European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Love boy guitarist on the Loose by Hillel Italie associated press n the Early 1980s, love boy dominated radio with such hits As turn me Loose and working for the weekend. Although their mainstream Power pop music was t popular with critics corporate Rock it was called millions of fans played love boy s records. Loud. According to guitarist Paul Dean however the group then went soft in 1984 when Lead Singer Mike Reno made a duet with heart s Ann Wilson on the Ballad almost Paradise a smash hit from the soundtrack of footloose. Love boy had been regarded As just another faceless band but suddenly Reno s trademark headband made him famous around the world. The rest of the group meanwhile remained largely unknown. Dissension set in. Now Dean says we re not communicating that almost Paradise made Mike a ton of dough for five hours work Dean said. We went from being a High Energy Rock band to being a Ballad on hard Core Dean s first Solo album the guitarist dispenses with love boy s keyboard sound and delivers nine songs that Are sure to test the most expensive speaker systems. I was being buried by a keyboard player and production team he said of his later work with love boy. Dean put together his own band for hard Core. From love boy came drummer Matt Frenette a longtime Friend Geraldo Domenelli helps out on guitars and Dave Watson who played Bass for country Star Lee Greenwood rounds out the group. Also Chipping in Are some hard Core Rock n1 rollers fellow Canadian Bryan Adams kiss member Paul Stanley and Jon Bon Jovi who plays Harp on the Adams composition draw the line. Stanley wrote the album s first single sword to Stone a song Dean originally meant to record with love boy. I played it for the Guys in the band and they laughed and said get serious there Are a lot of things that Mike can t stand. He wants to sing Good time stuff. I guess he Felt it was too heavy Dean s own roots Are a combination of country and Rock. He was born in 1946 in British Columbia and recalled listening to a country music station from the thrill is gone for love boys Paul Dean left Matt Frenette Mike Reno Doug Johnson and Scott Smith. Spokane wash., on radio at night. Johnny Cash was an Early hero but so were the ventures an instrumental group in the Early 60s Best known for walk Don t run. I wore out that record he said. I had quarters on the tone Arm trying to get it to play one More time. I had the first 10 venture albums and Learned All the parts. I drove my parents mad but that s the idea in t it he did t fare much better with employers. After attending the University of British Columbia he tried holding a Job during the Day and playing in bands at night. It did t last very Long. I worked with the coca cola company As a deliverer for a week. I was sleeping on the Job because i was playing bars until 3," Dean recalled. I also had jobs in warehouses. I was Good for maybe a month or even playing full time Dean s career made Little Progress until 1978 when he met Reno in Calgary and the two decided to put a band together. I was tired of working with front men and putting All my Energy behind them and getting screwed in the end he said. Dean came up with the name for the group in 1979. I was looking through some magazines sitting on the table Glamour and Cosmo just sitting on the table. There were cover girls everywhere and i thought Cove boy then love boy " their self titled debut album came out in the fall of 1980 and went Platinum in the United states and Canada. With the release of get Lucky in 1981, and the smash hit working for the weekend love boy established itself As one of the world s hottest bands. It was like a magic plan that worked Dean said. In 1983, love boy released keep it up another Platinum seller which yielded the hit singles hot girls in love and Queen of the broken hearts. Lovin every minute of it which came out in 1985, had three More hits but by the time notorious was released two years later the thrill was gone. I Felt i wanted to keep the band together Dean said. But the tunes on notorious were not the so the Days of filling Arenas with screaming fans Are Over for now. Dean is Back to playing clubs again hoping to build an audience for his Solo record. I Don t think they re waiting in line with Bai -. I breath. I Don t think anyone even knows about the record to be honest. Not Many people Are even aware that the band is taking a break from each mail order music lessons flourish by Joe Edwards associated press Arold Happy Traum can help you learn to play a musical instrument without being lectured about practising. And you Don t even have to leave Home. Traum and his wife run a mail order business known As Homespun tapes. They produce audio and video tapes of instructional music lessons featuring top musicians As instructors. In 20 years of business they be sold hundreds of thousands of such tapes to aspiring musicians around the world. We be sent tapes to just about any country you can name Malaysia lots of african countries Japan. And we get letters from people in Poland Czechoslovakia and the soviet Union who say they can t Send Money. They Send us items in Exchange like a Crystal vase Traum said. Each of the 60 and 90-minute tapes feature one of the 50 musicians who Are teachers. The who s John Entwistle teaches electric Bass. Chet Atkins teaches country guitar. Livingston Taylor teaches acoustic guitar and Clarence Gate Mouth Brown teaches blues guitar. For blues Harmonica the teacher is John Sebastian formerly of the lovin spoonful. Other lessons teach fiddle Banjo mandolin autoharp dulcimer flute keyboards and synthesizer. Altogether More than 400 tapes have been done. Tapes Are categorized according to level beginning easy intermediate intermediate and advanced intermediate. Most audio tapes Are $12.95, or $65 for a series of six. Video tapes added about seven years ago Cost $49.95 and $59.95. There s just about every kind of music imaginable with one exception. We re not interested in heavy Metal the 50-year old Traum said during a visit to Nashville for a taping session. The trauma live in Woodstock . Traum who teaches guitar and Banjo himself on the tapes says learning to play this Way has several benefits. You can t get personal lessons from these people they Are the Best in the world he said. You can rewind and play As much As you want. They Don t get mad at you if you Don t practice. Lots of adults Don t like to go to a teacher because of a bad childhood experience or maybe their schedule does t permit it. This Way you can come Home from work or get up in the morning and put a tape on. It does not have the personal Contact that a human teacher has so i would say that people should take lessons from a real teacher As Well if they he says the tapes also Are a bargain because Ono hour of personal music instruction could Range anywhere from $15 to $50. Any one hour video gives the average student five or six lessons and several weeks or even months of practising Traum says. He says the results depend on the individual. I can t make a talented person out of an untalented one. But if you have the dedication there s no limit especially if you supplement it by going to listen to a professional or forming a Traum got started in the mail order business after making tapes for his guitar students. Today his business has a staff of eight and a mailing list of about 30,000. 1988 readers poll the ballot below is for the fourth annual stars and stripes readers poll. Let us know your favorite performers bands albums or cd and songs of 1988 whether it s country soul rap jazz or Rock n1 Roll. Ideally the responses should include bands and performers who made some kind of Impact in 1988, or albums cd or songs that were released that year. Just fill out the ballot Cut it out and mail it to readers poll stars and stripes Apo 09211, or to the German address readers poll stars and stripes Postrach 11 14 37, 6100 Darmstadt 11, West Germany. Entries must be postmarked no later than Jan. 25. Results will be announced in february. Best Overall performer favorite song favorite band favorite new act male performer favorite comeback female performer favorite concert favorite album or cd least favorite performer. Monday january 23, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 17
