European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is Ken George Dionne Warwick sings one of her Early hits do you know the Way to san Jose at the . Pure Dionne no frills _ just solid Gold by Steve scholar staff writer Worme s music brought them All together. One woman in the audience wore tight fashionably torn at the knee Blue jeans a Bowcut shocking Orange body suit knee High boots a Small Bird Tattoo on her Cheek and a floppy hat. Less than 20 feet from her sat another woman wearing an elegant Burgundy evening gown Matching shoes and a glittering Tiara like hair ornament but by the end of Dionne Warwick s no frills recent friends can be lovers concert in Frankfurt s cavernous  they and several thousand others in the audience found plenty of common ground. The 53-year-old Star who started singing in her Church choir when she was 6, pulled but All the stops and resurrected Many of her hits that Date Back to the mid 1960s. Warwick received no introduction and just seemed to appear on stage giving a Broad smile and wave to Start the show. She offered Little banter Between songs although to a person in the audience who yelled i love you Dionne she answered i love you  Warwick born Marie Dionne Warwick in new Jersey waited patiently for the audience s clapping to end before she started the show. Age has been kind to Warwick s voice. Her vocal Range and Quality remain nearly As Good As they were 30 years ago. As she ran through hits from the Burt Bacharach Hal David songbook like walk on by Alfie i say a Little prayer and do you know the Way to san Jose an pop singles 1. All for love Bryan Adams Rod Stewart stir 2. Hero Marji a Carey 3. The Powe of love Celine Dion 4. Breathe again Toni Braxton 5. The sign a a of base 6. All that Sha wants Ace of base 7. Said i loved you. But i lied Michael Bolton 8. Again Janet Jackson 9. Please forgive me Bryan Adams 10. Shoop Salt a Pepa top albums 1. Music Box Mariah Carey 2. Doggy style Snoop Doggy dog 3. Diary of a mad band Jodeci 4. Janet., Janet Jackson 5. Greatest hits. Tom Petty & the heartbreaker 6. So far so Good Bryan Adams 7. Vs., Pear Jam 8. The one thing Michael Bolton 9. Bat out of hell ii Back into hell. Meatloaf 10. Very necessary Salt a Pepa country singles 1.1 swear John Michael Montgomery 2. State of mind Clint Black 3. Live until i die Clay Walker _ 4. She d give anything boy Howdy 5. John Deere Green Joe Diffie 6. A Little less talk and a lot More action Toby Keith 7. You will Patty Loveless 8. I d like to have that one Back George Strait 9.1 just wanted you to know Mark Chestnutt 10. We just disagree Billy Dean country albums 1. Common thread the songs of the eagles various artists 2. Greatest hits volume two Reba Mcentire 3. In pieces Garth Brooks 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 7.1 still believe in you Vince Gill 8. Clay Walker. Clay Walker 9. Hard Worklin Man Brooks & Dunn 10. Honky Tonk Artt tude Joe Diffie is Ken George Warwick s full throated vocals stand the test of time. Audience that began the show in a somewhat stoic mood loosened quickly and considerably. Polite clapping ultimately turned to boisterous cheers and foot stomping. Even a few candles and lighters appeared by the show s end. Warwick s Early hits were written by Bacharach and David in the mid-1970s, Warwick and the writing team suffered from creative differences and wound up suing each other in court. The Singer and writers finally patched up their differences in the mid-1980s and Warwick s friends can be lovers is the first song written for Warwick by the Bacharach and David team since the disagreement. After singing Many of her standards Warwick wearing a White sequined pants suit and backed by a Small orchestra with a 15-person string Section turned to some songs from one of her newest albums Dionne Warwick sings Cole Porter. Porter classics like night and Day filled the Hall with a % Mellow sensuality that evoked the 1940s. Warwick ended the show rather abruptly with a wave and did t perform a encore. Mercury record Label singing Star will Downing opened the evening s entertainment with a Bluesy jazz Medley of songs. Dressed in a double breasted Black suit Downing sat on the Edge of the stage and Sang to every female in the audience in much the same style As Luther Vandross _ or Teddy Pendergrass. As he sought the High notes in several songs Many in the audience squealed in Delight. The three hour concert was nostalgic and ended too quickly. Although Warwick seemed stiff and indifferent in spots the audience loved her and she left them wanting More. Re singles  2. Understanding escape 3. Can we talk. Tevin Campbell 4. Lay your head on my Pillow Tony tool Tonel 5. Never keeping secrets baby face 6. Getto Jam Domino 7. Groove thang Zhane 8. Always on my mind Sov 9. U Send me swing i mint condition 10. Chatta Man Salt a Pepa album Rock 1. Pincushion Zzz top 2. Daughter Pearl Jam 3. Cold fire Rush 4. Creep Stone Temple pilots 5. Bad thing cry of love 6. Found out about you Gin blossoms 7. Ail apologies Nirva 8. Mary Jane s last dance Tom Petty & the heartbreaker 9. Or. Jones counting crows 10. Manic depression Seal & Jeff Beck Toto s Kimball won t hold Back by Deedee Arrington Doke Deputy City editor n the Early 1980s, one could barely turn on a radio without hearing Toto. A Slick Glossy band that capitalized on Melody precision instrumental and Billowy vocals Toto went to no. 1 on the pop chats with songs like Rosanna captured