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DATE: October 28, 1991 �� =_ - .y`k4
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SUBJECT: REPORT ON THE PROPOSED BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE. HOMELESS.
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Defer further planning on a benefit concert for the homeless
until the spring of. 1992 and ask the Executive Director of
the Housing Authority to report to the Board of Supervisors
on the likelihood of such a concert at such time as it
appears reasonable to undertake such planning.
2. Remove this item as a referral to our Committee.
BACKGROUND:
On July 23, 1991 the Board of Supervisors referred to our
Committee and the Executive Director of the Housing Authority a
letter from the President of the Alameda County Board of
Supervisors suggesting. that Alameda, San. Francisco and Contra
Costa counties jointly sponsor a benefit concert with the
proceeds going to the homeless in these three counties.
Meetings were held with Mr. . Bi.11 Graham, who agreed to handle the
promotion and all arrangements for the concert if the counties
would line up the talent for the concert. Mr. Graham supplied
staff with the names of a number of performers who might be
contacted as well as the names of their agents. Thus fax, while
a couple of relatively unknown bands have agreed ' to partlicipate,
no "name" performer has agreed to appear. This will make it
almost impossible to generate a crowd large enough to make such a
concert successful.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMXPE� YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF C T MINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE ER
SIGNATURE(S): CHRODER SUNNE WRI GHT' McPEAK
ACTION OF BOARD ON November 5, 1991
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
�� I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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Please See Page 2. PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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DEPUTY
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San Francisco County has withdrawn from the planning for the
concert. Alameda County has withdrawn at least temporarily
because of the impact of the Oakland-Berkeley fire. In addition,
with the sudden and tragic death of Mr. Graham, it isunclear
where the promotion for the concert would come from. As a
result, we are recommending that we simply defer action on
planning at this time and ask the Executive Director) of the
Housing Authority to return this matter to, the. Board when the
question of promotion has been clarified and when there are
indications that the other counties are willing to join Contra.
Costa County in the planning.
cc: County Administrator
Executive Director, Housing Authority
Alameda County Board of Supervisors: (Via Housing Authority)
San Francisco County Board of Supervisors
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,y MEMORANDUM
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Date: October 22, 1991
To: Internal Operations Committee
From: Patricia Pinkston, Homeless Management Officer
Subject: PROPOSED CONCERT TO BENEFIT THE BAY AREA HOMELESS
I just received word today from Valerie Street, the Homeless
Coordinator for Alameda County that they have suspended all work on
the Concert for the Homeless at this time, due to the massive fire
this past weekend in the Oakland-Berkeley hills . If we are able to
line up the talent, we may proceed with a concert in the spring;
however, the initial proposal for a concert in November, and the
subsequent effort to organize for a concert in January has been
cancelled.
I attended only one meeting regarding this concert which was held
on September 26, 1991 . At that time, the following issues and
concerns were addressed:
1 . The difficulties in getting the committment of talent,
especially a big name "anchor" for the concert: To date, we
have received the committment of a few less well known groups
including Limbomania, Clarence Clemans, and Edwin Hawkins, but
we do not have a big name to carry the concert. (see attached
talent status report)
2 . Concern over the poor turnout at concerts in the Bay Area
in general this year and discussion about the possible reasons
for this (see attached article regarding the Bread and Roses
Concert)
3 . Cost/benefit analysis regarding the pros and cons of other
options including holding a number of smaller concerts, the
lack of anchor talent and the potential draw without one big
name but by using a number of groups, the size of a facility
and expected revenue flow, and the timing issue, especially as
it relates to promotion, etcetera
We learned that the County of San Francisco no longer wishes to
participate in this effort. This means that the money raised by
this proposed Concert for the Homeless will now be equally divided
Alameda and Contra Costa counties .
It was decided that a January date would be preferable, both in
terms of the likelihood of more open calendars for the tallent we
are most interested in and the lead time necessary for successful
promotion activites, unless we received a confirmation from at
least one or two more groups in the next ten days . Needless to
say, that was not the case. Our goal remains getting a comm Iittment
from M.C. Hammer, who has never given a concert in the Bay Area,
or from two or three other well recognized musical groups .
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Paul Kantuer Is joined by his son,Alexander,9,at Saturday's Bread and [loses concert. Byl&nktf'~"n'tyltend °°
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By Larry Kelp [tickle r.e-1.Innes called her to volunteer.
Tllbrnt mu.b aple But beyond talent,these days you need a
HWEN IT COMES to the annual hot,trendy name to bring In people who don't
ATBread and Roses benefit fes- buy tickets for the cause or the overall pack-
tival at Berkeley's Greek age. A name like Ronnie Raitt. Or Chris
Theater,one couldn't ask for Isaak, whose band fast year performed.
more. "Wicked Game"even before the song's pres-
Well,maybe one thing:A bigger crowd. ence In the flim"Wild at Heart"made him a
The weather was warm and sunny Sal- hot properly.
urday.The lineup of musical talent was hn_ Isaak is tied up shooting the next David
pressive,and included new faces and a huge Lynch (link, but Isaak'a dresser was back-
culUtral and age range that spanned from stage helping musicians with their clothing.
from 76-year-old Roebuck"Pops"Staples,to And his drummer, Kenny Dale Johnson,
Paul Kanlner's sun(with Cyuihin Iknwman). played with the Gospel Hummingbirds.
