European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inner Circle did t mind waiting for the big time by Ron Mckinney entertainment writer oger Lewis eyes somewhat hidden behind dark shades were closed As he rested in an easy chair backstage at the Monteux jazz festival in Switzerland last month. Lewis who looks something like a Beach Ball with dreadlocks May have been pretending to be asleep. This scene was unlike anything to be expected when meeting the rhythm guitarist  member of this year s liveliest reggae band inner Circle. Inner Circle s jamaican bred Funky reggae rhythm beckons its listeners to dance or jump up and Down. If nothing else to feel Good. Not to lounge around like a Couch potato. Or a pumpkin As in his Case. Like inner Circle s hit song Barf boys this group has been around for years. Three current members a Jar others Roger and Ian Lewis a Bass guitarist and keyboardist Router Harvey a formed the group in 1975. The group now includes drummer sir Lancelot Hall Lead Singer Carlton Coffey and Lead guitarist Lester Adderley. Always a Strong International Force in the reggae genre inner Circle never attained stardom until some four years after its current single bad boys became the theme to Fox network s television series cops. Four years. So Why was t it released it earlier its sorta like when Alex Haley was asked what he would have done differently if he had known roots was going to be so big. Quot Type faster Quot he responded. Lewis offered no such glib reply. Quot it was always available on a Small Independent Label Quot Lewis said in his thick jamaican accent. Quot but not until a few months ago that big beat records Atlantic records picked it up. Then it got big play on All the big radio stations . Went to number seven i think. Sold a Over half a million copies in  a amps Ron Mckinney Roger Lewis takes it easy at Monteux jazz festival then poses with group members from left Carlton Coffey Lance Hall Router Harvey and Ian Lewis. A /. A a a Quot a i1 said giggling. While big boys was climbing the. Charts in America another single off the bad to the Bone album sweat a la la la la Long set radio airplay records in Switzerland and Germany where it topped the charts for 14 weeks. Quot we re taking everything in stride Quot Lewis said of his band s new found Success Between bites of his Turkey Sandwich. Quot we re much busier on the Road now. We re booked right to the end of the  and it does t matter to Lewis that it took 16 years to hit the big time. Quot no wine is served before its time. You know what i mean Quot he said. Indeed. But if it was served with a Good Turkey Sandwich or towage would t matter All that much to Lewis. Like the attention and kudos he and his band mates have received in recent months he d gobble it All up. Hmm. Of so what inspired the song Quot Well you have to ask the Man who write the song y know. He claims it was us. I really Don t  Ian Lewis the song s writer was unavailable for comment. Coffey a former army administrative specialist from 1976-82, stopped by to talk about bad boys. Quot it s a Good song Quot Coffey said. Quot it relates to a lot of teen agers we see living in our world today because they All think Quot about the song s Hook Quot what Cha Gonna do when life comes for you. Bad  Coffey laughed As Lewis teased him about about being the Quot go  Quot we Call him private Coffey Quot Lewis Rod Stewart Friday August 13,1993 concert listings a see pages 20 amp 21 recently unplugged but still going Strong the Rock Veteran is on tour . The stars and stripes Short subject sounds of Banda heat up the summer from wire reports its noon in South los Angeles and the More than 500 kids packed shoulder to shoulder into a multipurpose room at Gage Middle school have one thing on their minds the Summers biggest dance craze a a Queradita a danced to the Summers newly popular sound Banda. _ hotter than a Jalapeno the dance fever has been gaining steam among latino teen agers and their parents a particularly those of mexican descent a and now it seems to have burst onto the mainstream scene dominating the sounds at school dances and parties All Over los Angeles. At Gage where the majority student enrolment is latino and English is the second language spoken at Home dances have been regular events. La Queradita combines country Western with cumbia Salsa and occasionally flamenco. The dance gets it name which Means Quot the Little break Quot when one partner usually the Guy swings his mate into a backward Bend and balancing her body in one Arm barely brushes her against the floor while rocking to the beat. For sure this is not the mexican hat dance. It s More like lambada meets limbo Rock. The evolution of the regional sound began decades ago in the Northwestern mexican state of Sinaloa. Unlike mariachi bands which usually feature guitars violins and trumpets or the accordion driven Forteno music made fashionable by los Lobos Banda groups use up to 15 musicians playing trombones trumpets saxophones clarinets euphoniums Bass Drums cymbals and tuba. No guitars and originally no vocalists a tradition dropped by a majority of today s Banda groups. Techno Banda a More recent innovation substitutes an electric Bass guitar for the tuba and depends on a synthesizer instead of wind instruments. But whatever the music there Are no wallflowers. Everyone a with or without partners in groups of three to five and More Guys dancing Solo girls dancing together a moves in an explosion of motion that makes this one of  s hottest fads. Not a couple shows the latest moves