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August 22, 1974     Shelton Mason County Journal
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• 0 • A modern kitchen can be as exciting and colorful as you want it to be. Today's electric appliances are highly efficient and beautiful, too! If you're thinking of building or remodeling, give your kitchen the attention it deserves that YOU deserve. Explore the host of attractive, colorful, time-saving electric appliances available to you today. And don't forget the benefits of electric heating and modern decorative lighting! Make your "dream kitchen" happen with modern efficient electric power. Member of the Electric League of the Pacific Northwest MASON COUNTY P.U.D. No. 3 Edwin Taylor Harold W. Parker M. D. Parrett Jerry Samples, Manager Page S-26 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, August 22, 1974 In the 1930s the world of contemporary music heard a constant knocking at its door. Upon the tentative opening of the heretofore well-bolted portal, woman placed an eager foot within the cautious crevice and no longer were her musical talents displayed only upon the harp, the violin, the organ and the piano. All-girl dance bands were a novelty, and those with ability became attractions; but even more of a wonder was the occasional female musician whose prowess in the fields of jazz and popular music won for her a chair in an otherwise all-male combo. Many are the women musicians within Mason County, most of them well known in the circles of classical and religious music. There are instrumentalists and vocalists. Some have turned to teaching. But especially dear to local hearts is 21-year-old Shelton-born Tami Land w, who began to sing when she learned to talk. At the tender age of almost two-and-a-half-years, Tami recorded her own inimitable rendition of "Rock and Roll Waltz" with her 12-year-old sister, Connie. chording a piano accompaniment. While a kindergarten pupil, Tami won her first talent-show money and she appeared in the Forest Festival Pageant to sing "Smokey the Bear." More contest wins led to her performance on the "Stairway to Stardom" television show. As a young girl, Tami enjoyed camping trips. When open firelight flickered through the evening dark, she strummed a soft guitar and all within the range of her" voice were inevitably drawn to join the magic circle of her music. Tami's childhood was a round of rhythm t nd melody, chords and lyrics. Her dad was a fiddler. "... not a violinist," Tami explains, "but an old-time hoe-down fiddler. He and morn used to sing duets." Five years of piano instruction built a solid foundation for Tami Landsaw's musical career. As an eighth-grader she began study of guitar with Clyde Landsaw Sr. of Lacey, who soon recognized her quality and introduced her into the four-piece group headed by his son, Clyde Landsaw Jr. "I was featured as vocalist," Tami states, "and I played rhythm guitar. I also chased Clyde Jr., but he wasn't interested in me!" The situation soon changed. Tami Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mason of Island Lake, was married to Clyde Landsaw Jr., son of Marguerite Landsaw of Shelton, on July 26, 1970. Throughout the following year the two versatile Clyde Landsaws played at a Hoodsport Lounge. Tami, under-age and forbidden in the area in which liquor was served, remained in the adjoining restaurant. Her pretty head appeared periodically through a convenient curtain as she charmed the customers with song. With Clyde Landsaw Sr. the newlyweds toured Nevada, Montana, Oregon and Washington. The couple later built a home on the shores of Island Lake, and costumed in a varied wardrobe designed and created by Tami's mother, the team performed throughout the area. Affectionately known as "Tami and Clyde," the duo pleased listeners and dancers of all ages with a repertoire of music old and new, ranging from tender old ballads through blues, jazz, country western and rock. In the spring Tami and Clyde were auditioned by Dave Bunker who promptly signed them for his world-traveled musical group. The outstanding voice of Tami Landsaw and the thythms of her fine guitar will be heard in the best clubs of Europe, Hawaii, Iceland, the Far East; but to this terrific girl Shelton still spells "home." SINGING AND SMILING, Tami Landsaw lives a life of music. Thursday, August 22, 1974 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page S-7