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11/1/09 Thursday, November 12 – 7:30 PM PETEY WHEATSTRAW: THE DEVIL'S SON-IN-LAW, 1977, Xenon, 94 min. Dir. Cliff Roquemore. Star Rudy Ray Moore plays the title role in this blaxploitation classic. When Petey Wheatstraw dies, the devil offers him a chance to return to earth. The catch: Petey must marry the devil's daughter, the ugliest woman in the world. Costarring Wildman Steve. Q&A between films with members of the cast/crew of DOLEMITE and the new film BLACK DYNAMITE - plus filmmaker Reginald Hudlin. Jerry Jones - "Dolemite" screenwriter and co-star, Nicholas Josef von Sternberg - "Dolemite" & "Petey Wheatstraw" cinematographer, Reginald Hudlin - writer director, producer - "House Party", "Bebe's Kids", "Boomerang", "The Ladies Man" and Scott Sanders - director/ writer of "Black Dynamite," Michael Jai White - star, writer of "Black Dynamite," Byron Minns - co-star, writer of "Black Dynamite." Clip Visit the EGYPTIAN THEATRE website. 10/19/09 Be sure and check out the new film BLACK DYNAMITE which is playing in select cities across the US. The film is highly influenced by the works of Rudy Ray Moore and it's nice to see people acknowledge it.
8/6/09 "In 1959, comedian Rudy Ray Moore released his first album, "Below The Belt." Fifty years and over 30 albums later, Warrior Records celebrates his extensive comedic career with this retrospective GREATEST HITS package which contains a classic performance from each of Rudy's albums, over 30 tracks, including: The Streaker, Hurts Me To My Heart, Flys Of The Watermelon, Dolemite, The Beatnick And The Mechanic, Sweet Peter Jeter, Driveway Blues, So Glad I Could Come, My Dumb Brother (Live), Hercules, Merry Chirstmas Baby, Kruschev-The Fashion Show, Sensuous Black Woman, Sensuous Black Man, The Great Pretender, Ripe Old Age (A Comedian Is Born), Blackorcist, Campaign Speech, Hot Nuts, Romeo And Juliet, Signifying Monkey, Rappin' Rudy, For Women (Close Encounters Of The Sex Kind), The Player, Only Here For A Little While PLUS introductions by comedian Rodney Perry, Snoop Dogg, unreleased bonus tracks and more!!! This is available for pre-order now through our merchandise section! Be sure and check out the DOLEMITE RECORDS page on YOU TUBE with lots of great video material by and about Rudy Ray Moore. Check it out here! Currently in production is a new "Best of Rudy Ray Moore" DVD featuring rare and unseen performances along with other footage of "the King" doing his thing. More details will be posted soon.
This is available for pre-order now through our merchandise section! Featuring a total of 39 tracks, including full length takes, 45 versions and alternate takes from the film. This will prove to be a must have item for fans of the film and an amazing addition to anyones Rudy Ray Moore collection. 7/13/09 In other related news, Sonya Bernard-Hollins, has released the 5th Anniversary edition of her book, HERE I STAND, which covers many entertainment legends who got their start in Battle Creek, Michigan and there's a chapter on Rudy's long time friend, Jimmy Lynch. Order the book here! 5/24/09 2/4/09 THE BOOK: Work continues on a daily basis for my upcoming look at the life and career of RUDY RAY MOORE. Although seemingly quiet in that area, things are progressing nicely and at a much more rapid pace than in the past. It's been just over 10 years since I started working on this book project but I hope to have a completed manuscript by the end of this year. News will be posted as necessary. 11/23/08 On Tuesday, December 2nd, the Grindhouse Film Festival in association with Xenon Pictures will present a tribute to the late, great Rudy Ray Moore at LA's New Beverly Cinema. This special event will start with a screening of Moore's iconic film DOLEMITE, followed by the hit sequel THE HUMAN TORNADO. Both films will be projected from original 35mm prints and the evening will also include a reel of rare film trailers and a video tribute to Rudy Ray Moore. As an added bonus, there will be a Q&A between the films with original cast and crew members. Scheduled guests include actors Ernie Hudson and John Kerry, directors Jamaa Fanaka and Ron Hall, cinematographer Nicholas Josef von Sternberg, and producer Foster Corder. Additional guests to be announced. The event starts at 7:30pm, and admission for the two features plus a reel of rare exploitation trailers, a video tribute and our world-famous free raffle is still only $8.00. For additional information and schedules for upcoming events, visit our MySpace page at www.myspace.com/grindhouse. ABOUT THE GRINDHOUSE FILM FESTIVAL --------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm DOLEMITE (1975) Directed by D'Urville Martin Starring Rudy Ray Moore, D'Urville Martin, Jerry Jones, Lady Reed and John Kerry 10:00pm THE HUMAN TORNADO (1976) Directed by Cliff Roquemore Starring Rudy Ray Moore, Lady Reed, Jimmy Lynch, Howard Jackson, Ernie Hudson, J.B. Baron, Gloria Delaney, Jerry Jones, Jack Kelly and Jimmy Lynch 10/20/08
