European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F o c u s Freddie fender above takes the stage with Texas Tornado front Row from left Auric Meyers and Flaco Jimenez plus two supporting musicians. Texas Tornado blow away Jam fans by Steve scholar Kaiserslautern Bureau it was Texas. Almost. A Large Texas Flag hanging behind the stage set the mood for the night. The plywood floors could have come straight from the Ponderosa club in Abilene. Enough Miller Lite was flowing to drown a steer and if you weren t wearing tight fitting Rocky Mountain jeans and a Cowboy hat you weren to. Well you get the Point. More than 1,000 real and Wannabe Urban cowpokes saddled up for country Jam 93 at the Kaiserslautern special events Center Germany last week to hear the likes of country music bands Shylo and Texas Pride and the Tex mex music specialists Texas Tornado featuring Freddie fender. The Tornado have a special kind of musical blend that fender said comes almost effortlessly. A we Don t practice much a he said in an interview before the concert. A we just go into the studio and kind of let it happen. Our music just comes  fender said he likes playing with the band which also includes accordionist Flaco Jimenez and Rock n Roll veterans Augie Meyers and Doug Sahm and three supporting musicians because a i get to do what i want. I just fell right into  that approach must work. The band which formed in March 1990, produced a grammy Winner with its second album zone of their own. The Kaiserslautern concert was part of its Hangin on a thread tour which includes stops in Switzerland and throughout Scandinavia. Jimenez a two time grammy Winner who has played a with Dwightt Yoakum and a Host of other country stars said the crowds seem to like the Tornado Brand of music. Quot maybe it s because of the mix of hispanic and English. No matter what language the message of the music gets through a he said. T Shylo opened for the Tornado and did its Best to Calm a Good natured Rowdy crowd that was ready for fender. And a Medley of his old hits. Shylo s sound system left a Little to be desired and its rendition of Garth Brooks shameless might Well have been called shameful. But the band had the crowd jumping in its seats and the wooden dance floor was filled to overflowing. It was t Long though before the crowd started to. Grow restless. The fans wanted the Tornado. And when the Tex mex boys took the stage they did t disappoint. The band played for almost two hours and most of the time the crowd stood at the foot of the stage swaying Back and Forth and shouting encouragement. Fender proved that the Sweet High voice that made him famous singing ballads and love songs Over the past 20 years is still Able to croon. He moved effortlessly through a number of his most popular song including before the next Teardrop Falls and wasted Days and wasted nights. Fender who said during the interview that he has t had a drink in More than eight years shows that the voice can get better As the Singer gets older. Meyers Sang Many of the Voca s and moved into the Rock n Roll Arena several times with no difficulty. The Rock songs featured a thunderous beat that sent the music rising in great crescendos that approached ear splitting pandemonium. The band had a terrific sound system although the finer Points of the music and a Cicala would have been better appreciated if the volume had been turned Down a Shade. Accompanied by a stage Light show and a machine that filled the rafters with smoke the elements All combined to make a great show. When the Tornado left the stage about 11 p.m., Texas Pride took its turn entertaining the crowd until about 1 30 . The 415th base support in people and a Large group of volunteers did a Nice Job in setting up the Large tent that has become the special events Center. The tent can hold up to 2,000 people for indoor events a future expansion is supposed to increase its indoor capacity to almost 3,000. ,. The inside featured a bar where wine coolers Beer Sott drinks and food could be had at reasonable prices. A Large video screen played videos that entertained folks during a band  Joanne Coley 415th Media organizer said from her perspective the evening was a big hit. Quot considering All the work that went into it it was an extreme Success a she said. There were few present would argue with that. Deborah Harry in 1989. Sas Abrams a whole new act by the new York times Deborah Harry former Lead Singer of Blondie does t pretend that she has repeated the Success she had in the late 70s and Early 80s with songs like the a tide is High and heart of class. And she appears to be neither troubled nor defensive about it. Quot i m out there in a Small local Way Quot she said recently. Quot i Haven t been entirely invisible. I be just been sort of  this summer she released a new album Debra vation her first in four years. It s a surprisingly Mellow collection of pop and dance songs that show influences from jazz to Punk. Her noteworthy collaborators on the album include the group r.e.m., which provided the instrumentals for one song and William Gibson the cyberpunk novelist who wrote the lyrics for a song called dog Star Cirl. She will be in Britain this month and in december As part of As tour promoting the album. Her attitude these Days is consistently nonchalant. Why such a stretch Between albums Quot laziness could be one reason a she said. A you can print that.