European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Hillbilly Cowboy by Elizabeth Dunham associated press by the time Dwight Yoakam and buc Kowens have finished touring loge Lher the younger performer May be sorry a coaxed the country music legend of of retirement. At a re cell Dale at the Concord Pavilion in Concord calil., Owens took the stage after Yoakam played several numbers and charged an otherwise nonplussed audience prompting this review by Joel Selvin of the san Francisco chronicle giving Buck Owens a guest spot on his current tour gave the old pro a Chance to blast out of retirement like a detonating grenade and show the Young upstart to be the bogus dilettante he ouch Lucky Lor Yoakam Hal scores of reviews since he came on the scene three years ago have been a Tad More adoring. Many say he is the Best of the Neo a growing group of Nashville and los Angeles recording Orliss who have returned to the roofs of country stunning the easy listening trend of the 1970s. But the Young upstart prefers a straightforward description of his Art. It s hillbilly music. But a lot of people did t like that term said Yoakam taking a break from the tour to promote his third album Buenos noches from a lonely room. Neo is kind of a trite fast Lood term he said. They said 1he term hillbilly will alienate somebody Bui i realized a Long time ago that i m not going to please performing with Owens Yoakam is living Oul a childhood fantasy. The former Hee Haw Star s effect on Yoakam s music is evident on All three of the younger performer s albums culminating in their joint Effort. Streets of Bakersfield. Besides being musical partners the two have come newcomer do right Yoakam it currently Woi iting with country music legend Buck Owens. To be close pals Yoakam said. Our Friendship is whal s important and in it s fun Well do it Lor a Lille while he said. Things Aren t Lun More than a Lille like Owens and Merle Haggard. Yoakam has a reputation As a country music rebel turning his Back on the Nashville establishment. He cuts his of bums in los Angeles. A concept born in Bakersfield calif., where Owens end Haggard made their first recordings spurning the traditional country music Structure has become a tradition in itself. Despite his straight faced stage Persona the 32 year old Yoakam always surprises reporters with his sunny Demeanour. He seems Humble articulate and polite in contrast to Early reports of his penchant for Loose lipped brashness i be had to learn some political lessons in the past few years Yoakam said. But if i was to go into the specifics i would t be adhering to the lessons i be Learned. I was and am outspoken. I was perhaps naive in expressing myself in such a candid Way. People were reacting on a very personal level about ii and not accepting it Lor what it was jus an in the Early 80s he became known As a Man with a Chip on his shoulder complaining to and Aboul the Nashville establishment. He said Young listeners could t gel a feel Lor real country music by Lis Loning to the current radio Lare. Uke his earlier albums Buenos Nobes Sticks to the roots. Yoakam has been playing much of the album s material Lor years. In fact Only Wool 1he songs Are new compositions including tha title track and what i Don t know. I think this album is a Lille deeper emotional statement Yoakam said. The Public s View of me i have to remember All the time is 20 songs old. My View of Mysell is ancient at this Point. I be been with my music since i was a for 11 years he worked the los Angeles club circuit. The roots of his Success to said lie in his affiliation with wizard Guilar isl Peto Anderson whom he Mcl while both were Slit struggling. He was on the club scene playing guitar. I was camping in lha laundry room of his place at one poll Yoakam said. He believed in what i was doing musically. That moral support was very Anderson who play on the current Lour has produced All of Yoakam s albums and is gaining a reputation As a producer for other recording artists. The first two Yoakam albums guitars Cadillac Etc. And hillbilly deluxe went Gold. Although he now owns a House in the Hollywood Hills and two Vintage Cadillac convertibles one a Gill from Owens Yoakam is Quick to Point Oul thai it was t Loo Long ago hat he was hauling for a storage company and driving airfreight trucks. My memory s nol failed me. I worked and starved for 12 years of my life when i could t Allord but one room John Denver looking for someone to foot the Bill byrus Devault Cox news service John Denver an aspiring astronaut an wealthy pop musician whose hits include flyaway and looking lot space has until nov. 1lo decide whether he Wilt pay $10 million to spend a week aboard the soviet space station Mif. Although such a trip has Long been his dream the 44-year-old Singer and songwriter says he thinks it would be inappropriate Lor him to personally pay the fee to Gla Kosmos the commercial of the soviet space program. Denver who was Given the nov. 1 deadline during a recent seven Day visit to Russia said by Telephone last monday from his Aspen colo., Home that he Hopes corporate and individual sponsorship will enable him to go into space in december 1989. It would be easy to raise the Money but i Don t want it to appear that i m paying $10 million just to go for a ride in space because i m not doing this for a stunt he said. I would insist on being More than a passenger. I think i could help with experiments and i d like to do Ladio shows Back to Earth while i m up there. I think there could be corporate sponsors people who would like to have experiments done up there and i d like to ask people All Over the world to Send me a Dollar or $10 of a thousand yen so they can feel they Are Denver who hat been rejected As a civilian astronaut by Nasa said he has complied with the other two requirements needed to begin training to ride a russian rocket into space. He passed a Nasa administered physical examination in August and he has obtained a letter from Secretary of stale George Schultz slating that the . Government does not object to his plan. One thing i d like to make Clear is thai i did not approach the russians Aboul Denver said. They contacted me earlier this year and told me i could go but that the Cost to House train and put me into space would be $10 million. I d also have to undergo at least sin months of training in the soviet Union and learn to read and speak russian. That could be the real Denver who has visited the soviet Union six limes in the past Lour years has a Bank account in Moscow created with the proceeds from concerts and record sales in that country but he does not plan to apply his rubles toward his trip and he is nol certain whether they would be accepted. Thai he said supports other ventures that support peace and education in Russia. Besides the soviets need foreign currency a Riend of mine who is a vice president of choir Academy of sciences would like to buy a million foreign built computers to put in their schools bul they Don t have the Money to buy hem. I d Ilka to help them get Hal Denver Long concerned with hunger and environmental causes said he has a sizable following in Russia where he performed a Benefit concert for the victims of the chernobyl nuclear Power Plant disaster in 1987. I m a global citizen he said. I want to Woik in whatever i do my music my writing my performing my Home or my personal life in a Way thai is directed toward a world in balance a world Hal creates a better Quality of Lile for All Denver makes that Point Wilh several of the songs on higher ground his just released 26th album. Tho Prospect is so exciting he says laughing with Delight. That s another Frontier up there that needs to be conquered and just As the West was really won by the settlers who followed the soldiers in needs to be conquered by Ordinary people. It has to begin sometime and i m ready logo now top of the charts hot singles 1. Red red wine us40love bites my linud3. Hoovy Kino of love Fth Cuini t. Dont be cruel chup trick5. 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Dont Rock the boat a night Tor t. Lets do it a Jun 0w a Xian b. Addicted to you in 10,2 . Tambly top pop cd s 1. Simple pleasures Bobey my Fetn i Tracy Chapman try clwpmw3. New Jersey Banjo i 4. Appetite for destruction ounuhmm5. Hysteria Dir Uppitt 1. Roll with it so twit. Cocktail soundtrack b. Let or Miv. And Justice for All Kluun id. Labour of love u Ctm Fua by bib Owci wednesday october 12, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 17
