European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse City beat sets nighttime Pace my. X at is by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau it s nine o clock at the City beat and the regular Crew wanders in. There s an old chief standing next to him making love to his tonic and Gin. He says Man can you play me a memory i m not really sure How it goes. It was sexy and Sweet and i knew it Complete when i wore a third class s play us some tunes you re the Vij Man play us some tunes tonight cause we re All in the mood for some videos and you got us feeling All right. Vij Man with sincere apologies to Billy Joel Ity beat the enlisted club at Nas Simonella Sicily that opened in Early november under its new name has a lot of people feeling All right. However whether people View the thoroughly renovated establishment As a whole new song or the same old Melody with different words is a matter of perspective. The people who really enjoy City beat Are those who were Here when this was the old club said Maria Perez. Newly arrived sailors Call it a Nice club but Are less enthused about it she said. More people turn out now on an off night than they did on weekends at the old club said Perez s husband Petty officer 2nd class Hector Perez. Tonight s like weekends were before said their Friend Petty officer 3rd class Joseph Miller. The threesome arrived at City beat before 9 . On a recent wednesday when dozens of patrons maybe 100 people were there. Now there Are lines of people waiting to get in on weekends Miller said. A High Energy club City beat is not the kind of place where anyone spends much time quietly sipping a tonic and Gin. The whole idea is to get people out of their seats and moving said Mick Mcandrews Simonella s morale welfare and recreation director. It s based on research done at the Navy mar a painting of the new York Skyline adorns the Wall Over the main bar at City beat Nas Simonella s newly remodeler enlisted club. Headquarters Leveland what s going on in civilian clubs Mcandrews said of the club s redesign. That s what our types of customers would be going to he added Simonella s a Var spent More than $500,000, including $140,000 do the audio video system alone to renovate the base s old club Mcandrews said. A hand painted Sunset Over new York City adorns the Wall above a 30-foot Oak bar. San Francisco s tra Samerica building dominates a scene painted on another and a 1950 Dodge roadster appears to be crashing through a Wall Over another bar. A 16-Monitor video Wall and other screens throughout the club display a song s video or images of patrons dancing. Bursts of red and Green lasers Flash through the dancers As the music s Tempo builds. Making sure the tunes keep More than people s feet tapping is the responsibility of video disc jockeys or Vas provided by nit Elife. The firm also trains djs schedules special entertainment events and organizes promotions. Nit Elife serves clubs at . Bases throughout the world said Dan Deconzo the firm s area Talent coordinator. On different nights of the week Vas feature different kinds of music top 40, country and Western and rhythm and blues. Wednesdays Are left open for special events live entertainment such As bands or comedians or audience participation entertainment like Karaoke or the velcro Fly Deconzo said. High Energy is mostly designed around bringing the Kory Ahola moves the club s music. Tempo of the music up to a Crescendo Deconzo said. If for example an evening s show will run from 8 . To 1 ., Deconzo explained his Vij s target Peak time for musical intensity would be from 10 . To 12 30 Not Only can they feel the rhythm but they can see it on screen Deconzo said. Late in the night the disc jockey switches to slower less Bass intensive music tunes that rhythmically signal the approaching end to the evening s entertainment Deconzo said. That s also when the regular Crew shuffles out. Pop singles 1. Hera Mariah Carey 2. All for love Bryan Adams Rod Stewart sting 3. All that she wants Ace of base 4. Again Janet Jackson 5. Breathe again Toni Braxton 6. Gangsta lean drs 7. Said i loved you. But i lied Michael Bolton 8. Whoop there it Stag team 9. Can we talk Tevin Campbell 10. What s my name Snoop Doggy Dogg top albums 1. Doggy