Alexander,9. The show ran an hour overtime,provid-
Old favorites including comic Michael Ing six hours non-slop entertainment,not bad
Pritchard,singer Rickie lee Jones and Nor. for so many acts. At 1117.50 a ticket, It re-
ton Buffalo came up with new material. mains one of the real bargains of the concert
And African-rooted, percussion based world. Besides, where else could you hear
groups got spirits and feet moving -- Baia- [tickle I.rc.(ones sing Marty Balin's Jeffer-
ton Marimba Ensemble and Airto and Flom- son Airplane ballad, 'jComin' Back to Me,"
ra's truly amazing Fourth World — before with such aching passion that many in the
Oakland's Gospel Hummingbirds sent people audience had tears streaming down their
home with their soulful church harmonies. cheeks? Or Airplane founder Paul Kantner
But the crowd was small.The Greek,on See BREAD,Page B-t
the University of California campus,was far
from empty, but with only 5,000 or so In
attendance, the hoped-for big bucks to help
.in the organization for the next year didn't
roll in. I��e'"' `:..
Benefits, no matter what lite lineup or
cause,'Ifhave had U trouble this past year.Blame i *• �.,
it onthe slumping economy,or anything. In
the case of Aid and Comfort and the Red- ! '
wood Festival,bad weather was a culprit.
1Vorsst the once- crowd that , M i;
The weather was great, the 'f
came to anyt.hin comtmmily-oriented dis• k �� t i"
appeared in the. 'Otis and is unpredictabic in
music even better. . . too bad the '90s. And it's getting (ought (nr tuud•
raisers to convince musicians to perforin for
tree,even if it is to benefit their own commu-
so few were there to enjoy nity.
tut for Bread and Roses, singer Mf-
the classic Eastba benefi Farina's Marin-based organization that
takes free entertainment to shut-ins In hospl-
tais, convalescent homes and other inslllu-
ftions,at a rate of 45 shows a monllt,every- •t
/i thing was douc right. Farina had no trouble
^ coning no with an impressive collection of '
Ll, acts. Even before she started calling them, Organizer Mimi Farina with'Pops'Staples.
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Conflnned frortr Page 17-1 new songs with her most famll-
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sing Rosalle Sorrels' "Baby 'Too tench work goes Into these
Tree"with son Alexander? shows to make it worth the
Or pop star 'Todd Rundgren, Bread and hoses'staff's time to
supposedly solo, bring out a sex- do ones that don't make money.
tet of backing musicians irtchid- But., 14 years after the first
inK former nxmlbers of the fest, there are just too few local
Tubes, Steve Miller hand and events of Its type, which origin-
Utopia? Or, for that matter ale here and benefit people here.
"fops" Staples doing anything It would he sad to see this festa-
without Ills three daughters, the val go into another extended hi-
world-famous gospel-it&11 act hernation as it dill In the 'lilts.
tile: Staple Singers? On Ills own, — ------
with just his trademark, hluesy
electric, gullar, he sant; and
preached about the pusilive
qunllties of"Older Women," the
evil seduction of"Miss Cocaine,"
and got the audience involved
with "Will file Circle Be unbro-
ken."
Ills performance had preelse-
ly what the show needed more of
— crowd participation, Interne-
tion between stage and listeners.
That sense of community, of
being directly Involved with
Bread and hoses, has made past
shows special.'That old fete See-
ger"Let's sing along"spirit.
The Hummingbirds look care
of that; but by the time they
came on,In the cold,foggy dark,
most of the crowd hall gone
home. The few hundred who
stayed sang along with the Ilton-
tningbirds'five voices h;+rmoniz-
ing on "Swing Low,Sweet Char.
lot" and "lie's Got the Whole
World In Ills Ilands."They didn't
just sing;along,they danced with
ralsed srlrits.
The Hummingbirds' album Is
(lite out in a month with its com-
plete backing hand,but the sh►g;-
et:9 were enough to bring a I'll.-
ting closure to Satw-day's show.
They were itrnnediately pre-
ceded by Brnzillan percussion-
ist.-singers Ali-to Moreira and
!lora Purim, who got back to
their own roots In a truly nntaz-
ing; performance with their
Fourth World hand, jest key-
hoardist.-f lnlist-saxophonist
Gary Meek and guitarist .lose i
Neto.
"good Vibes!" Airto shmiled
after an explosive performanc o
on a table full of hand Imr-cussion
and drums. lie and Purim, who
have worlwii with all manner of
jazz-rhyth►n fusion stnrs from
Miles Davis to Sanlana, are In-
volved in (:rnlefol (lead drnui-
mer Mickey Ilart's "Illatiet
Dram" project. On their own
they have veered more toward
traditional jazz, so Saturvlay's
perforiitance,which dug hack to
the free-spirited and more fren-
form Afro-ltrazllian music they
used to do, was pure magic. It
seemed to grow and swell out of
the fog,the datkness and the ris-
Ing near-full moon, an exotic,
mystical experience.
Likewise, Oregon-hosed octet
Balaton ktlarinlba 1nsc1utrle
brought its good vibes (well, file
timrimba Is a relative of the
vibes) and booming, dance-hap-
py music to kick off the festival.
It was good to see Shawn Col-
vin,wilt►years ago worked a few
blocks away at LnVal's pizza
parlor. Now she's a Graminy
Award-wincing major-label art-
ist, and Saturday mixed brand