European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse John Anderson singin and swinging in Germany in Anita Gosch staff writer country Singer John Anderson was lounging in the tour bus outside the Topper club in Frankfurt Germany saturday taking a break Between sets when a member of his entourage stepped inside. Quot there a a Guy Here going to saudi Arabia tomorrow wants to say i Quot told Anderson. Quot Well bring him on in Quot the Singer replied in his deep Southern drawl. Anderson exchanged a few words with the Young Soldier told him to take care of himself that was behind him All the Way and signed his name on a Napkin. For Anderson meeting fans is his Way of thanking them for his Success. especially enjoys meeting soldiers said. a currently on his second tour of military clubs in Germany. Quot the biggest pleasure i get is talking to the service boys and girls after the shows Quot said. Quot to hear some of them say How much they appreciate it it s almost Anderson knows that its the support of his fans a and not the record company a that keeps him going in the music business. In fact s currently without a record Deal having left Capitol records just a few Days before the release of his latest album too Tough to tame last Spring. Quot if the Label Isnit behind you there a no sense in being on it Quot explained. Too Tough to tame might Well a Good description of the 35-year-old Singer. Anderson said a always been known for Quot going against the Grain Quot of the Nashville ways shunning the music Industry s image making machine and basically just not listening to what record company executives have told him should doing. Quot in never been one to told How to look or How to act or How to do nothing. My mom and dad told that and that Sas far As it went Quot said. Quot i guess you could say i am for sure one of the Black sheets of the family As far As the country music Industry goes. do things our Way and if it works Fine and if it done to Only have ourselves to mostly though things have worked out for Anderson a maybe not to the level of a Randy Travis or a George Strait but to a level that a just Fine by him. Anderson began singing and playing guitar As a child in Apopka in Central Florida. was inspired by his older sister Donna who had a country Folk band. At 17 moved to Nashville and performed in Honky tonks around the City. Two years later signed with a Small record Label the first in a string of labels Over the next 15 years. In 1981 had his first hit i m just an old chunk of Coal. A the Peak of Andersons Success came in 1983 with swinging. The song about a childhood love affair shot up the country charts crossed Over to the pop charts and eventually sold 1.3 million copies. Anderson won the horizon award and song of the year honors from the country music association. Since then Anderson has had several hits on the country charts including Black sheep when your yellow Brick country Singer John Anderson in Frankfurt. Road turns Blue and somewhere Between ragged and right. s working on a new album which said will have the raw Edge of some of his earlier songs. Quot to honestly the last three records made were a bit sterile. My music has More of a raw Edge to it and that s got to come out before ill Ever get my music across Quot said. Quot for instance swinging and Black sheep and i came Home to count the memories and chunk of Coal the country and rockabilly songs they All had edges. That a what looking when a not on the Road or working on his music Anderson enjoys Bird Hunting and fishing. lives with his wife and Young daughter on a farm in Tennessee. The couple is expecting a second child in March. Anderson said his heart will always in country music and hell keep on playing As Long As the fans Are there. Quot in got enough True country fans that going to probably play til i m too old to play Quot said. Quot May not make As much Money As the entertainer of the year. Then again might. have before and May again. All that is really immaterial to when it comes to my life and my John Anderson performs in the following locations in Germany Heidelberg old Dominion club nov. Brhen Maln a Galaxy club nov. 9 lot Zingen Larson bks no club nov. 10 Giessen Alpine club nov. 11. Caron Wheeler a us Blak Strong sociopolitical undercurrents abound on us Blak the eagerly awaited Solo debut album by Caron Wheeler who made her Mark As the primary vocalist on the first soul ii soul album notably on the hit keep on Moln. The us Blak of the title song refers to first generation Blacks born in the United kingdom. Throughout the album Wheeler a herself a . Black a refers to the plight of her people who she says Are in a cultural limbo. Though her passion and spirituality Are admirable Wheeler who co wrote most of the material has made a rather