(Update: funeral arrangements are thursday 10/23 monday 10/27 Flowers and condolences can be sent to the family at either address) It is with great sadness that I report the passing of a true entertainment legend and friend, Rudy Ray Moore, on Sunday, October 19, 2008 due to complications from diabetes. Moore has been a major inspiration and role model in my personal life and the only person that I can honestly describe as an ‘idol’. My first contact with Moore came about circa 1992 for an interview in my then magazine, Shocking Images. The two of us remained in steady contact ever since, with a relationship that evolved into the creation of the only website approved of and supported by Moore himself (www.rudyraymoore.com), to my acting as a booking agent for several projects and events, creation of merchandise and much more. This constant contact evolved quickly into a friendship that I will cherish forever and one that showed me who Moore was outside of his career. While he was always more that willing to boast about his career and future projects, he was very guarded about his past and private life. Over the years, I was able to learn a tremendous amount about his life and career via frequent conversations in regards to his biography that I have been working on for several years. There were days when Moore was ecstatic about the project and would be incredibly willing to help and others where he showed no interest in it whatsoever. Moore’s career is full of many ups and downs and his moods were sometimes no different. Our frequent contact allowed him to open up on many occasions about his frustrations and bitterness over the success that he (and often I) felt had passed him up. Yet, he was always incredibly excited about whatever current and future project he had brewing. Although a great deal of these proposed ideas and projects never materialized, when Moore was in fact working on something, he was overflowing with excitement and hope that this would be the one that would finally deliver the success he desired so much. I always thought that “Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself” would be a perfect, yet ironic title for my biography on Moore. Moore would usually close his comedy performances with this line, yet in reality, his beloved ribald and vulgar persona, was just that, a persona. The Rudy Ray Moore that I knew outside of “Dolemite” was always kind, caring, helping and respectable. Moore also cared deeply for his fans and would always make himself available to sign autographs and take pictures. There were so many convention appearances he made where I would continually suggest he charge $20-$25 for a signed photo and why not? Those events are often filled with “celebrities” whose career was over before it even started, yet they charge their fans an arm and a leg for memorabilia. In my eyes, Moore was one of the few people that could rightfully charge that amount. Yet he always refused and would often include a frame along with his 8x10’s for less than half of what others were charging. Moore had an unshakable integrity. Geographic reasons made personal meetings between us a rarity but the times we did spend together are moments I will cherish forever. The last time I saw him unfortunately was just over 4 years ago, having lunch with him while on my honeymoon. He even asked me, “Do you really wanna do this?” on my wedding day. I should have taken Dolemite’s not so subtle hint as it would have saved me the hassle of my divorce! There are a million memories of him over the years: -discussing our mutual admiration of Bela Lugosi -his playful disdain for my yearly birthday wishes -the occasional phone call at the most ungodly late / early hours with Rudy jokingly trying to disguise his voice followed by his audible disappointment when I wasn’t fooled -my joy of being the butt of his jokes at live performances -the time I told him an original joke and made him break out in laughter -when he entered my then apartment over a decade ago, saw my cat, immediately said “here kitty kitty” in his boisterous voice which caused the cat to run in fear my greatest memory is the time he pointed me out during one of his performances, acknowledged me as an associate and close friend and allowed a scrawny, tattooed white boy a chance to instantly seem super cool to all the “brothers” in attendance who were previously giving me looks like I didn’t belong anywhere in the audience I could go on and on. Moore was such a character who had a one of a kind way about him. It’s now more important than ever to me that I get my book project completed and published as my way of honoring who he was, his amazing career and hopefully do what I feel is my obligation to him to help keep his name alive and give him the credit that he has deserved and desired for over six decades. My interest in Moore and his career along with my friendship with him has had a tremendous impact on my life. Thank you so much Rudy