�?�. What about the album s title Quot in t it awful Quot she said. And Why does t she have Blond hair anymore a i m just doing whatever Quot she said a this is the first time that i be been totally natural for a while. That s kind of scary. Nothing like a Good scare to get you going.�?�. Pop singles 1. I d do anything for love but i wont do that meat loaf 2. Again Janet Jackson 3. All that she wanta Ace of base 4. Gangsta lean drs 5. Juat kicking it escape 6. Shoop. Salt n Pepa 7. Please forgive me Bryan Adams 8. Hero Mariah Carey 9. Hey or. . Zhane 10. Dream Lover Mariah Carey top albums 1.ve., Pearl Jam 2. Duet Frank Sinatra 3. Bat out of hell ii Back into hell meat loaf 4. Common thread the Songa of the Eagle various artists 5. Male Box Mariah Carey 8. Janet Janet Jackson 7. River of Dreama Billy Joel 8. It a on eazy a 9. Get in where a fit in too Short 10. Toni Braxton Toni Braxton country singles country albums ramp a singles 1. Almost goodbye. Mark Chesnutt 2. Reckless Alabama 3. She used to be mine Brooks amp Dunn 4. 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To Amo Puccini a greatest love songs Luciano Pavarotti compiled by billboard costello disc notes Retro Active def Leppard bludgeon Riffla  1992 adrenaline failed to galvanize they assembled thi3 collection of b sides unreleased tracks covers and other musical misfits and released it in a for these Guys a record time. Sharp dark and Clever this nimble album treads lightly around the anthems but takes deft strikes at several covers. Best track a cover of the late Mick Ronsona a Only after dark. A Dee Leo Arrington Doke the stars and stripes 2 a years Elvis costello Ryk disc dirty months is not an especially Long period in a musicians career but it was time enough for elvi3 costello to establish himself As one of the brightest talents of the English new wave. And 2vs a ars shows Why. At the heart of athe s four cd set Are the albums Thi t earned him his reputation As ont of rocks most wittily vitriolic turn Smiths a my  is True this year s Model and armed forces. But this set sweetens the package by augmenting each album with non up singles from the same period so radio sweetheart is tacked onto my  is True and big tears accompanies this years Model. Add in the Bonus cd live at Al Moc Ambo Roger Beeh Iriano a Crystal Clear remastering and All the original album Art and 214 years seems the bargain of a lifetime. A . Considine the Baltimore Sun traffic from Paradise Rickie Lee Jones Geffert q Lekie Jones first new collection of original material in four years is both about and full of. Grace. The sumptuously gentle traffic from Paradise is almost her version of a gospel album full of longings for the Type of reconciliation that might Only be possible in some guided hereafter. Spiritual allusions aside its infused with a Mother s mercy and a recent divorcees Darker musings which creates a healthy emotional tension. The music is anything but tense this self produced work is Jones most Quot unplugged record with emphasis taken from the. Acoustic influence of recent frequent Collaborator Leo Kottke. By the time traffic moves through some. Ambiguous passages toward its paradisiacal Climax in the Albatross its beautifully Clear that there a peace in the Post beat Valley after All. Chris Wiltman los Angeles times Black Butterfly Russell Malone Columbia or years now the phrase Quot Young jazz guitarist Quot has conjured images of Fleet fingered fusion players whose blistering leads dazzled Rock schooled listeners but left old style jazz fans cold. But Russell Malone May yet put that cliche to rest. Even though he a Youthful enough to have grown up on John Mclaughlin and a Dimeola the Way he plays is enough to make you think the Mah Vishnu orchestra never happened. Malone a sound on Black Butterfly is round and warm and his phrasing recalls the Rich blues tinged work of Wes Montgomery or Grant Green though As the Breakneck Bop tune jingles makes Plain he also has the Speed and dexterity of Joe pass. So even when he turns to a contemporary pop tune like i say a utile prayer for you the music he makes is solidly traditional and utterly delightful. A . Considine the Baltimore Sun Thi stars and stripes Friday nov Ambar 19,1993 Thi stars and strips