uneven album. Songs like us Blak and Jamaica Are forceful and focused but others meander making you have to probe to find the Point. The songs Are mostly propelled by variations and hybrids of Caribbean rhythms which Are often so dominant that they overpower any message. Wheelers vocals a a scatter gun blend of soul jazz and English pop a Aren t quite As riveting As you d expect from her work with soul ii soul. And the album is particularly in need of prudent editing and a reworking of the often Overly Busy vocal arrangements. Dennis Hunt . Times travelling wilbury a vol. 3 casting off the Burden of having to live up to their prodigious pasts and create important Art Bob Dylan Tom Petty George Harrison and Jeff Lynne also known As the travelling wilbury let Fly Zinger lines and licks on vol. 3with offhand Elan Loose humor and camaraderie. But As with vol. 1, it s not just guffaws that make this second album a Good one. The wilbury come up with some Fine songs funny or not inside out and the Devil s been Busy the Best rocking sitar since. Well you know both carry Strong environmental messages without Bela Boring them or sacrificing Hook Appeal. The clincher though is you took my breath away a tribute to the irreplaceable Roy Orbison though the wilbury Are not so mundane As to put it that specifically. In the Middle there is a Brief soaring Bridge Sung by Lynne but clearly meant for Orbison s voice Quot someday soon the Sun will Shine there will a Silver a Silver lining is just what the wilbury Are for these grading vets a and their fans. Steve Hochman . Times a top a recycler recycler is an appropriate title for Zzz tops newest. Ten gallon tongues firmly planted in beards the look loosest Phi tech Power Trio in heaven hell or Tejas appropriates old blues Punka Selicks sequencers and a second slag heaping helping o sounds found on their own earlier records. And Why not when it comes to sly humor and collective musicianship How Many acts out there Wanna go one on one in a Battle of the bands with the top Judas priest acc Gimme a break. Spinal tap maybe. Even the Smiths a arguably More imaginative and certifiably More pretentious a called it quits before trying to stretch their ideas through half As Many albums As Zzz s done now. Check out the scorched Earth performance on my head s in Mississippi. Sure the Riff is older than dirt and John Lee Hooker but How Many people s lyrics capture the Fine ground blend of surrealism and dread essential to the country blues idiom or get that arid laugh a in after the line about the 10,000 clowns in the slow minor key 2000 blues. Not to mention that pair of spacious beautifully developed guitar solos. Or the deathless lines Quot her lips were wet a and i bet a she was sucking on a Watermelon Rind Quot decision or collision the tone of give it up the relish with which Zzz attacks the of a i of a metaphor of Burger Man the intergalactic Muddy Waters Shakin All Over resonances of Concrete and steel and. And., of yeah the ecological info message on the inner sleeve. Don Waller . Times pop a singles 1. Love takes time a Mariah Carey a pay Hammer ice baby Vanilla ice 4. Giving you the Benefit a pebbles 1 have the heart a James Ingram More than words can say Allas i cat a Janet Jackson i is in the heart deep Ute Knockin boots a candyman 10. Something to eve in Poison pop a lpns 1. To the extreme a Vanilla ice o?.e,Tammer d0n�?Tt Hurt Mem . Hammer 3. The razors Edge acc 4. Mariah Carey a Mariah Carey 5. Wilson Philips Watson Philllps 6.x-inxs 7. Family style a Vaughan Bros. O �.with0 prejudice vol 1 George Michael 9. Recycler a top 10. Poison a Bell by Fdevoe country a singles 1. Home Joe duffle 2 Back in my younger Days Don Williams 3. You a Reba Mcentire 4. You really had going Holly Dunn a 5iep is of a Anne Murray 6. Friends in Low places Garth Brooks Chart 7. Fool such As i Ball Lle and the boys 8. A few Ole country boys Randy Travis. Amp George Jones 9. Too cold at Home Mark Chesnutt 10. Yet exile ramp by singles 1. Love takes time Mariah Carey 2. . I thought it was ? Bell blvd Devos 3. Living in the ought Carson Wheeler 4. Pray-. Hammer 5. Misunderstanding Al b. Surel 6. Slow motion Gerald Alston 7. Merry go round Keith sweat 8. Ice ice baby Vanilla ice 9. So you Uke what you see Samuelle 10. Knockin boots candyman album a Rock for week ending oct. 27 1. Concrete and steel Zzz top 2. High enough Damn Yankees 3. Suicide blonde inns 4. Hard to handle the Black crowds 5. Cuffs of Dover Eric Johnson 6. She s my baby travelling wilbury 7. Thunderstruck acc 8. Mansion on the Hill Nell Young amp crazy horse 9. Love is the ritual styx 10. Cant find my Way Home House of lords a compiled by billboard at s what s not record a review wednesday october 7, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 17
