European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Good time music with Sawyer Brown by Joe Edwards associated press Mark Miller of the pop country band Sawyer Brown feels reassured when he looks out at concert crowds and sees people holding up signs with numbers like "70�?� and "52.�?� the figures represent the number of Sawyer Brown concerts the fan has attended. Quot i be seen some in the hundreds but no 200s yet a Miller said. Quot a lot of them Are Over 50.&Quot Miller said the signs Are a tradition started soon after the band began touring. Fans who were proud of the number of concerts they had attended would hold up a sign. Sawyer Brown which has five members has developed a legion of Loyal fans since the group won on the syndicated to show Star search in 1983. The fans keep returning to the concerts As evidenced by the signs even though the band has weathered a monumental problem Little radio air play. The group named after a Nashville Street is too pop for country music stations and too country for Rock n Roll stations. So the five have relied on their frenzied pulsating unpredictable stage shows to maintain their popularity. They ignite audiences by dancing jumping and whirling across the stage with supercharged Energy. They play upbeat Quot Good time Quot music with a driving rhythm and tight vocals a All set off by brightly coloured clothing. After winning Star search and splitting the $100,000 prize Money five ways the group began recording for Capitol records a year later. Shortly after that they were the opening act at Kenny Rogers concerts for 1 Viz years performing live for millions. The Nashville based band has had hit records along the Way including step that step the race is on Shakin and Leona. They have released six albums including the current the boys Are Back. Miller reflecting on the band s career said winning Star search was their breakthrough but the aftermath posed a formidable Challenge. Quot when you hit that big that Quick people Start asking whether you Are a Flash in the pan. It was like when the Beach boys first came out some people thought they were a fad. In our Case some people Felt we would be too so there were some serious storms we had to weather. Quot i think everybody wants you to succeed until you succeed and then they Start gunning for you. And the guns came out real Quick on us Quot he said. Quot we Are a legitimate act that Drew people month after month and year after year regardless of whether we had a hit record out. People knew they would see a show As entertainment value. Basically we sold our records going door to door doing 250 dates a  he described their concerts As Quot intense very intense. A Friend of mine said it s like being part of an event like a huge party. That s what we try to make  before winning Star search the group polished its act for two years As a bar band at various nightclubs throughout the country. On Good nights they played five sets and on bad nights they did seven. They often had a Quot Rowdy table Quot contest where the most uproarious table won a Pitcher of Beer. For Miller it was a new experience and a valuable one. Quot i had never been in a bar until i played one Quot he recalled. Quot you learn that you can be a Jukebox or you can demand their attention by entertaining  exposure on a much wider basis came when they joined Rogers on his concert Tours. Quot when we first got the Call i was so excited a Miller said. A it was a dream come True. I was also scared to death. Quot i remember the crowd going crazy and on the second night Kenny came Oil to see what All the commotion was Abou he came in the dressing room and said we had a Job As Long As we wanted Onel Sawyer Brown is one of the few band that sign autographs after every show Quot we do them As Long As it takes Quot Miller said. Quot we feel like we owe it loth fans As the least we can do. People remember things like  what s not record a review various artists a the Best of Louie Louie volume 2 remember that congressional committee in the Early 60s that was so worried about the allegedly naughty lyrics to Louie Louie those congressmen would have a fit if they heard the three chord classic Sung in russian by the soviet band red Square. The howling primal russian version makes the song sound especially dirty and Likely to Send solid american teen agers into fits of passion that undoubtedly would Lead to the downfall of the american Way. _ but then Louie Louie. Is that kind of song. It can be anything you want a menace to society frat boy pre Barf party tune baby Boomer Anthem mindless Muzak. Rhino the oddball Santa Monica calif., Label with a Talent for retrospectives offers 10 More of the 300-plus versions of Richard Berry a accidental classic. In addition to red Square the Angels do a passable Girt group rendition tyme code with Steven Sperling synthesizes it the shockwave set it sizzle with a surf guitar sound and Pete Fountain mellows it with a Sweet clarinet the kinks even try to make it grammatical As Ray Davies changes the words from Quot me gotta go Quot to a i gotta  How very British of him yet blasphemous. Paul Revere and the raiders manage some decent yells and grunts on an otherwise Flat version Stanley Clarke and George Duke give it a funkiness while Mongo Santamaria comes up with a Louie Louie that s especially appropriate for the Beach. But leave it to Tina Turner to fill it with sex. For the record Berry s lyrics weren t dirty. They were about a jamaican Sailor telling a bartender Louie about How much he misses his woman. Berry sold the rights to the song for a Mere $750 Long before it became Rock s favorite party tune but after a Legal Battle he now owns half the copyright to the song. A by William c. Trott up soundtrack a pretty woman on paper the soundtrack to pretty woman seems a pretty Good Deal starting off with the Roy Orbison Oldie of the title and rounding it out with recent efforts by David Bowie Natalie Cole Robert Palmer and Rosette. Unfortunately name recognition is about the Only thing these stars have going for them. Coleus wild women do is an agreeably carnal indulgence but Roget Tel a it must have been love seems listless palmers life in detail sounds lifeless and bowies Fame 90 remix is pointless. If it weren to for Christopher Otcasek a real wild child wild one and the red hot Chili peppers suave show me your soul this soundtrack would be a waste of time. A by . Considine the Baltimore sundae Edmunds a closer to the flame there a something so Well meaning and sincere about Dave Edmunds Earnest approximations of pre beatles Rock that it seems almost a shame to Carp about How dully predictable his albums have gotten. But the sad truth is that for All his Well intentioned efforts closer to the flame is still too far from the original spark to generate any real heat. As always Edmunds taste in players is exquisite and the Best arrangements Here miraculously recall the Brassy Bounce of 50s ramp a. But the second hand soul of Edmunds voice never quite ignites which leaves even the Best songs seeming unnaturally cold. A .c.charttop a country a singles 1. Hard Rock Bottom of your heart a Randy Travis 2. Chains a Patty Loveless 3. Seen my father in me a Paul Overstreet 4. Not counting you a Garth Brooks 5. Five minutes a Lorrie Morgan 6. Sooner or later a Eddy Raven 7. No matter How High a the Oak Ridge boys 8. Here in the real world a Alan Jackson 9. Outtin time a Mary Chapin Carpenter 10. Stranger things have happened a Ronnie Milsa top a Black a singles 1. All around the world a Lisa Stansfield 2. Love under new management a Miki Howard. 3. The secret Garden a Quincy Jones with Al Debarge a a y White 4. Spread my wings a troop 5.1 need your lovin a Alyson Williams 6. Heritage a Earth wind amp fire featuring the boys 7. Escapade a Janet Jackson 8. Treat you right a Luther Vandross 9. Comfort of a Man a Stephanie Mills 10. Whip Appeal a baby Aceto a pop a cd 1. Nick of time a Bonnie Raitt 2. Forever your girl a Paula Abdul 3. But seriously a Phil Collins Jackson 4. Janet Jackson s rhythm nation 1814 a Janeita 5. Cosmic thing a the b-52 s 6. Alannah Myles a Fannah Myles 7. Blue sky mining a Midnight Oil 8. Soul provider a Michael Bolton 9. Basia a London Warsaw new York _. Day 10. Cry like a rainstorm. Howl like thei wind and Ronstadt 4 Aaron Neville _ comp Liccy j the top pop singles and top los were not available this week. 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