shelves full of grammy awards and covered their Walls with Gold records. ". The voice powering Many of those tunes belonged to Bobby Kimball. Now performing with his own group Kimball will perform at the Rock n Carneval Fasching concerts in Sinsheim and Freiburg Germany feb. 11 and 12. Also on the Bill which Kimball promised will be an ass kicking show Are Southern rockers Molly Hatchet and top 40 veterans survivor featuring vocalist Jim Jamison. We get along really Well Kimball said of the groups sharing the Bill. We All love each other and it  Kimball a Louisiana native left Toto in. The mid 80s at the group s musical and popular Peak. We had quite a few Mutual disputes just personal things Kimball said  Telephone interview this week from his los Angeles Home. It was definitely time to make a change. Things got going pretty  the group never again hit the same Heights As it did with its 1982 album Toto in which featured the Mega hit Rosanna As Well As Africa i won t hold you Back and make believe. Kimball now says when you blow up a balloon if you let out any air,.it All goes  a myth that continues to follow Kimball around from his Toto Days is that his real last name was tote Aux which would of course have been pronounced Toto that was a huge joke Kimball laughed. Seems that one of Kimball s band mates told a rolling Stone interviewer that the group s name was derived from Kimball s real last name. The Story has stuck even finding its Way into a few musical history books. Today Kimball owns part of music Media service a record company based in Sodermark Germany near Frankfurt. And he s recorded a few albums of his own including a tribute to Ray Charles and an album of Toto _ classics which includes some songs he did t originally sing Lead on with his old band like / won t hold you Back. On his More recent albums he was accompanied by 45 and 70-piece segments of the Hess Ischer Rund Funk Hessen radio orchestra. He does t tire of singing his old Toto hits some of which hell perform in the upcoming Fasching concerts. When you do a song that was no. 1, like Rosanna you can t help but love that. Songs like White sister. Are still really fun for me to sing. And make believe was probably one of the Best songs we Ever did Kimball said. He recently had a talk with t is old Toto mate David Paich and the Prospect of again making music together is a possibility. I quit saying never again " but regardless of the teaming on the concert stage or in the recording studio Kimball vowed to continue singing. It s like breathing he said. It s what i  alternative Rock 1. Loser Beck 2. Or. Jones counting Cross 3. All apologies nirvana 4. Purple Haze the cure 5. Big time sensuality Bjork 6. Found out about you Gin blossoms 7. Laid James 8. Mem Mem Mem Mem crash test dummies 9. Locked out crowded House 10. Daughter Pear Jam classical albums 1. Schindler s ust Williams Perlman 2. Gershwin plays Gershwin Gershwin 3. In concert Carreras Domingo Pavarotti 4. Yellow shark Frank Zappa 5. Part the deum Tallin chamber 6. Piano masterpieces various artists 7. Symphonic yes London philharmonic orchestra 8. Gorecky symphony no. 3, Upshaw Zinman 9. Pavarotti & friends various artists 10. To Amo Luciano Pavarotti complied by billboard on disc i know who holds tomorrow Alison Krauss Rounder though she s Best known for her Fleet fingered fiddle playing Alison Krauss is a Fine Singer and a great fan of Bluegrass gospel music. This album is where she brings that love for devotional music to the fore. Recorded with the Cox family the album presents a wide Range of styles from the Plain cadences of traditional fare like i d rather have Jesus and the Lovely old timey will there be any stars of the jazzier sound of contemporary material like Loretta Lynn s everybody. Wants to go to heaven and Paul Simon s loves me like a Rock. Yet regardless of How it s played the music sparkles throughout thanks to the spirited and obviously Heartfelt performances. . Cons Dine the Baltimore Sun Poe kit the Lemon babies dragnet w Hile these four German women harmonize like Tea and Honey doing it three times a Cappella on a nine song cd can Wear thin. Vocally Sweet they sound a bit like Wilson Phillips or the bangles. But inst mentally the Lemon babies Lack musicianship and direction. Although the tunes Are upbeat there Are no True guitar solos. Instead this group relies on a 60s-sounding keyboard heavy with tremolo for fills. While there is plenty of room for the Young band to grow it might be Worth catching the band live to see How it implements its layered vocals. Jon Connor the stars and stripes Muddy Waters blues Paul Rodgers metronome aul Rodgers late of bad company has reached deep into his blues background to tip his creative hat to the Man Many rockers claim was their inspiration. With a lineup of great v guitarists including Jeff Beck Neal Schon Steve Miller buddy Guy and David Gilmour the album covers Muddy Waters greatest songs. Unfortunately All those High powered Rock guitars overpower the tracks blues influence making great blues classics like Pollin Stone and i m your Zoochie Coochie Man Little More than Standard Rocker fare. Rodgers Rodgers makes the Effort and the guitars Are great but the Best bet is to go straight for the original Muddy Waters and leave Paul Rodgers for the bad company Box set Mark Kinkade the stars and stripes 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. 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