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"True Songs Bill "Black actors tilVV Het lt ettOOfiti Mr Little i ii iiIttlit te d1eta se! Johnny Paycheck 'The Real Heartache: The Dar lin' Years" By JACK BERNHARDT CORRESPONDENT In 1985 when the Urban Cowboy fad had all but snuffed out coun- try music honky-tonk great George Jones asked the musical question "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" Who if anyone would come along to replace such artists as Hank Williams Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard? "This old world is full of singers" he sang "but just a few are chosen to tear your heart out when they sing" Jones' timing was perfect Within a year a new wave of singers began to displace the fading countrypolitan pop stars Randy Travis released his groundbreaking "Storms of Life" and opened the door for other tradition-minded singers to two-step through By 1990 the celebrated (if oft maligned) "hat acts" had debuted with a contemporary twang that joined modern musical values to those of honky-tonk's golden age Of all the fresh-faced artists to emerge in the first wave (Clint SE I l' t- Garth and Travis 1 czA4o Tritt among 7j them) Alan Jackson has Trty remained truest to his blue collar Alan Jackson on'gin A latterwything I Love" day champion of good of boy Various artists fiddle-and-steel beer-and-car Lite Blues: The honky-tonk of Bill Monroe music Jackson is also one of coun Johnny try music's most heck "The Real successful enter-Heartache: The I tainers Darlin' Years" i It isn't flash I that's made 12 Riders in the I Jackson a star "Public Cowboy While others have The Music of drawn inspiration Gene Autry" from the glamour of Hollywood or the glitz of arena rock Jackson 37 is your basic standat-the-mike-and-sing performer His concerts are much like those of George Strait: simple uncluttered productions that rely on his voice his songs and his boy-next-door charm to fill the seats "Everything I Love" (Arista) is Jackson's first album of new material since 1994's "Who I Am" and his seventh album since he appeared on the scene in 1990 It's also his best work and a strong candidate for the Country Music Association's Album of the Year Ten uncommonly fine songs take the listener on an emotional journey along peaks and valleys of success and failure confidence and doubt love and loneliness leavened at the right moments by the proper measure of humor The first single "Little Bitty" a touch of down-home philosophy written by Tom Hall is a great way to debut an album and a harbinger of things to come It's hard to pick favorites but at least five sound like candidates for Song of the Year "Everything I Love" is as sorrowful and honest as anything in the country repertoire "Between the Devil and Me" chilling country gospel in disguise leaves unresolved the struggle between temptation and Rb COUNTRY Alan Jackson "Everything I Love" Various artists Life Blues: The of Bill Monroe" 12 Riders in the "Public Cowboy The Music of Gene Autry" A of Hollywood or the glitz of arena rock Jackson 37 is your basic stand- at-the-mike-and-sing performer His concerts are much like those of George Strait: simple uncluttered productions that rely on his voice his SO and his boy-next-door charm to fill the seats "Everything I Love" (Arista) is Jackson's first album of new material since 1994's "Who I Am" and his sev- enth album since he appeared on the scene in 1990 It's also his best work and a strong candidate for the Country Music Association's Album of the Year Ten uncommonly fine songs take the listener on an emotional journey along peaks and valleys of success and failure confidence and doubt love and loneli- leavened at the right moments by the proper measure of humor The first single "Little Bitty" a touch of down-home philosophy writ- ten 1)y Tom Hall is a great way to debut an album and a harbinger of things to come It's hard to pick favorites but at least five sound like candidates for Song of the Year "Everything I Love" is a sorrowful and honest as anything in the country repertoire "Between the Devil and Me" chilling country gospel in disguise leaves unresolved the strug- gle between temptation and BY JACK BERNHARDT CORRESPONDENT 1985 when the Urban Cowboy fad had all but snuffed out coun- try music honky-tonk great George Jones asked the musical question "Who's Gonna Fill 1 Their Shoes?" Who if anyone would come along to replace such artists as Hank Williams Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard? "This old world is full of singers" he sang "but just a few are chosen to tear your heart out when sing" Jones' timing was perfect Within a year a new wave of singers began to displace the fading countrypolitan pop stars Randy Travis released his groundbreaking "Storms of Life" and opened the door for other tradition- minded singers to two-step through By 1990 the celebrated (if oft Jackson maligned) "hat acts" had debuted with a contemporary twang that joined modern musical values to those of honky-tonk's golden age Of all the fresh-faced artists to emerge in the 1 first wave (Clint ilty- Garth and Travis Tritt -14 T-0 them) Alan among 01 lINIrrt Jackson has yremained truest to his blue collar good or boy oriing A latter- Alan Jackson day champion