European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 6 2007 faces stars and stripes Page 17 country Singer ordered to get evaluation troubled country Singer Doug Supernaw was ordered to under go a psychiatric evaluation after he told a judge he was the subject of a police conspiracy Supernaw is Best known for his 1993 bits Reno and i dont Call him daddy but has been beset by Legal problems in recent years mostly related to drug and alcohol offences he was in court tuesday for trial on a Misdemeanour charge of evading arrest the charge stemmed from a 2004 confrontation with a police officer super naw could face up to six months in jail if convicted Ina pretrial hearing super naw 46 listed off police agencies that he said had beaten him to ruin his recording career and his chances at a baseball career Supernaw said the abuse started when he was held hostage in Paris in a mentally retarded Home for terrorists for two weeks in 2002 Goodman backed out of film germans say John Goodman has been sued by a German production company that claims the actor backed out of an agreement to Star in one of its films Constantin film production Al Leges that Goodman agreed to receive to appear in Pope Joan which was scheduled to begin film ing in May according to papers filed tuesday in los Angeles Superior court on March 14 Goodman representatives in formed con Stantin via email that the actor would not be appearing in the film the papers claimed the suit seeks damages of about million in a statement to celebrity news web site Tomz Goodman publicist Stan Rosenfield said there were talks about or Goodman participating in the Pope Joan project although no agreement was Ever reached this is a frivolous lawsuit Lennon peace piano Marks mks death John Lennon piano on tour As a Symbol of peace was to arrive Friday in Memphis Tenn to commemorate the anniversary of the death of civil rights Leader the Rev Martin Luther King or Lennon composed his 1971 song imagine on the Steinway upright piano which was Pur chased by pop Star George Michael in 2000 for of lion Memphis is the second Stop on the tour that will include the world Trade Center in manhat Tan the bombed Federal building in Oklahoma City and the Branch Davidian compound destroyed in a fiery siege in Waco Texas the first tour Stop was Dallas where president Kennedy was assassinated on nov 221963 photo and stories from the associated press Goodman an old time revival Rod Stewart stays sexy singing hits from the past by Ben Wener the Orange county Calif Register does Rod Stewart know something his Peers dont is he really Sawyer than the rest or is it just that he has accepted the writing on the Wall while so Many of his equally legendary friends refuse to read it if s hard to figure but Stewart now 62 is surely onto something compare his rather astounding commercial resurrection these past few years with recent flops from Elton John and the who surely everyone is aware of the immense Success of stewarts four great american songbook albums interchangeable standards sets that have All been certified at least Platinum often several times Over and which combined have sold More than 17 million copies world wide and most of us Are aware that to solidify this Triumph of branding and profit making the Singer once again under the direction of Indus try guru Clive Davis next turned to a different set of oldies for the recently released still the same great Rock classics of our time critics May find the title debatable John Waites missing you and Bonnie tylers its a heartache Are it hardly mat ters rods fans new and old seem to love the idea not As much As in France Stewart told me by phone from Palm Beach Fla while on a five Day break after eight weeks of tour ing in France still the same has sold More cop ies than All four song books combined weird but Here the album did enter billboards albums Chart in its debut week and five months since its release it is steadily approaching the Mil lion sold Mark meanwhile the who endless wire the bands Weller viewed first new album in nearly a Quarter cent by rapidly tumbled off the charts and Elton acclaimed the Captain the kid a sequel to his 1975 blockbuster Captain fantastic and the Brown dirt Cowboy had barely sold 100000 copies after an eight week period that spanned the typically lucrative Holiday Rush for rockers who primarily Appeal to Boomers it seems a certain Type of album is needed to accomplish such a feat the prob Lem Stewart believes is that of the people of my age group and that would include Al tons and the stones and the one seems to want to listen to what weve got to say especially radio stations that s Why he pursued the Stan Dards idea so doggedly in the first place Long considered a gifted inter Preter perhaps More than an original songwriter Stewart sensed that his Rock career had fallen on Stony ground As he once put it i thought the got to think of some thing different to do and i had wanted to do these songbook albums since i was at Warner Brothers but Label president to Ostin would always say Usfo that just not Gonna sell David Geffen too he loved my voice but didst think these things would do Well Clive Davis was the Only one who really believed in it he could see that and i quote him All the time on this now every album someone of my age makes has got to be an event enter Rod the no Somod to give pm what they want another album of familiar tunes backed by an Al Rock Al hits tour in the round no less but is this what Stewart wants for himself does he feel a sense of artistic satisfaction to match his runaway Success or is he just Happy to ride a Gravy train Well i like to think the two can go hand in hand i also like to think Ive never recorded anything that i truly and utterly dislike although i came close in the Early 90s i think you can do it have commercial Success critical Success and keep yourself Happy having said that i would dearly love to make my own Rock record his last properly rocking one the mildly underrated when we were the new boys came almost a decade ago 2001s human was a forgettable disaster if i can find the right person to write with id go Back to that i still think Ive got enough imagination and history be Hind me to write some Good songs whether anyone will play pm or not is another thing that s partly Why if s hard to turn away from a Cash cow still the same is Steward s first Rock record to top the charts since 1978s blondes have More fun which gave us the  smash Daya think in sexy so if s not entirely surprising that Stewart says he enjoys the seemingly Golden Pusan pull rapport he has developed with Davis still the same for instance was totally caves idea i went into his office and said id love to do a soul album one focused on obscurities from the likes of Joe Tex so Lomon Burke and one of Stew Arf s heroes David Ruffin a natural move for a Guy who built his reputation by Emu lating such greats but Clive said i think if s about time you re minded people what a great interpreter of Rock songs you Are so were going to select a few songs from the 70s and i thought Well that not a bad idea besides i was certainly Happy with the american song Book albums i dont think the critics liked them very much but the audience loved pm those Are the Only albums of mine i play actually ill put them on have a Glass of wine Pat myself on me Back it was such a wonderful risk to do them he explains Davis however does come up with dreadful ideas sometimes initially he wanted Stewart to tackle the Elton Kim Dee duet dont go breaking my heart and Springsteen dancing in the dark can you imagine Stewart says incredulously meanwhile we did this Brilliant ver Sion of tale and Bobby Mcgee but Clive said i think Well get in trouble with this one but that Only because Hes still living with jams he discovered her but Shes gone Lef s move on Penny Lancaster and Rod Stewart leave a Hollywood launch party in late March Chris