style Snoop Doggy dog 2. Music Box Marian Carey 3. Vs., Peart Jam 4. Janet Janet Jackson 5. The one thing Michael Botton 6. Bat out of hell ii Back into hell meat loaf 7. So far so Good Bryan Adams 8. Diary of a mad band. Jodeci 9. Greatest hits Tom Petty & the heartbreaker 10. Get a grip Aero Smith country singles 1. Wild one Faith Hill 2.1 never knew love Doug Stone 3. Live until i die Clay Walker 4. Fast As you Dwight Yoakam 5.1 want to be loved like that Shenandoah 6. The boys & me Sawyer Brown 7. Is it Over yet Wynonna 8. State of mind Clint Black 9.1 swear John Michael Montgomery 10. The song remembers when. Trisha Yearwood country albums 1. Common thread the songs of the eagles various artists 2. In pieces Garth Brooks 3. Greatest hits volume two Reba Mcentire 4. A lot about la Van and a Little bout love Alan Jackson 5. Easy come easy go George Strait 6. This time. Dwight Yoakam 7. Hard Worklin Man Brooks & Dunn 8. The song remembers when Trisha Yearwood 9. Clay Walker Clay Walker 10. Tell me Why. Wynonna time by Mark Kinkade staff writer is if m t s a Long Way from Darmstadt Germany to Fame in Nashville and for Rob Hawkins the Road May Lead through Kaiserslautern Germany. The Rob Hawkins band a country music band that plays Many of the military clubs in Europe is set to open for country recording Star Trisha Yearwood during a concert in Kaiserslautern feb. 4. For Hawkins the show could be the first step on the Road to Fame. I think this opens the door for us Hawkins said. This is big time for me the Singer songwriter is a fixture in military clubs especially the Rainbow club outside Cambrai Fritsch Cavern in Darmstadt. For three years Hawkins has fronted groups that fill military and civilian clubs with two steppers eager to hear More than a weak cover of the latest Garth Brooks hit. It s All in the songs Hawkins said in a Telephone interview recently. I like to give the audience something different from the usual stand up and sing the hits show. I play a lot of my own stuff but i also remember that people like familiar songs so i mix it up. I be gotten a Good reaction from my Hawkins epitomizes the new country Singer. He does t sport a Large Black hat or a rhinestone studded jacket. His Long hair and casual attire Are More a nod to Billy Ray Cyrus than Porter Waggoner and his songs Are More beatles influenced than Faron Young. I be been told my music is a Cross Between Paul Mccartney and Elvis Presley he said. Hawkins country Rock style is what convinced concert promoter Robert Carpenter to put Hawkins on the Trisha Yearwood Bill. I love his delivery style Carpenter said. He has High Energy and great showmanship. He s talented and i la use him As much As More than 10 years ago Hawkins father taught him Rob Hawkins How to play the guitar. Since then the Houston native has moved along the same slow Road to stardom that thousands of garage bands in the United states have taken. He s played local clubs in the states opened at Small concerts and has been in countless groups. But Hawkins began to score when he married into the army. His wife Sheila is a Soldier in the army s 32nd army air defense come in Darmstadt. Before moving to Germany three years ago the couple lived in Korea where Hawkins played some military and civilian clubs. I love playing for the military Hawkins said. The troops seem to appreciate the music More because it Home. Plus there s no language problem. It s along the Way Hawkins has played virtually every Type of popular music that can be played in a bar he said. But today he finds his Rock and country sound is More suited for the new Breed of country music fans. This is a generation of country fans who believe country is mainstream Hawkins said. It s not just a Type of music. With All the crossovers going on country music is big and people expect it to be a Little bit Rock and a Little country. That s my his style May carry him to the top of the country charts some Day Carpenter said. I see him getting a contract and hitting it big said Carpenter a Veteran european concert prompter All he needs is to be the next month will be a big one for the country Singer Hawkins said. He plays the Rainbow club saturday and expects several european agents to attend. Then he opens the Yearwood concert and has a shot at opening for Vince Gill when he Tours Europe. Of course open ing for Brooks when he plays Germany in april would be -./,. Nice too. " i be never had stage fright Hawkins said. But i think i would if i got to play in front of that Man. I can t even dream that High right but maybe he should. It s very possible that the people who turn out at the Rainbow club or the Kaiserslautern concert Are going to hear a Man who firmly believes he will one Day be the big draw not just the opening act. Jazz albums 1. Breathless Kenny g. 2. Between the sheets flu play 3. Stepping out Tony Bennett 4.25,. 