for everything and you can be sure that your fans will continue to honor your name and your work for generations to come. You are already missed. Here’s more info on Rudy’s passing I received from another of his associates: “Legendary actor, filmmaker, comedian, singer, Godfather of Rap and King of the Party Records, Rudolph Frank Moore better known as Rudy Ray Moore or Dolemite has left this earthly plane. A 60 + year veteran of the stage, the first x rated comedian, one of the first African American filmmakers and the third most sampled man in the world, his self made comedy records and films have inspired and influenced generations from a thousand walks of life and a hundred nations. He had recently finished work on "The Dolemite Explosion" with longtime friend and costar Jimmy Lynch (his first self made film in 30 years), an album of soul ballads called "Let Me Sing To You Before I Drift Away" with his daughter Rusty, and had been Highlighted by Hadji in an episode of "Somebodies" and was looking forward to a resurgence and a country album. After a long battle with diabetes and obscurity, he passed peacefully on Sunday at the age of 81. He was a good God fearing man who loved his friends and family.” More info can be found here. 8/29/07
4/7/07 Here's a fight scene clip from Youtube. 3/1/07 12/20/06 "I would like to send a message to everyone regarding the N word I can remember when I myself, Rudy Ray Moore, used to use that word. In the days it was quite popular, we used it towards each other all the time. As time passed though, I felt it to be more and more of an embarrasment. I stopped using it, I was one of the fore runners, and my act never suffered one bit. I convinced the late great Richard Pryor to abandon it's use and came behind him and applauded him publicly when he did. Paul Mooney has recently announced that he will no longer use it either. I commend him for it and wish to call on everyone else to follow. With Love, 10/4/06 10/1/06 Moore recently made a great guest appearance on the animated Canadian show, SONS OF BUTCHER as a fortune teller in the episode 'Readin' the bowl'. Since it only airs in Canada, I had yet to see a full episode but found the shows mixture of cheesy metal, toilet humor (literally in this specific episode), idiocy and animation techniques to be pretty funny. Moore will also appear again in a future episode this season and we will post when that info is available. For more information on the show check out their website and here's some images of Rudy from the episode:
Moore also made a recent appearance in the independent film, A STUPID MOVIE FOR JERKS which is being completed now. Check the link for more information. Here's two photos of Rudy in the film:
7/5/06 Read another press release regarding Moore's recent hospitalization. 7/3/06 Here's another article on the DOLEMITE soundtrack release! 6/29/06 6/27/06 Read the LA Times article on the soundtrack's release here.
6/3/06
PETEY WHEATSTRAW: THE DEVIL'S SON IN LAW screening in Los Angeles, July 15, 2006 at the Steve Allen Theater. Rudy Ray Moore will be appearing for a Q&A session after the film. Don't miss it! 5/10/06
4/23/06 While original vinyl pressings fetch high prices in collector’s circles, fans can now experience for the first time ever on CD, the wild and funky sounds of the film, which also features the recording debut of multi Grammy Award winning artist, James Ingram (“Just Once”, “Yah Mo Be There”, etc.). Also included are rare and exclusive bonus tracks including songs from the film’s sequel, THE HUMAN TORNADO and an extensive 28 page booklet with never before seen ‘behind the scenes’ photos and extensive liner notes on the film and Moore’s career written by biographer, Mark Jason Murray. A gatefold vinyl version limited to 1,000 copies will also be released. You will not want to miss this amazing release! A must for Dolemite and 'blaxploitation' soundtrack fans! 4/12/06 The latest issue of CARBON 14 has a good interview with Moore, except it features a large amount of errors in it's transcription. "Dawson's of Hollywood" should be Dolphin's of Hollywood, "the Baharras" should be the Bihari's. "Ted Vincent" should be "Ted Brinson", Dolemite is spelled "Dolomite" and "Dolemite" within the same sentence, etc. The long running Fox Network show "MadTV" loved Dolemite and produced a couple hilarious parodies. Watch this good shit!
10/22/05 Drift Away (Dobie Grey classic) Moore makes a cameo in the film VAMPIRE ASSASSIN as well as a micro-cameo in the fan film DRUNKEN DEAD GUY. Check them out. In other film releated news, Moore has agreed to shoot a cameo appearance sometime in early 2006 for the film FAT CATS. The movie looks cool as hell, so check out the site. The film will also be absolutely loaded with other cool celebrity cameos. More news on this one next year. 8/7/05 7/17/05 Moore's new CD, "Let Me Sing To You" is being mastered and prepared for release. Once available you can purchase copies direct from the website.
