European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse From left june Kathy Kim and Christy forester harmonize for an audience in Souda Bay Crete. A amps sue touch of Home to Crete by sue Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau n spite of their own 36-hour plane trip lost Luggage blistering heat and no Mascara at the Exchange Kathy june Kim and Christy forester made an audience of More than 200 service members awaiting them at Souda Bay Crete feel right at Home Quot we know what it is like to be away from Home Quot said june forester one of the four women collectively known As the forester Sisters. Quot we thought anything from Home would be Nice. We Are so Well taken care of on these Uso Tours and people really seem to appreciate the foresters did a 90-minute show and signed autographs afterwards in a visit to naval support activity Souda Bay one Stop on their 1994 Uso tour to military bases in Greece Italy and Turkey. Known Best for their harmonizing remakes of popular tunes the foresters Souda Bay show contained a mix of old and new country music. Fans showed they sincerely Felt the concert under the Sun was something to write a letter Home about As they tapped their feet and mouthed the words to their favorite tunes. A few men in the audience responded to the Good natured ribbing in Aien by turning their backs to the. Stage. Others dreamily remembered the first Lime they heard lying in his arms. Quot the biggest thing i love is the Harmony Quot said . Marine corps gunnery sgt. Terry Walker. Quot this is the first. Time i be been Able to see them in concert. I have three of their albums and their greatest hits and every song they be Sung has been in the top 10.&Quot in the age of the country singers known As the Quot hats Quot such As Dwight Yoakam and line dancing the Sisters acknowledge their music does not get the play on the radio it used to. But the Sisters Are still in High demand on the Road and june said the country and Western music popularity Cycle is catching up with them. After the years of relentless travelling she said they now have the ability to pick and choose which gigs to take. All of the Sisters re married and three have children. The Uso tour was Ope of the few times their children did not accompany them on tour. The children Range in age from 14 months to 10 years. Kathy and june Are former school teachers so they do a lot of the children s schooling on their own. Their music has far from suffered As a result of balancing family and work however. Kim said the Sisters now have the time to try their hand at writing music. Quot the four of us have always had very different tastes in music arid have been kind of like a melting pot Quot said. think that is one of the beauties of today s country music because it gives you such a wide Range of choices. Now that we re pulling off the Road a Little bit we re going to use that to get into some writing Quot walk on Boston Mca or any other band a seven year lag Between albums would be a sign of trouble or of bloat but for Boston its just business As usual. Even so it would be exaggerating to say that the bands fourth album was Worth the wait. Where Tom Scholze painstaking studio Craft once paid enormous dividends both in terms of spirit lifting Hooks and ear dazzling sound it now seems merely the work of a talented obsessive sure the instrumental sounds have been tweaked to within an Inch of their lives while the vocals a provided this time out by fran Cosmo David Sikes and Tommy Funderbunk who Scholz Between them provide a reasonable simulacrum of original Singer Brad Delps heroic Tenor a soar As expected. But the material seems less Tike a step Forward than an unintentional parody of the bands worst mannerisms from the pipe Organ rumble of i need your love to the bloated Balladry of Len for you. Sounds like these Guys need to get out More. A to. Considine Baltimore Arista f the group sounds familiar it should Lead Singer Henry Paul also fronted Southern Rock band the outlaws in the �?T70s. Blackhawk a strength is its Sweet High harmonies and tasteful mandolin and guitar work. Lyrics Rise above average now and then As in sure can smell the Flain a foreboding took at the beginning of the end of a love. A Randy Lewi los Angeles time heart mind and soul Al Debarge reprise Ime was when Al Debarger a effortless phrasing and angelic Tenor left a lot of people thinking head be the next Michael Jackson. Instead his career went More like Jermaine a slipping into the kind of obscurity from which few singers Ever escape. But he May do it yet for heart mind and soul is one of the most listenable and enticing albums of his career. As Good As it is to hear him re create his old sound in the Lithe tuneful where you Are it s even better to note How easily he moved from the rubbery Funk of slide to the almost ethereal soul of can to get enough which with its pleading falsetto and comfortable Cushion of Harmony is one of the most addictive songs on the radio right now. A . Considine Baltimore Zunft amp a singles 1. Any time any place a and on and on Janet Jackson 2. Back amp Forth Aaliyah 3. Your body calling r. Kelly 4.1 miss you Aaron Hall 5. You mean the world to me Toni Braxton 6. Willing to forgive aretha Franklin 7. Sending my love Zhane 8. Anything Sov 9. Regulate Warren a amp. Nate Dogg 10. In a ready Tevin Campbel modern Rock tracks 1. Fall Down Toad the wet sprocket 2. Longview Green Day 3. Setting the drama live 4. Shine collective soul 5. Night in my veins pretenders 6. Black Hole Sun sound Garden 7. Come out and play offspring 8. Big empty Stone Temple pilots 9. Girls amp boys blur 10. Round Here counting Crow classical albums 1. Chant Benedictine monks 2. The Plano Michael Nyman 3. Symphonic rolling stones. London orchestra 4. Schindler a list Williams Perlman 5. Mystery of Santo Domingo silos monks 6. In concert Carreras. Domingo. Pavarotti 7. Gershwin plays Gershwin George Gershwin 8. Romantic classics various artists 9. Great fantasy Cincinnati pops kuenzei10. 20 classical favourites. Various artist focus a entertainment editor. Editorial assistant Doc de Arrington Doc Cindee Morrison i contributors. Staff writers Marian Hamilton sue Palumbo Nancy l. Tornor also Ferenc Pajtas. J a o liner Send entertainment news tips Story ideas and listings to the stars and stripes entertainment. Unit 29490. Apo a 09211 or civilian Postrach 11 14 37. 642 /8 Darmstadt Germany. Telephone Dan 348 8390, Civ. 00155 601360 Tel fax 0g153-6g141g. 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