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41111-tti 4trr441: THE RECORD RACK DYNAMIC DUO ROUTINE ALBUM ri 61 f3 MA-15771 AN DYKE PAkKS OntyL4 Appearattoo MARCH 5 KAM MUMMY OMMIWAITE BOBBIE LOUISE HAWKINS MARCH 11 JOHNNY COPELAND BAND JOE LIGGINS ME HONEYDRIPPERS MARCH 19 JONATHAN RICHMAN Oniy LA Appectranco Produced by Nancy Covey Tracy Strann imminmEmo dramatic ballad Easton's rousing vocal support would have enlivened some of these listless ballads Also nearly all of the songs desperately need imaginative dupereodduocrticoon: 7 produced most of the al bum working primarily lif 1- with Lionel Richie David I '4 1 Foster and James Carmichael That was Rogers' 1 A a big error Albums assem---- I --1' I A bled by a flock of produc- A 4 A ers are seldom first-rate ll'ig': Tsk The best 5 "Weve Got Tonight" and ri: 's AL "All My pro-A duced by Rogers and Fos-Kenny Rogers ter one of the two or three best pop producers in the business One song that just old Joe Cocker hit "You Are So Beautiful" produced solely by out for some of Foster's slick touches If Rogers had hired Foster to produce the entire album it would have almost certainly been excellent rather than just fair HUNT "WE'VE GOT TONIGHT" Kenny Rogers Liberty LO-5U43 It's hard to imagine anyone singing Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight" one of the great ballads of the "70s better than Seger himself But an unlikely duo Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton surpass Seger with a stirring version that's already in the Top 10 The blend of sharply contrasting deep and hers very very appealing Rogers never known for his vocal power stretches to match Easton with remarkable results To me it's his finest vocal performance Too bad this dynamic duo didn't collaborate on more songs Nothing else on this so-so album of middle-of the-road ballads is in the same league with the title song though "All My Life" is a fairly absorbing The Jerry Garcia Band featuring "Grateful Dead's" Jerry Garcia Arlington Theatre Santa Barbara Friday Mar 11 8:00 PM Tickets: $1050 For information (805) 965-5181 COMIN c91104 --11fflk 1 "(l'Ai 1 1 4 A (MAW II OR' l' I Tichet Service ALL EVENT 0 (IMP iiWT0Ittli 1144aitt Igyntt-- M---'-' 41:11 4' '141" 'S I I tionigr lismilpqmPindinuf ma Viimanr I HONEST EMOTION TOUGH POSES "STRONG STUFF" Hank Williams Jr Elektra -Curb 60223 Beneath Williams' gratuitous reminders of how much of an outlaw he is and who his father was there is some solid country music here His duet with Way Ion Jennings on "Leave Them Boys Alone" succeeds thanks to musical allusions to country pioneers Hank Sr and Jimmie Rodgers "Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight" also has a spirited musical foundation but the the search for the right woman with deer downright embarrassing When Williams drops his "macho man" attitude he finally touches on the honest emotions that distinguished his father's work And honest emotion not tough-guy posturing is what the best country music has always been about LEWIS 1 lial ILA) I LJ1114 I 'WAN I lft1-111 I VIOLA STRONG STUFF" Hank Williams Jr 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