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4 The News and ObserverThe Raleigh Times Fit July 29 1988 MAKE PLANS NOW! Sunday in me ram Garcapiof ping TheSirWalter The Sheraton Imperial Sunday Brunch 113 Adults $1295 Children under 12 'A price Under 5 free Reservations: 1-800-222-6503 ext 6071 5JT A Proud Tradition Repeats Itself In Downtown Raleigh Dine Where Presidents Have Dined In The Virginia Dare Ballroom Futuhlwhnri Rp-FKt-ihlishnrl 1)87 Summer Winds AND PIANO LOUNGE (Patio Dining Available) LUNCH MON-FRI (A La Carte Menu and Buffet) DINNER EVERY EVENING Starting at 5:00 pm Continental Dining Lighter Fare Available For Low Cholesterol Diets Our Chef Will Grill Broil Or Poach Your Entre North Ridge Shopping Center 6026 Falls of Neuse Rd Raleigh872-3148 Sunday Brunch 11 am 2 pm Snatches of Pink who performed at New York's Bitter End as part of the New Music Seminar Oceanfront Resort Crystal Coast 1-800-992-8545 Call For Our Midweek Special Rates! In tune 'fy5 '129S Luncheon Ruffet And A La Carte Menu Monday-Friday PM 3'J5 695 400 Fayctteville Street Mall Downtown KaleighB32-7977 cnucK bieoge Co Realtors The best way to save on dinner for one is to buy ninn er tor two news editor Jean Roscnbluth who also reviews for the trade publication "It was one of the few times in a New York club that I've seen a band able to get people up and dancing" she said "And there was not much of a dance floor there so it was quite a feat" Snatches of Pink's showcase at the Bitter End got an enthusiastic response from a full house If anyone was less than thrilled it was the club according to a Doggone Records spokesman The club normally books folk not hard-rocking bands At the Bottom Line Marti Jones packed the house in two nights of unofficial showcases that drew lots of industry brass They got a great show with Ms Jones performing with the songwriters whose tunes she covered on her new LP "Used Guitars" It helped that the writers Don Dixon David Enloe Bland Simpson Janis Ian Kye Fleming John Hiatt and Graham Parker could more than carry a tune Enloe the Woods' guitarist impressed the crowd with a new rocker "Keep Pumping" Red Clay Rambler Simpson performed one of his band's songs Hiatt did some country rock and Parker remained cool in black sunglasses for two solo turns The highlight of the evening came from Janis Ian who took over the stage with a jazzy tune that threatened to eclipse the star of the show But Ms Jones never lost control of the show and she seemed to truly enjoy the audience's response to her guests And that as Billboard's Jean Rosenbluth said is part of her appeal "She doesn't have to give a performance where all these other people play" Ms Rosenbluth said "Some might see it as a ploy to get an audience but I think she just generally likes these people's music" To cap off a big week in the big city Ms Jones made her network television debut singing "Tourist Town" last Friday on "Late Night With David Letterman" She co-wrote the song with Dixon who joined Paul Shaffer's Most Dangerous Band in America in backing her up Continued from page 3 tied around and got 11 bands on tape and headed to the seminar with "That Other NC Tape" Rock still likes rebels and it seems that the tape's name went over well Zekanis had about 40 cassettes to hand out at the seminar but he came back with a list of people who wanted him to mail them copies The bands SLURPeeeee Ma-josha Not the Numbers the Grackles the Outer Limits The Distance The Insurgence Big Kids Three Hits Turncoats and Urban Edge are based in the Triangle Winston-Salem Greensboro and Boone All play at the Fallout Shelter At the moment all are being managed by Zekanis' Wreckless Management which was formed at the last minute so that any interested record companies would have someone to contact The tapes were edited by Richard Paschal of Musicord Studios in Cary and Jerry Kee and the inserts were printed by Richard Kil-by of Barefoot Press It's a good-looking product that provides information on each band Sounds of North Carolina" listed only band names and song titles) The finished product cost $586 Zekanis also had to raise money for the plane ticket and $295 seminar registration fee Each band donated money while Fallout Shelter owner Steve Guth Kee Paschal and Kilby chipped in Zekanis doesn't think that his effort hurt the other North Carolina effort or vice versa "I thought it was really good that they did that but it didn't represent all of North Carolina just a small part of it" he said "I had a list of bands that I wanted to help and basically it got down to the ones that could supply me with good masters "I think it gave more credibility to North Carolina" The Accelerators' seminar showcase did what many others didn't: It got those super-cool New Yorkers to work up a sweat The band put on a great show at the Lonestar Roadhouse a new Manhattan club said Billboard's Here is something you never learned in school One plus one equals one Because whenever you bring your favorite dinner Dartner to Sizzler vou can pick a pair of Dlatters for one low price Choose a pair of our luscious 7-ounce birlom Steak Dlatters i I I Or a couple of our famous Steak and Malibu Chicken platters And if the two of you just can't agree just have one platter s- of each So come to Sizzler rj I rf and pick a pair It's one kind v1jAL of math youll actually enjoy A fresh experience Pick a Pair of Platters $0 98 With This Coupon Offer Ends Sun Aug 7th Save up to $400 In Raleigh: 601 Peace St at Clenwood and 3100 Wake Forest Rd at Bcltline.