5. Lucky Man Dave Koz 6. Wish Joshua Redman 7. Sky islands Ramsey lewis8. East River drive. Stanley Clarke 9. Dreams beyond control Spirogyra 10. Swing kids soundtrack various artists album Rock tracks adult contemporary re singles 1. Daughter Pearl Jam 2. Bad thing cry of love 3. Mary Jane s last dance Tom Petty & the heartbreaker 4. Cold fire Rush 5. Amazing Aero Smith 6. Found out about you Gin blossoms 7. Creep Stone Temple pilots 8. That Don t satisfy me brother Cane 9. Stone free Eric Clapton 10. All apologies nirvana 1. Said i loved you. But i lied Michael Bolton 2. Hero Mariah Carey 3. Please forgive me Bryan Adams 4. The Power of love Celine Dion 5. The River of dreams Billy Joel 6. All for love Bryan Adams Rod Stewart sting 7. Again Janet Jackson 8. All about soul. Billy Joel 9. Dream Lover Marian Carey 10. Reason to believe Rod Stewart 1. Cry for you Jodeci 2. Can we talk Tovin Campbell 3. Never keeping secrets baby face 4. Gett Jam Domino 5. Gangsta lean drs 6. Understanding escape 7. Hero Mariah Carey 8. Breathe again Toni Braxton 9. Time and Chance color me add , Salt a Pepa complied by billboard Hall on disc soul alone Daryl Hall epic Peanut butter without Jelly Ernie without Bert and for the second time in 10 years Hall without John Oates. The two worked so Well together that listening to one without the other just does t seem right. Even with Hall s soulful voice on As written on Stone and the harmonic m in a Philly mood the album does t offer enough Appeal to warrant much listening and sends you longing for a copy of Hall and Oates greatest hits. One song that does stand out is Money changes everything which offers a heavy Funk rhythm and showcases Hall s powerful and emotional voice. It May be unfair for Hall to have to compete with his past but when a duo As Good As Hall and Oates comes along it s Tough to see them go. Keith Lorla the associated press diary of a mad band Jodeci Mca Uptown hat sets Jodeci apart from most re Harmony groups is focus where other acts seem to see the music strictly in terms of dope beats and vocal acrobatics Jodeci takes a More organic approach lavishing As much care on counter melodies As choruses. There s a Richness to the music that makes it easy for the listener to get lost in these songs from the Heartbreak Balladry of cry for Youlio the kaleidoscopic harmonies of what about us. And even though the subject matter rarely wanders from sex and Romance the rhythmic and harmonic daring of Devante swing s arrangements make the album s lyrical limitations almost forgivable. . Cons Dine the Baltimore Sun songs of Faith and Devotion live. Dereche Mode sire Ere s chutzpah for you Mere months after releasing songs of Faith and Devotion Dereche Mode unveils a live album consisting of precisely the same songs that s right songs of Faith and Devotion live. Is nothing More than a song by song remake of the original album. Granted the live version does include crowd noise applause and occasional grunts of enthusiasm from the band members. And while that May seem More than a Little pointless at first look at it this Way at $16, it s cheaper than an actual Dereche Mode concert and no less predictable . Cons Dine the Baltimore Sun focus entertainment editor. Deedee Arrington Doke editorial assistant. Louis d. Pierce Send entertainment news tips Story ideas and listings to the stars and stripes entertainment unit 29480, Apo a 09211 or civilian Postrach 11 14 37, 64278 Darmstadt Germany. Telephone Dan 348-8350, Civ. 06155-601350. Tel fax 06155-601416 outside Germany the country code is 49. Drop the 0 from the prefix. 20 the stars and stripes the stars and stripes 21
