European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Marques Houston Don Fernando and Jerome Jones from left the 10-year-old members of immature. Fint size singers offer Youthful sound by David Bauder the associated press they sing. They rap. They Wear underwear on their Heads and joke about girls with Quot big of and they re Only 10. Child stars in the 1990s Are a far cry from Shirley Temple. With puberty still on the horizon Marques Houston Don Fernando and Jerome Jones Are plunging into a music business that seems to get younger every Day. The Trio is known collectively As immature and they dream of a Day they can strike the Quot in Quot prefix from their name. A simple query a where they re from a gets a choreographed routine. Quot my name is half pint and i m from Pluto Quot said Fernando a native of the Philippines whose Short stature earned him his nickname. Quot i m Romeo and i m from the Moon Quot said Jones leaning Forward so his Mouth is inches away from a tape recorder placed on a table. Quot i m Batman. I m from the stars Quot said Houston. Their real origins Are less Stellar. They re from los Angeles. Manager Chris Telkes a 23-year-old music producer met Jones at an acting class run by Beau Bridges and decided to get a group together. Virgin records liked the results enough to put out a record. The two 13-year-old rappers in Kris Kross have sold More than 3 million copies of their debut album. Teen agers Boyz ii men have been at the top of the charts for most of the year. On the debut album on our worst behaviour the immature Quot sound Quot is a prepubescent version of new Jack swing that combines rap and soul. Forget the seeming innocence of their age immature knows who its audience will be. Quot we know girls like groups that sing slow songs to them Quot Fernando said. Quot we came out singing so Little girls would like guess what girls they All say they re single and available. Don t laugh. Immature already tells stories of girls who try to Chase them into bathrooms and wait for them in hotel lobbies. Like Kris Kross which created a style sensation by wearing their pants backward immature is trying hard to draw attention with their clothes. All three Wear Short pants so huge they look like mid dresses baggy shirts and Granny glasses from Paris. They also favor huge multicoloured hats and seem willing to try anything a like wrapping a pair of boys briefs around one hat or holding a Toothbrush in the Mouth like a pipe. Members of immature Don t go to school anymore. They say they miss their friends and schoolyard games of basketball and Are tutored three hours a Day. Their favorite subject math. Quot if you Don t know math you might get Gyp Ped if you go to places Quot Fernando said. Quot if you like Money you like tuckered out marshal Tucker founder leaves farm to renew career by Joe Edwards the associated press toy Caldwell got Quot marshal tuckered but he s gotten Over it. The Veteran Singer musician who founded the marshal Tucker band played guitar and Sang in the group for 15 years until 1985, got tired of 250 Days on the Road each year so he quit. Fie retreated to his farm near Spartanburg s.c., where he fished read Stephen King novels and spent time with his wife and two daughters. Recently the stage beckoned to him. Once again he was in Nashville Tenn. In a dressing room where acquaintances assembled to shake hands and Chat often about his glory Days. Then he took the stage strapped a guitar around his Stocky Marine carved Frame and began singing. Earlier Caldwell explained what brought him to this stage Quot it s time to learn new music and get better at he revitalized his creativity during his hiatus by practising with his guitar and songwriting he said. As a result he s Back with recharged verve his own full throttle band and a Solo debut album toy Caldwell. It s a mix of Rock n Roll country blues and pop with a lyrical thread of romantic entanglements. His drawing Power is his reputation from his marshal Tucker band Days. The band had seven Gold and two Platinum albums peaking in the mid-1970s with songs As heard it in a love song can t you see and this of Cowboy. Marshal Tucker headlined or shared stages with the Allman Brothers the Doobie Brothers deep purple and Zzz top among others. The band is still around with two of its six members going Back to Caldwell s Days. Quot my name will always be associated with the marshal Tucker band and i m proud it is Quot he said. Quot they Are Good memories. Quot we were the closest thing at the time Between Rock n Roll and country music. I think we bridged that Gap. But i got tired of doing the same thing for 15 years. I m marshal tuckered on his new album he had plenty of top Talent helping him. Willie Nelson sings on Caldwell s version of night life a a song Nelson co wrote a and Gregg Allman lends a hand on Midnight pop a singles. I will always love you from the bodyguard a Whitney Houston if i Ever fall in love Shai Rump Shaker reckon effect in the still of the Nite i la remember Boyz ii men. How do you talk to an Angel the Heights. I d die without you from Boomerang a . Dawn rhythm is a dancer snap Good enough Bobby Brown real love Mary j. Blige what about your friends to top a albums 1. Soundtrack to the bodyguard various artists 2 unplugged Eric Clapton 3 the predator ice cube 4. Timeless the classics Michael Bolton 5. The Chase Garth Brooks 6. Home for Christmas Amy Grant 7. Some gave All Billy Ray Cyrus 0. Breathless Kenny g. 9. A very special Christmas 2 various artists 10 beyond the season Garth Brooks country a singles 1. I Cross my heart George Strait 2. Two sparrows in a Hurricane Tanya Tucker 3 she s got the rhythm and i got the blues Alan Jackson 4. Don t let our love Start slippin1 away Vince Gill 5. Burn one Down Clint Black 6. Lost and found Brooks amp Dunn 7. I m in a hurry and Don t know Why a Alabama 8. Sure love Hal Ketchum 9. Somewhere other than the night a Liberty 10. When she cries restless heart amp by singles 1 i will always love you from the bodyguard while of Houston 2 if i Ever fall in love Shai 3 Rump Shaker wreck n Ettelt 4 slow and sexy Shabb ranks 5 l Ove should brought you Home from Boomerang a Toni Braxton 6 Good enough Bobby Brown 7. In the still of the Nite i la remember Boyz ii men 8 flex mad cobra 9 Here we go again portrait 10 i got a thang 4 Yalo key jazz a albums 1. I heard you twice the first time Branford Marsalis 2 perfectly Frank Tony Bennett 3 haunted hear a Charlie Haden quartet Wost 4 portraits by Ellington the Lincoln Center jazz orchestra 5 it s not about the Melody butty Carter 6. You must be eve in Spring Frank Morgan 7. Black Hope a Kenny Garrett 8 More than a mood Stanley Turrentine 9 fantasia Eliane Elias 10. Letter to Evan a David Benoit Dot Ember 10, 1992 stripes Magazine 7
