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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1992 I.OS ANGELES TIMES JNIVtRSAi STUDIOS HOtLVWOOO pressively on vibes and flute. REVIEWS Predictably, when Hale played harp, the first show was most satisfactory. She is still the most harmonically sensitive and most POP MUSIC REVIEW Lending a Helping Hand to a Friend D(3 jazz-oriented exponent of this im possibly difficult instrument. But next time around, how about a rehearsal? "RICH AND ENVELOPING, A MOVIE YOU'LL REMEMBER LEONARD FEATHER Hard Corps' Safe Mix of Metal-Rap Hard Corps were a TV show, A the band would be a high-con WITH PLEASURE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, Every performance is splendid, It stirs the emotions." Genr Shtlil, TIIF, TODAY SHOW "DELICIOUSLY FUNNY ROMANTIC. WONDERFULIY FRESH AND BEAUTIFULLY1 ACTED.

'Fried Green Tomatoes' Hill carrj' your heart anaj' and leave voa m'lh a wonderful glow. Mary Stuart Mastcrson is superb and Mary-Louise Parker is excellent. It's one of the most heartfelt movies of the year." Pricr SUrk.SAN IKANCISCO CIIRONKT.K "AN AMERICAN CLASSIC-STUNNING IN ITS HUMOR, POIGNANCE AND POWER. A magnificent achievement Extraordinary in every way. 'Pried Green Tomatoes' is a film to treasure, and one you II want to see more than once." Jim Whalf), CINEMA SHOWCASE cept project something that can be described easily in one line.

All you'd need to know is that the group combines three white metal musicians with two black rappers ana a scraicner. At the Cathouse on Tuesday, the Nashville group took advantage of me natural chemistry of its rao- Continued from F6 Mahlathini on "I'm in Love With a Rastaman" and others, the Queens seemed to be tolerating (barely) Mahlathini's leonine male tomfoolery. The group appears Feb. 9 at the Norris Theatre in Palos Verdes and Feb. 10 at UC San Diego.

DON SNO WDEN Hale Group Needs to Get Its Act Together 'Oan you imagine how this V- group would sound if we'd had a rehearsal?" Corky Hale asked her audience Wednesday at Lunaria's. And that was the problemor the pleasure, depending on one's view. Hale, who has turned from music to other pursuits, such as produc-' ing motion pictures, performs only a couple of times a year. For this occasion she hired members of the jazz group that plays Sunday mornings at the Science of Mind Church of the Rev. O.

C. Smith. The approach to this gig was casual in the extreme. Judged as a private party at her home for a bunch of friends, it would have been beyond reproach. But as a public performance, with its what-shall-we-play-next attitude, and with Hale forgetting the lyrics on her one vocal, it left something to be desired.

Hale tended toward floridity during her piano solos, and even during the excellent violin improvisations by Mark Cargill. The versatile Rafael Murphy doubled im "FRIED GREEN TOMATOES' IS metal hybrid the rhythmic thrust of the mating is easy to get swept WOTITOPLAYED. A real moviegoing treat with a wonderful sense of life. Sunerlative nprformances hv up in. But we already knew that from such landmark endeavors as Run- Jessica Tandy and Kathy Bates." IJvid Shrrhan, KNHC-TV i DOVVNBIGHTIRBESlSnBlE.

JSm I ou'l IjE criarmed its "MARY STUART MASTERSON BAgmCJTLDLY a '-lanrl Mvlin' NKW V0RK T1MF-S Wf-JtTi I "WATCHING JESSICA TANDY DMC's venture with Aerosmith and Public Enemy's pairings with RANDY LEFFINGWRLL Los Angeles Times Benefit concert for William Smith: A warm feeling of family. portions as well. In a particularly fitting case of what goes around comes around, drummer Dallas Taylor, himself the honoree of a concert two years ago after he had a liver transplant, backed singer Bonnie Sheridan (formerly Bram-lett) on a show-stopping blues. Scaggs (looking fit and trim and comeback-ready), Russell and McDonald all turned in powerful short sets of their own, backed effectively by a versatile crew, including Toto guitarist Steve Lu-kather and noted drummers Mike Porcaro and Jim Keltner. The only slightly sour note was the absence of Dylan, who, though unavailable for this date, had been included in some press releases and advertisements due to a miscom-munication.

But that hardly dampened the spirit of the event, which hit its peak at the end of the first show when Smith for whom there are Antnrax. i nose etiorts broke some IS GOOD ACMG ALL THE By STEVE HOCHMAN SPECIAL TO THE TIMES We're quite used to seeing Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Graham Nash performing in support of some political or environmental cause. So though the circumstances were unfortunate, it was a nice twist to see them Thursday at the Palace singing to benefit an ailing friend, keyboardistsongwriter William (Smitty) Smith, who is recovering from a stroke he suffered on New Year's Day. A friend in need just seems to be better inspiration than an issue. As a musician, Smith, 47, is known both for his conviviality-land his command of rock, soul and gospel styles, and has long been a favorite musical partner of such 'notables as Bob Dylan, Nash, Ry and David Lindley.

As a songwriter he's known for smooth, gospel-rooted soul. Both facets represented Thursday, the former in casual acoustic sets by Lindley, Cooder, Browne and Nash, the latter by more formal turns by pop-soul stalwarts Boz Brenda Russell and Mi-jchael McDonald. Throughout the show there was a warm feeling of family literally in such moments as Cooder's 13-iyear-old son Joachim joining his dad on percussion in the early show's opening set and Lindley's 21 -year-old daughter Roseanne impressively belting a blues number with her dad in the second show. Unscheduled guest Raitt joined Browne for two gorgeous 'songs in the second show. The warmth extended to the soul ground; this one plays it safe, never stepping beyond the basic concent.

RiW Kbrrt, S1SKKL KltKRT The group's occasional practice of translating the rap concept of sampling to a live metal band is KirhaM Srhlrkfl.TIME MAGAZINE I KfnnrlhTurnn.LOS ANIiEIJvS TIMES promising, but certainly it could be applied with more imagination than merely taking lines from the "Mission: Impossible" and "Perry Mason" themes. And doing a KATHY JESSICA MARY-LOUISE Alm MARY STUART BATES TANDY PARKER MASTERSON fried flrcen Tomatoes rappea-up version oi ACDC "Back in Black" is merely a "Walk This way rerun. STEVE HOCHMAN "THE BEST FILM OF THE YEAR." hopes for a full recovery was brought on stage in a wheelchair as singer Phil Perry raised the roof with a gospel -fired version of "I Need You," a song Smith co-wrote. Choked with emotion, Smith waved his hand across the musician-strewn stage and said simply, "My friends give them a hand." I WESTWOOO HOUYWOODlBX HILLS IHE CEHTUHT CITY AMC Century 14 (310) 289JAMC WUNrVERSALCITf I MonnReoer! GCCMo'VAtxid GCC Beverty Conneclon m'SCRIfN 1 IHK 10 20 1 7b. Cmcplei OOeon (310) J89UANN (310) 1 4 40 7 40.

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