of "Everything I Love" fiddle-and-steel Various artists Life Blues: The beer-and-car honky-tonk of Monroe" music son is also one of coun- music's most Johnny try Paycheck "The Real successful enter- tainers Heartache: The 1 Darlin' Years" i It isn't flash that's made 12 Riders in the 1 Jackson a star "Public Cowboy While others have 1: The Music of drawn inspiration Gene Autry" from the glamour of Hollywood or Sky 1 Sky I BY CRAIGH BARBOZA THE NEW YORK TIMES I was a transformation that had been in the making for years but didn't become plain- ly visible until this past summer when every other movie it seemed had a black actor in a major role Now a banner fall season for black actors is under way and what may have been surprising in June has become accepted fact in November: No longer marginalized in all-black films no longer relegated to "buddy" roles in big-budget action yarns black actors have become mainstays in mainstream movies "It's natural evolution" says Morgan Freeman who appeared as a mysterious mentor to Keanu Reeves in the espionage-thriller "Chain Reaction" which opened in August "Black actors just now belong to the mainstream The next push is probably going to be for Asian performers or whoever the next group is struggling to break that unstated barrier Black actors have broken through" Consider the evidence Last year black actors had prominent roles in only nine of the summer's 38 major films or 24 percent This summer black actors had major roles in 45 percent of the season's 42 big movies And six of the films they performed in were top-10 moneymakers Audiences saw Will Smith as the fighter-pilot hero in "Independence Day" Ving Rhames as a computer genius in "Mission: Impossible" Samuel Jackson as the avenging father in "A Time to Kill" and Eddie Murphy as the 400-pound "Nutty Professor" Also on the big screen were "The Fan" with Wesley Snipes "Courage Under Fire" with Denzel Washington and "Eraser" with Vanessa Williams Then came among others Keenen Ivory Wayans in "The Glimmer Man" Jackson in "The Long Kiss Goodnight" Lela Rochon in "The Chamber" and Whoopi Goldberg in "The Associate" In the wings awaiting a holiday-season opening are "The Preacher's Wife" with Whitney Houston and Washington and "The Ghosts of Mississippi" starring again Goldberg And not just big stars are getting work An ensemble cast of black actresses (Jada Pinkett Queen Latifah Vivica Fox and Kimberly Oldham) appears in "Set It Off" And in Spike Lee's "Get on the Bus" Charles Dutton leads a black cast in a film about a group headed for last year's Million Man March in Washington There have always been black stars of course from Dorothy Dandridge to James Earl Jones SEE MOVIES PAGE 80 8 black actors had major roles in 45 percent of the season's 42 big movies And six of the films they performed in were top-10 moneymakers Audiences saw Will Smith as the fighter -pilot hero in "Independence Day" Ving Rhames as a computer genius in "Mission: Impossible" Samuel Jackson as the avenging father in "A Time to Kill" and Eddie Murphy as the 400-pound "Nutty Professor" Also on the big screen were "The Fan" with Wesley Snipes "Courage Under Fire" with Denzel Washington and "Eraser" with Vanessa Williams Then came among others Keenen Ivory Wayans in "The Glimmer Man" Jackson in "The Long Kiss Goodnight" Lela Rochon in "The Chamber" and Whoopi Goldberg in "The Associate" In the wings awaiting a holiday- season opening are "The Pr with hitney eacher's Wife" Houston and Washington and "The Ghosts of Mississippi" starring again Goldberg And not just big stars are getting work An ensemble cast of black actresses (Jada Pinkett Queen Latifah Vivica Fox and Kimberly Oldham) appears in "Set It Off" And in Spike Lee's "Get on the black cast cCahsart ilnesa SfiimDuatbtoonutleaagdrsoaup headed for last year's Million Man March in Washington There have always been black stars of course from Dorothy Dandridge to James Earl Jones 0 MOVIES PAGE 80 BY CRAIGH BARBOZA THE NEW YORK TIMES was a transformation that had been in the making for ly visible until this past years but didn't become plain- summer when every other movie it seemed had a black actor in a major role Now a banner fail season for black actors is under way and what may have been surprising in June has become accepted fact in November: No longer marginalized in all-black films no longer relegat- ed to "buddy" role in big-budget action yarns black actors have become mainstays in mainstream movies "It's natural evolution" says Morgan freeman who appeared as a mysterious mentor to Keanu Rhe espionage-thriller eeves in "Chain Reaction" which opened in August just now belong to the mainstream The next push is probably going to be for Asian performers or whoever the next group is struggling to break that unstated barrier Black Consider the evidence Last year actors have broken through" black actors had prominent roles in I ROGER WINSTVOAND ROWN JOHNSIONrNSA ObWiVER SEE RECORD PAGE 100 27 WINE To hear samples of today's artists dial 549- 5100 on a touch-tone phone and enter category number 7630 This Is a free call except where long-distance fees apply 14: gY CI sitrrf walto r4crifor he prontotiozlt are aorggrA 'November 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