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By Scott Mervis, Post-Gazette Weekend Editor 

The heaven band

Ladies and gentlemen ... meet The Whootles! The
Whootles? Yes, heaven's hottest new band combines the
cosmic rhythm section of The Who with two of the Fab
Four. If you're dying to see them before you get up
there, just go to the Rex Theatre on the South Side
tonight for "Night of the Singing Dead, Part 10." Rock
stars were on notice to be careful through yesterday
because as the show producers warn, they are willing
to poke fun at dead rock stars "from the 1950s through
the day before the show." 

KDKA's Larry Richert stars as the King, hosting the
"The Late Late Late Late Show with Elvis Presley."
Backed by members of the Flashcats, his guests include
the usual suspects -- Buddy Holly, Mama Cass, Janis
Joplin, Karen Carpenter, Sonny Bono, et al -- plus,
sadly, the newcomers. Joey and Dee Dee, recent
inductees into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and
the Afterlife, bring the Ramones to the party for the
first time. Sammy Davis Jr. and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
unite for a duet of "Can't Take My Eye Off of You."
"And for the first time," says ringleader Carl
Grefenstette, "Waylon Jennings, who was the bass
player in Buddy Holly's band, can finally make the
plane."

Embodying these heavenly figures will be the likes of
Rob Rogers, Carol Lee Espy, Maggie Stewart, Phil
Harris, Ed Masley and, returning from San Francisco
for the show, Steve Hansen. 

As for The Whootles and its latest member, "To
properly capture the spirit of John Entwistle,"
Grefenstette says, "he will be played by a mannequin."

As for Who will be offended by this, Grefenstette
says, "People don't mind. They know that we're doing
it in a light-hearted way." Um, as opposed to the
people who do it seriously.... The Night of the
Singing Dead begins at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10.


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