roys will make at leas! a •one-shot push within thlt;few weeks for national recognition in thefield. || p | JJ :]|B jl|Owens and his four-man backing recently | cut a 451 on | the Chant’e label featuring a pair of songs written by the lead ningeiThough Ken hesitates to predict which side will go over best,fittjappears that a number philosophically entitled “That's Tough’’ has the best|It combines a moderate, easy-to-lt;lanee-to-if-you-know how tw istlyricssmoothly.tmm‘ ’* 1 * v *pic reverse side, “You’re For Me,” is not quite as good from ‘ailvrical standpoitit, but nonetheless provides dancers a change of pace with its chalypsobeat|reminiscent of a couple ofthe late Buddv Hollv's tunes m Allj in all| the record could easily *“make it? providing it goes over early in s e 1 e c t e d towns outside the singers' home•rea.| Chance records^ the recording company which is as local as the young men w ho record for them, plans to push it soon in Oklaho-ma|City. a fertile area these days for records to “break out on a|national scale.Phil Eagle, who leads the company, has nottiing but praiseOWENS (( ENTER) AM) THE DEL RAYS.,.(!. to r.) Favorite, Farl and Ernie ( ate, Watsonfor the group which heads his company’s second crack at the recording business. Last vear Masle cut a record for Johnnyc !(*iTt I VTolleson. a Fayetteville mu lan who for years was tops on thlt;University campus in the'n roll department.The Del Keys, who back Owens instrumentally as well as vocally, are Ixnnie Watson onthe electric bass, Emit Cate on the electric organ Randv Fa -forito on drums and Carl ('ate,lead guitar,Owens joined the group in 1961 after a short stint with a u known as the Trebles.Ken, personally, is a far cry from the duck-tilled, bourbon* soaked entertainers sometimesfound in the college night spotsaround the country. Having for-one the “Preslev image*’ in fa* vor of an education, he is strictly a family man and has a wife and 9-month-old son, KendallWayne.Ow*ns reeeiml a degree in history last January from the University ami plans to teach hen he gives up Ihe “night dub-fratemitv dance” lgrind.Ho got his start in his iwme-town, Huntsville* singing at Legion Hut. Later tie yot w hat heconsiders his “real start” at theold Goshen Jamboree which was taped weekly and played over KBHS in Springdale.The two recorded songs are among 10 rock n roll and over 200 country and western numbers he has written. And the surprising part is that Owens canjust barely read music.Owens and the Del Hoys over the weekend made their first appearance of notlt; in Fayetteville since last spring, at the Rock-wood. During tlx? summer they appeared regularly at night spots in Joplin, Mo.Ken. admittedly, feels a certain affinity for Joplin because it was there that his record was released Aug. 10 Early reports indicate it s doing all right, too. Just afler it w as released, aJoplin record shop and a radio .'Station pegged “That's Tough” and “You’ne For Me” as their “Pick Hits of the Week.**There are a few copies of the record now available in Fayetteville at Met-calf's, and one of the radio stations is giving it spot playings. But not until the college set returns in force willthe promoters (Owens and Eagle) try to give it a big local push.The big play will come around registration Week at the University. Owens and the Del Keys have a tow-night engagement (Sept I and 7) at the liockwood and a day or two a I* ter that they re hoping for bighelp from the DJ’s.
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Northwest Arkansas Times
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Mon, Aug 27, 1962
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