European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes monday july 8, 1991 faces of place Zappa getting in tune for race a. From wire reports Jesse Jackson is not the Only potential presidential candidate who has been Busy registering  Zappa the 50-year old guitar guru who runs voter registration tables at his concerts said he has spoken with two Washington political consultants about running for president in 1992. A a we re just Gonna do a Little feasibility study to see what it would take a Zappa told spin Magazine recently. A the idea is that this is a Zero balloon Campaign a he said of what he characterized As a Low key Low budget operation. Zappa a political Independent who wants to replace the Federal income tax with a National sales tax acknowledged that his chances of winning the election Are slim. But he does have a record for attracting political attention. In 1985, the musical iconoclast stole the show at a Senate committee hearing when he denounced the wives of sen. Albert Gore jr., d-tenn., and then Treasury Secretary James a. Baker for urging record companies to Label albums that have offensive lyrics. The following year Zappa s lobbying helped defeat legislation in Maryland that would have made it a crime to sell a a obscene records to minors. A Watts jazz up act rolling Stone Charlie Watts is taking a break from Rock to rekindle a childhood love of jazz. A i still remember the record that turned me on to jazz a said the drummer. A it was Earl Bosticks recording of Flamingo. My Uncle who lived with us bought the record and i just loved the sound of the  at age 12 or so Watts said he rolled up old newspapers in the shape of a saxophone and painted them Orange so a i could stand in front of the Mirror and pretend to be playing a Watts said in an interview in sundays los Angeles times. Watts 50, recently appeared in a jazz quintet in new York. He played a few notes on the sax before Quot returning to Drums the instrument that eventually stole his heart. Watts heard Chico Hamilton on Drums on the first record he bought. A it was just something with the sound of the brushes a he said. A but i just fell in love with it and i think i threw away my paper saxophone the same  pays Cash Apa sound recovery Gloria Estefan climbed onto the stage in san Antonio on saturday to open her . Tour. The opening night for the Miami Singer Marks another step in her recovery from the two broken vertebrae she suffered in a tour bus crash in March i990. Former beatles drummer Ringo Starr and his wife actress Barbara Bach have bought a three bedroom Home in Beverly Hills Calif., for about $3.3 million. The couple paid Cash for the 5,500-Square-foot Home with City views a Pool spa and guest House the los Angeles times reported sunday. The Home had been listed for $3,75 million. Starr who turned 51 on sunday and Bach appeared together in the 1981 movie  shares secrets the Sonny Side of the Story comes out today. Sonny Bonous autobiography and the beat goes on hits the bookstores with tales of Bonous life with Cher and the career change that led to his election As mayor of Palm Springs Calif. Among the sordid tales is that Cher once asked him to leave their Las vegas hotel room so she could spend the night with their guitarist. He says he obliged by sleeping with the guitarists Girlfriend that night. A Bono also talks about How Cher once caught him with a Secretary Sonny Bono and he blames record company executive David Geffen for breaking up Bonous marriage and professional relationship with Cher. Climbers Rush up Peak two climbers shattered the record for ascending Al Capitan a famed Granite face in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park Calif. Dave Schultz 31, and Peter Croft 33, completed the 3,593-foot climb of Al Capitanos nose route thursday in 4 hours 48 minutes surpassing the record by an hour and 15 minutes. Both Are guides for the Yosemite mountaineering  previous record was set this year by Hans Florine and Andy  Nelson joins band Highway 101�?Ts newest addition is Nikki Nelson who Sang with her famous father and at 22 is a Veteran of the country stage. Nelson who grew up singing with her father Gene Nelson has worked a variety of jobs at the Nashville Palace in Tennessee the night spot known As the place where Randy Travis Rose from dishwasher to Star. Quot a a a �?o1 still have to Pinch myself a said Nelson who was picked in december to replace departing 101 Singer Paulette Carlson. Nelson who Sang with fathers band in Topaz Lake nev., says Good Fortune and a lot of hard work landed her the 101 Job. It a from the outside looking in its got to look Ike a Cinderella Story and it is. But i feel like in be worked really hard All my life toward this a Nelson told the tennessean of Nashville in an interview. Nelson sings Lead vocals on Bing bang Boom the title track from the bands latest album. Highway 101�?Ts hits include the bed you made for me and Honky Tonk heart. The stars and stripes can be Home delivery service available in government housing areas allows you the extra convenience of weekday or weekend deliveries As an alternative to the full monthly subscription. Subscription rates Are monthly Only $11.00 weekdays $7.50 per month weekends $3.65 per month still the easiest Way by far to get your copy of the stars and stripes is to have someone bring it directly to your Home. It costs no More than the regular newsstand Price and you pay your Carrier just once a month. 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