European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Big Mac attack new 72-song cd set offers Fleetwood a Best by Robert Hilburn los Angeles times Given All the free publicity that Fleetwood Mac s old Don t Stop has received you d think the title of. The group s new compact disc Box set would be Don t Stop. After All the upbeat 1977 hit emerged As president elect Bill Clinton s theme song a featured prominently at the democratic convention in new York and at Clinton s election night Victory rally in Little Rock Ark. But the Christine Mcvie composition is merely one of the 72 selections in 25 years a the Chain a four disc Fleetwood Mac retrospective that was recently released by Warner Bros. Records. As the title suggests the album traces the band s remarkable history of personnel and style shifts from the group s beginnings in the late 60s As a blues band to the hugely successful Folk Rock pop synthesis achieved when co founders Mick Fleetwood and John Mcvie were joined by Christine Mcvie Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks on the late-70s albums Fleetwood Mac rumours and Tusk. In fact those three albums were such High Points for the group that More than a third of the tracks on 25 years a the Chain Are from those collections. 1 the remaining material includes everything from the group s first British single i believe my time Ain t Long and various compositions by the band s late 60s guitarist Peter Green including Albatross to alternate mixes of such familiar tunes As cold dust woman plus four new songs. The last include paper doll a bittersweet tune co written by Nicks that has been released As a single. For the hits minded Fleetwood Mac fan there is an alternative to the set the previously released 16-track single disc greatest hits which contains All 10 of the top 20 hits from the three albums except 1980 s think about me. For the committed fan however the set which contains a 64-Page photo Booklet is More on target. Fleetwood Mac a a. 1 _. A _ a a _ _ a t a a _ a a a. John Raitt has gotten used to being called a Bonnier a dad by Bob Thomas the associated press Quot Mary Martin often told me that life goes around in circles Quot Veteran Singer John Raitt remembered. _ he said he agrees with his one time costar and cited this example Quot when i was growing up my father was director of the Northern Orange county Myca for 27 years and i was known As Arch Raitt s son. Then i started singing in shows and he became John Raitt s father. When my daughter was growing up she was called John Raitt s daughter. Now she s a big Star and i m known As Bonnie Raitt s at 75, John Raitt still presents a robust. Figure and can hit All those High notes in the Soliloquy of Carousel for which he was the first Billy Bigelow. His thick White hair flows and the rugged handsome Ness remains Raitt s dashing looks and baritone made him Ideal for leading roles at the los Angeles civic Light opera where he has appeared in 15 shows. Rodgers and Hammerstein spotted him to replace Alfred Drake in Oklahoma and then to Star in Carousel. Raitt toured with Mary Martin in Annie get your Cun and returned to Broadway for the hit Panama came. He also starred in the movie version with Doris Day. Even with his Eminence in the Mil Seal theater Raitt delights in being Quot Bonnier Quot she was going to be the Margaret Mead of Africa when she was going to Radcliffe Quot he recalled referring to the late anthropologist. Quot she was always musical a naturally she could t help it. We gave years of piano lessons then she picked up the guitar when she was about 13. Quot when she was about 14, she went Down to one of those Amateur nights. One monday morning she called me from Radcliffe and said dad i m so excited i just made $50 in a Coffee House up in Worcester mass big help i said. I was paying All that Money for her to go to. College. Quot next thing i know she said i Don t want to continue it s silly for you to spend this Money after a couple of years she met Dick Waterman who was booking old Black blues artists giving them a meal ticket and a guitar. She fell in love with this music. It was kind of a gimmick for her this red haired freckled girl to do this old Black since they come from different musical worlds father and grammy winning daughter have rarely appeared together. Last summer they Sang with the Boston pops in a performance that was warmly received. / Quot it took me two years to convince Bonnie that it was her idea Quot he quipped. After 52 years As a professional Singer Raitt figures he has played the Panama came 1,500 times Carousel and Oklahoma 1,200 apiece. He has totalled five years on Broadway and 25 years in summer Stock. Nowadays he enjoys his Leisure but he still works 10-15 weeks a year both in shows and in his autobiographical concert. He has starred in numerous modern classics including 7 776 and the fantasy cos vetoing Only paint your Wagon because the leading role is Quot a dirty old Man Quot i could still sing Carousel but i m a Little Long in the tooth for that now Quot he said adding that he has told his manager that he is available for four shows Zorba Shenandoah South Pacific and the Man of la said he recently did a show in Sioux Falls s.d., making 50 states in which he has appeared. Quot hey a that s another Circle he said. Even his current marriage stands As an instance of something coming full Circle. Quot Rosemary Kramer was a summer Romance when i was going to the University of Redlands. I could t be a interested in girls during the school year because oif my athletic endeavours and my singing. By 1940 the Romance had blossomed so that we wanted to get married Quot he recalled. Quot but since hers was a Spanish land Grant. Catholic family and i was scottish presbyterian they separated us. Quot after three children and two wives i finally had a reunion with her in 1981 we got have been Happy Ever since then Quot Chart. Singles Wilt. Always love you from the bodyguard Whitney Houston if Ifcher fall in love Shad in the still of the Nite ill remember Boyi h men Rump Shaker wreck a it oct saving forever for you Shanyce rhythm is a dancer a snap to die without you from Boomerang . Dawn Good enough Bobby Brown what about your friends a tic deeper and deeper Madonna top a albums 1. Soundtrack to the bodyguard a various artists 2 the Chase Garth Brooks i. Timeless the classics Michael Bolton a a.4 unplugged Eric Clapton 5 some gave All Billy Ray Cyrus 6 breathless Kenny g. 7. 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Pavarotti. 3. Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall a Kathleen Battle 4. Baroque duet Kathleen Battle Wynton Marsalis 5. Horowitz discovered treasures a Vladimir Horowitz e. Amore Luciano Pavarotti 7. The last recital for Israel Artur Rubenstein 8. Shostakovich 24 preludes amp fugues Keith Jarrott. 9. Gorecki symphony no. 3 Upshaw. London sin Tonnotta 10. Bach sonatas Keith Jarrett Michala Petri a Comolot Bif Bill Bird
