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teenagers themselves. Many of those they play for are classmates in the area high schools.These teen musicians enjoy their work and to attain the best in modern sound they are willing to buy all the necessary equipment.In interviews with the musicians, their most repeated reply to the why of it was “I enjoy playing.” For them, the money to be made is a secondary consideration.•rfew commercial places with aPA system.)As a result, beyond the investments in amplifiers so the electric guitars may be heard, the PA system is a very necessary investment.A RELATIVELY new group— a group that has not played the Cellar—is the Lords. The five members all attendaid Paul Samson, the proprietor of the Cellar. “They figure I'm coming out with more thanI'm coming out with.”He declined to say how much his overhead is. TTie Cellar is located in former par o c h i a 1 school building and Samson ents the basement area.Prospect High School. Their first engagement for money was in September.Most places they play—parkdistricts, schools, or commercial places like the Cellar in Arlington Heights or the PinkPanther in Deerfield—do n o thave public address systems or not ones suitable to the music. (The Cellar has been one of theTHE LONG-TIME host of “Queen for a Day,” Jack Bailey, is starring in “Love and Kisses” at Pheasant Run Playhouse in St. Charles through Sunday, Dec. 19.From Horace Abbey, Jackson, Michigan: I remember the daythe circus came to town. I wanted to go. but did not expect to do so. We lived 12 miles from town and that was too much of a journey to make in a horse and buggy unless it was strictly necessary.But, for some reason, mother allowed that I should go. I never teased or demanded, but kept my wishes to myself. I was probably 16 years old and able to do a man's work about the farm.A trip to town for dad and me meant loss of two day's work. Father was an easy driver. He never used a whip or urged a horse beyond a lazy trot.After the farm chores weredone, we washed and shaved, changed to our “town” clothes. We were in town early enough to see the parade, the big, bright band wagon, the matched teams, lions, tigers and bears, and the performances, all the excitementand strange sights that a circus brings.(S*ndTn. OldItatuckytributfoa* to eoluma to Timtrc, Box 131* Frank! ort,I.)Since then they have been playing on the average once a week at schools, park district field houses, and private parties.“I feel I'm pretty well exposed—I’m overexposed now,” Samson commented as he de-1lined to talk about profits.People do not realize, he said,, the costs involved in insurance,lJ0rmmThey have been getting as a group $25 to $50 an engagement. Soon they will audition at the Cellar and need to join the musicians union. Then they will beguaranteed at least $16 a man or $80 a performance for theentire combo.Just recently the Lords wentover $4,000 in their equipment investment. Their hopes, at the least, are to break even.A more established group is the Novos, a four-member combo. Besides the usual high school circuit and the Cellar, they have played at the Hotel Allerton and in county fairs.Len Kerley, an Arlington Heights teen and leader of the Novos. said his group is making $150 to $250 an engagement. His group has $8,000 invested in instruments and equipment.TWO OF THE Novos attend Barrington High School and the other two are out of school. The group usually works three nights I a week.•W.'vvy1mmFASHION SHOW• ach Wednesdayat 12:30COMBOat the Pi ThursdayPlan Now for YourChristmas Parfy Make Your New YearA second group doing well is the Males. What makes it a unique combo is that besides the usual drums and electric guitars, it has an organ.'Hie Males come from Addison, Elmhurst and Elk GrovevyReservations EarlyFavors andFun for All8-281-VClosed on Christmas DayVillage.Richard Hintz, a guitarist with the Males and from Elmhurst, said the group has been getting $150 to $225 and has had an offer for $300 which had to beturned down.The investment in equipment is $5,000, and the group plays at least once a week.SUCH GROUPS as the Novos, Males, Shadows, Continen t a 1 s, and Profits are members of themusicians union.With the proliferation of so many groups, Local 48, of the American Federation of Musicians, Elgin, has been busy seeing the groups do become union.Robert Frisch, se c r e t a r y-treasurer of Local 48, said, “We try to run them down as quickly as we can. It’s been our experience the young boys havebeen exploited.”Talk is buzzing of money and the profits to be made by commercial places.EVERYBODY IS mentally figuring what is being made,”i ■ a
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Arlington Heights Herald
Arlington Heights, Illinois, US
Thu, Dec 09, 1965
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