Johnson City Press from Johnson City, Tennessee • 9

JOHNSON CITY PREfeS-CHRONICLE Thursday Evening Dec 1 1983 Page 9 HTIt YrZ-: d't? 'U Lrtii VXa'i tveritr Sa3s-a3r to jg to Wa to taf fi BUM Cgfr tl Jr By Lennox Samuels 1863 OaKsf Morning Mew A review CINDERELLA BALLET Friday through Sunday (Dec 2-4) Valters State Community College Auditorium Morristown by the Tennessee Festival Ballet Company (1-482-5100) FREEWHEELERS BICYCLE CLUB Holds rides every other Sunday weather permitting (no rain temperatures above 40 degrees) leaving from the Bike and Hike shop (Roan and Ash streets) A ride is scheduled tor Dec 4 the next for Dec II (928-8682) Music Every time radio plays something stupefying such as the remake of "Cum On Feel the Noise by bands that seem to have bankrupted rock and roll you appreciate anew the great practitioners of the idiom Take the Rolling Stones After 20 years in the business an early-to-mid-1970s slump and the occasional excess (such as Goaf Head Soup) Mick Jagger Keith Richards apd the rest of this durable quintet are proof that it takes more than macho posturing "cute (and ungrammatical) song titles and histrionics to create masterly rock musics the weight of so-so releases i Earth Wind and Fire has been languishing for some time but the new Electric Universe (Columbia) shows the bands resilience Unlike the previous offering Powerlight this LP should please fans High priest Maurice White effectively blends lyrics of love and concerns of the nuclear age on "Spirit Of a New World and "Magnetic using a musical strategy that includes synthesizer settings and handclaps Renowned for his soaring voc- als Phillip Bailey deli vers the It Be Right in a volatile and convincing performance EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY CHOIR CHRISTMAS CONCERT Tonight at 8 in Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church Featured soloists will be singers Deborah Eller Sharon Mabry John Morrison and James Lyon and-harpist Cynthia Dowell Free A nursery will be provided BENEFIT CONCERT FOR PEACE-LINKS Friday (Dec 2) 7:30 pm at St Mary's Church (not the Johnson City-Public Library as was previously -announced h-Featured-entertalhers-tfK-dudJo Carson Ed Snodderly Jack Although most of the cuts here are characterized by mellow overtures (particularly "Touch and "Moonwalk) midway through the disc colorful kalimba choruses and airy harmonies capture the high spirits of this nine-member aggregation Tottie and Tim Stafford Refreshments will ba served (926-8637) DOWN HOME KITCHEN (300 Main St) Tonight Waz Friday and Saturday (Dec 2-3) Red Clay Ramblers (929-9822) SOUP KITCHEN ANNEX (2701 Roan) Park Dalmas folk and blues voc-alistguitarist will perform Friday and Saturday (Dec 2-3) No cover charge (282-4291) LARRY'S (3019 Oakland Ave) Rigel through Saturday (Dec 3) (282-4889) BEECHWOOD FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER (Fall Branch Balleyton Road) opens at 4 pm Fridays and Saturdays with music beginning at 8 No alcohol allowed (1-348-7321) OLE DEPOT (Hiltons Va) features bluegrass music every Friday at 8 pm with Jimmy "The Ole Ridgerunner" Smith and guests And masterly is the best description for Undercover the latest Rolling Stones album (on Rolling Stones Records) This wide-ranging disc is a kind of vinyl journal that illustrates the Stoness decades-long experience and disparate influences especially so-called "black music Undercover is a powerful consistent and uniquely energized lesson in triumphant rock and roll unified by a visceral quality that- seems to surpass even the Stoness usual rawness Skeptics may snicker about the advancing middle age of the members of this band but few acts could muster the forcefulness that permeates this release Jagger and Richard wade stright into the fray with "Undercover Of the Night This dance track registers like a blow to the midsection And just in case you get too comfortable with the groove the band pumps in a few dub echoes that jerk you back to a state of awareness The trademark' Stones hard-rockers are here in strength "She Was Hot "Too Tough "Pretty Beat Up "All the Way Down and "Tie You Up (the Pain Of Love) among others but they shimmer more than everL as if the band particularly relished performing these new cuts As has been true of every re- Eddie Moneys Wheres the Party? (Columbia) shows that its not on this record anyway Side one is an undistinguished assortment of mid- to uptempo rock tunes' Side two starts off more promis-ihgly with "Big Crash a bouncy dance tune with an effective interplay between John Nelsons lead guitar and Duane Hitchings synthesizer ItB the albums likely first single Money appears to be venturing into new music with "Leave It To Me another dance track whose sound is close to that of many of the popular synth-bands working at the moment Theater ry-'l WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Johnson City Community Theater (Maple and Alton streets) Tonight through Saturday (Dec 3) and -Dec 8-10 Curtain at 8 pm (9262542) BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Presented by Morristown Theater Guild with performances Friday and Saturday (Dec 2-3) at 8:15 pm and Sunday (Dec 4) at 2 Pm (1-5869240) 5 Leaders of the band: Mick Jagger Keith Richards ArtsCrafts cord from "Some Girls to "Tattoo You Jagger and Richards include a couple of surprises On "Too Much Blood for example they enlist the aid of Sugar Hills CHOPs horn section drummer Sly Dunbar and expert Moroccan percussionists The result is a sizzling funk number that moves along in a headlong rush with Jaggers rap superimposed over the proceedings When the singer says wanna dance I wanna sing I wanna bust up everything you not only believe him you feel rather the same way Fast on the heels of "Blood comes the albums other scorcher "Pretty Beat Up a beguiling mid-funk drill with exhilarating vocals by Jagger As charged as the music is on Undercover the albums lyrics also display a kind of sheen as if Jagger and Richards have been invigorated Take "It Must Be Hell Even as it muscles along the cut reverberates with political consciousness For a pair of supposedly jaded rock stars the lead Stones seem remarkably incisive One could swear that with each succeeding album the Pointer Sisters become more atrophied Break Out (Planet) their new Richard Perry production sounds as if Michael McDonald served as arranger or at least adviser What we have here is a spate of subdued midtempo tunes "I Need You "Baby Come And Get It among others each featuring programmed drum machines and syhthesizers Not surprisingly the whole thing is devoid of spontaneity Some superstar groups bounce back others simply succumb to Seafood Buffet CHRISTMAS EXHIBITS AT CAR-ROLL REECE MUSEUM (East Tennessee State University) "A Season of Celebration Around the World" cosponsored by the Johnson City Council of Garden Clubs through Dec 21 The public is invited to a tea Sunday (Dec 4) from 2 until 5 pm with entertainment by the Washington College Academy Chamber Singers Crockett Congregation and the Highlanders Museum hours are weekdays 9 am-4 pm weekends 1-5 Pm (929-4392) ARCHIVES OF APPALACHIA Photographs from 1950s and '40s chosen from ElizabetMon Star negative files will be exhibited through December In the Arc-Chives museum located on the first floor 'of Sherrod Library on the campus of Tennessee-4tate University The Exhibit will be made available to groups (929-4338) HISTORIC JONESBOROUGH VISITORS' CENTER Antique show Friday 1-4 pm Saturday 10 am-S pm and Sunday noon to 5 pm Center hours 8 am-5 pm weekdays (753-5941) BOONES CREEK POTTERY AND FIBERWORKS Will hold an open house Friday and Saturday (Dec 2-3) featuring hand-woven clothing and rugs pottery baskets quilted banners screen prints and hand-made ornaments The working studios and gallery are located on state Route 34 at Boones Creek Monday through Saturday 9:30 Pm (282-2801) Friday Night Seafood Beef Yol 195 Care To Eat in our lounge Thur Fri 2 for I Happy Hour Mon Fri 430 to 8:00 2312 Braums Hitt Kd 282-2211 FRIOAYS sse 5-9 pm TRI-CITY AIRPORT A JOHNSON CITY PEACH TREE RESTAURANT Continues Jt Performing otyits Programme 23g Providing Dcn Percent discount On cftl Jlfeafs during CJlie Jlontfi Of Jo cdfU Jicfitt cHoCders edittending JHe Jec 3rd Concert qoL Johnson Citg cSgmfJiong Call 9ot A lore Information 857 The Down Home Kitchen proudly presents ave Your Christmas Party at the Parsons Table or Widow Browns Red Clay Ramblers Now Accepting Reservations for Holiday Parties Call 753-3982 or 753-8721 Anytime Friday December 2nd Saturday December 3rd Coming Dec 16 Doc Watson For Reservations Call 929-9822 300 Main St gooo CONCERT: Memorial Hall The Veterans Administration Johnson Citv TN 926-8742 DINNER: Peach Tree Restaurant 1021 Commonwealth Ave Bristol VA 24201 (703)466-9542 Tickent Available at Both Locations PARSON'S SQUARE HISTORIC JONESBOROUCH nru CHICKEN BISCUITS AT EVERYDAY LOW PRICES iSSZ BfcWcRIckE (S ERVEDHOAtMIUNIl SERVED UNTIL 11AM EQVEDjACHDj to 2 PC SPECIAUark $100 SAUSAGE BISCUIT 39 2 PC SPECI ALwhiteiSI 80 EGG BISCUIT 49 2 SAUSAGE BISC 78 Because right now your local Captain Ds will give you $100 off of each complete dinner purchase when you bring in a can of non-perishable food All of the canned goods will be given to the Salvation Army of Johnson City for distribution to needy families in time for Christmas Hurry this special Holiday Offer expires December 19th SAUSAGE EGG 64 HAM BISCUIT ABOVE SPECIALS ARE SERVED WITH COUNTRY PINTO DEANS RISC' Jit 69 REGUPAKDINNER BACON EGG 94 BACON BISCUIT 69 2 PC DINNERdark $185 HAM EGG 94 STEAK BISCUIT 79' 2 PC DINNERwhite) $215 STEAK EGG $104 BUTTERY BISCUIT 25 SAUS GRAVY BISC 69' REGULAR DINNERS SERVEO WITH CHOICE OF SIDE ORDER AND BISCUIT PLAIN BISCUIT 25' BREAST BISCUIT 139 2 GRAVY BISC $1 09 V2 DOZ BISCUITS $149 8 PC BUCKET 399 HASH BROWNS 29' JELLY BISCUIT 35' Captain Ds gagraUl great little seafood place 1 2 PC BUCKET 655 HONEY BISCUIT 35 Johnson Ctty 2902 Roan 1909 ROAN-JOHNSON CITY APPLE FRIED PIE 39' OPEN 6AM DAILY 1909 ROAN-JOHNSON CITY.