European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Or. Hook still seeks a second cover shot by Ron Mckinney staff writer ust for the record or. Hook frontman Ray Sawyer really did buy five copies for his Mother when he graced the cover of rolling Stone 20 years ago. That was the thing Back then Sawyer said backstage at the Frankfurt music Hall hours before his concert on monday evening. John Lennon was on the cover. Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Not or. Shel Silverstein who wrote Many of or. Hook s Early songs called Sawyer in the Middle of the night and asked if he wanted to get his picture on the cover of the rolling Stone. Sawyer said absolutely. He said Well write this Down and he told me the words and was actually writing it Over the phone Sawyer said. Sawyer and his group practice the song the next Day on the bus and played it for the first time that night in front of 30,000 people. The cover of the rolling Stone was an instant hit eventually reaching no. 6 on the billboard pop charts and Landing Sawyer on the cover of you know what on publication Day Sawyer said he went to the Magazine s office to buy five copies and handed the girl a $10 Bill. She went to get him change a Little peeved that he had t gone to a newsstand instead. A Man came in carrying a bundle of magazines and told the girl Don t you know who that is she turned All red Sawyer said. So i really bought five copies for my Mother. And i got my change that classic hit along with the no. 5 Ballad Sylvia s Mother and the no. 6 Only sixteen made or. Hook a National name. But the Success had its drawbacks. Soon the band s music began to change pushed in new directions by corporate officials who wanted to Cash in on the sudden prominence. At age 56 Ray Sawyer . Or. Hook is in the mid-70s, we hit on formula and it became very formula oriented like a loaf of bread and i just got tired of it Sawyer said. All the creativity and everything we went into the studio with at the beginning was gone. They had studio musicians playing and it just was t right that s when they began producing the Sappy top 10 hits sharing the night together sexy eyes and when you re in love with a Beautiful woman. Before those son sit seas or. Hook. And then after that it was a loaf of bread he said. It was that old Story. They locked us up. Management and producers locked the Little country boys up with contracts and stuff. That s exactly what by 1983 he had had enough even though he d made the charts twice the previous year. So he quit. And stayed quit for quite a while. He decided to come Back about five years ago he said because he liked the s4s Michael Abrami still Raspy after All these years. Way music was changing particularly How country music had accepted a Rock n Roll element. Sawyer said or. Hook will be recording an album in new Orleans this year with a new emphasis on a Horn Section. He played one of his new songs missing you an upbeat Rock n Roll tune that May be the first Cut off the new album. Wearing Blue jeans Cowboy boots and hat a Loose shirt and of course his trademark Black Eye Patch the 56-year old Sawyer played All his old standards during a 90-minute show before about 350 people in Frankfurt. Sawyer s voice sounded As vital and Raspy As it did 20 years ago. The mostly German crowd appreciated the Standard romantic songs that Sawyer Sang while Chain smoking on stage. But most entertaining was the old or. Hook in the fun Loving Rock n Roll from Queen of the Silver Dollar and freaking at the Breakers Ball songs that die hard fans could sing along with. Van Halen in concert see pages 20-21 one of Rock n Roll s current icons announces new european tour rates. Wayne Short takes party on lookalikes Ayne s world lookalike parties Are in Germany and offering 11 nil expenses paid weekend trips to Chicago to meet Dana Carboy and Mike Meyers the Lead actors of Wayne s world. Contestants will be judged on their characterizations of and resemblance to the main characters in last year s smash hit movie. Nine scenes from the movie will be shown on a big screen then acted out by contestants playing the parts of Wayne Garth or Cassandra. Winners will be determined by audience approval. The Queen revival Rock group Mayque on will perform at the shows which Are in Berlin Nurnberg Stuttgart Munich and Frankfurt All in March. Cover charges vary from 12 Marks $8 in Advance to 18 Marks $12 at the door depending on location. Check pages 18 and 19 for exact schedule. To enter the contest Contact Mega cult promotions at 0221-125522. Tickets can also be purchased through the Uso at Frankfurt. And on the sax the Prez Ost presidents write memoirs. Bill Clinton May be the first president to Cut a record. The Dvells a Philadelphia band that played at Clinton s inaugural re recorded their 1963 hit you can t sit Down that reached no. 3 on the billboard pop charts with new lyrics and a sax Solo by Clinton. The band met with Clinton on nov. 1 at the Garden state race track in now Jersey and Clinton blew a few notes. He s a real Good sax player said the Dvells Mark Stevens. To has a real Good the single with new lyrics by Jerry Gross and Lauren Hart was sold at inaugural events. Gross said the record is for promotion Only and it has not been decided if there will be a general release. Nolte stars with Roberts actor Nick Nolte has agreed to co Star with Julia Roberts in / love trouble a romantic comedy for Disney s Touchstone pictures and producers Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer. Roberts had aged for the project months earlier but production was postponed until the studio was Able to find the right leading Man. / love trouble dealing with two newspaper reporters vying for hot , is tentatively scheduled to begin production in september. It was delayed by Roberts commitment to Star in the Pelican Brief a Warner Bros for director Alan Pakula starting in May. Friday february 12, 1993 the stars and stripes 17