Coming January 11th is the DVD release of LIL' PIMP, the animated story of a 9 year old boy who becomes a pimp! Voices for the project are provided by Bernie Mac, William Shatner, Lil' Kim, Ludacris, and Rudy Ray Moore in the role of Mr. Slippers. Click here for a clip featuring Moore's character. Order it in our merchandise section! Moore also has a cameo appearance in IT CAME FROM TRAFALGAR that is scheduled to be completed by mid-year. Click here for pictures from the film which features several cult figures among it's cast. 11/30/04 THE DOLEMITE EXPLOSION has been completed and Rudy is now happy with the results. Watch for release news on this at the beginning of next year. Moore also has plans for a new stand up video release utilizing footage from his August appearances at the COMEDY CARAVAN. More news on that will become available when we have it.
Moore's appearance at Chiller Theatre was a success. Jimmy Lynch joined him there and their shows together in Texas the following week went great as well. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (Nov. 5, 2004, #791, page 63) featured a sidebar asking film critic, Dalton Ross, what films he would like to provide a DVD commentary track for. Ross replied, “Give me one of cinema’s more curious entries, like the bizarre blaxploitation sequel, THE HUMAN TORNADO which features some of the oddest kung fu sequences ever put on film. I’m not sure I could explain the random use of instant replay, or why, in the middle of a sex scene, star Rudy Ray Moore is suddenly shown eating ribs - but man, would I love to try.” Let’s hope he never gets the chance since he is obviously not smart enough to understand the off-the-wall humor of the “instant replay” scene or the “eating out” metaphor in the sex scene. Regardless of his lack of understanding of the film, this was a great little bit of major exposure for the films of Moore to an audience not likely to be familiar with them. 9/21/04 8/31/04 8/22/04 His in-store appearance at WILD & WOOLY VIDEO went great as well. Moore was happy to see people lined up to see him even before he got to the store. Photos from the event are available here. Prior to those appearances, Moore was in Indiana to shoot a few scenes for the upcoming Sci-fi B-movie, IT CAME FROM TRAFALGAR. Moore plays a bounty hunter named 'Dangerous Dan'. We hope to have pictures from the shoot available soon. Moore is still working to get the final edit done on his new film, THE DOLEMITE EXPLOSION. Once a premier date is finalized, we will let you know. Currently, Moore is mixing his new singing album, LET ME SING TO YOU, to be released at the end of the year. 7/25/04 Moore recently changed the ending of RETURN OF DOLEMITE and has since retitled the film THE DOLEMITE EXPLOSION. Stating his dissatisfaction with the original ending he got the cast back together for a reshoot stating that the approx. 7 min. new ending sequence is nothing but solid action. His plans are for a limited theatrical release during the end of the year and the eventual availability on home video. 2/8/04 Moore recently made a cameo appearance in a new video by Cobra Verde. Click here to check out their site to watch the video and for more info. Several years back around the mid-90's Moore was involved with a cd-rom video game project entitled DUELIN' FIREMEN. Finally, it seems that something is starting to materialize with that and you can take a look at the website www.duelinfiremen.com and check out a video clip from the project featuring Moore. Contrary to various reports, there will NOT be a remake of DOLEMITE. That comes right from Rudy's mouth. |
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Coming Sept 15, 2009 from Warrior Records! A new anthology CD covering 5 decades of Rudy Ray Moore's career from comedy to vocal performances! 50 YEARS OF CUSSING 
We are also excited to announce the release of the full soundtrack to Moore's DOLEMITE follow-up THE HUMAN TORNADO available for the FIRST TIME EVER in any format! This will be available August 18th, 2009 through Traffic Entertainment.
Friday July 24 and Saturday July 25: Dolemite (1975) / Black Devil Doll (2008)
(Photo: Rudy on my couch, "looking shocked" reading my old magazine, Shocking Images, 1996.)
OFFICIAL DOLEMITE SOUNDTRACK REISSUE AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW! Available 6/27/06! Exclusive bonus tracks from the HUMAN TORNADO! RARE radio ads for the films and extensive liner notes with never before seen behind the scenes photos!!! AVAILABLE NOW! Check the merchandise section to order. 
1/7/05
Moore
has a cameo in the film 
I
recently was informed of the unfortunate passing of Rudy Ray Moore's friend
and fellow comedian, "Wildman" Steve Gallon. Gallon was a emcee,
stand-up comic, and disc jockey. Having released several comedy albums
of his own, Wildman later appeared in Moore's film, 
In
other news: GODS IN POLYESTER: or, a survivors' account of 70's cinema
obscura by Suzanne Donahue & Mikael Sovijarvi. Succubus Press,
456 pages.
