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WmmMmm •ssmrnm Pf» I- K. ; M : mmm WARNER BROS, presents a JERRY WEINTRAUB production a film by LUIS LL0SA SYLVESTER STALLONE SHARON STONE JAMES WOODS “THE SPECIALIST” with ROD STEIGER and ERIC ROBERTS ectopJACK HOFSTRA.a.c.e. ph d KSJEFFREY L KIMBALL, a.s.c. mus ^J0HN BARRY producerR.J. LOUIS rIoSSTEVE BARRON & JEFF MOST and CHUCK BINDER WR, T?ALEXANDRA SEROS produced jerry WEINTRAUB DIRECT I?LUIS LLOSA | SOUNDTRACK ALBUMS ON CRESCENT MOON/EPIC SOUNDTRAX | OPENS OCTOBER V th EVERYWHERE The Battalion • Page 4 m mm Agg ieli f e Thursday • October Tejano music making mark on local scei By Angela Neaves The Battalion With its Tex-Mex blend of pop, rock and country music, Tejano music has made its way into the Bryan-College Station club scene. Several local night clubs and ballrooms offer Tejano nights, in cluding Denim and Diamonds, lo cated on South College Avenue. H groups, such as La Mafia, on al ternating Wednesday nights. When a live band is not play ing, a DJ will play the latest Te jano music, Ms. Ramirez said. Emilio Navaira & Rio, an award-win- — r SPANIC ERITAGE MONTH iT- ning Tejano music band recently fea tured on “Good Morn ing America,” will be at Denim & Dia monds Oct. 19, Ms. Ramirez said. Julie Ramirez and partner David Ramirez, who operate D&R Promotions, a musical promotions company, have brought Tejano music to Denim & Diamonds on Wednesday nights. “People are really getting into Tejano country music,” Ms. Ramirez said. “Especially young people. Everyone wants to wear boots and hats. Kids were driving to El Dorado Ranch in Houston to hear Tejano country, or to San Antonio and Austin. Now we have the same atmosphere in Bryan- College Station.” Tejano nights at Denim & Dia monds will feature top Tejano Other bands scheduled to play at Denim & Diamonds are La Sombra , Roberto Pulido and Seli na Quintanilla. Raymond Pedraza, program di rector and morning DJ at local ra dio station KBMA “I^a Fabulosa” 99.5 FM, said Texas A&M stu dents have expressed an interest in Tejano music. “It’s like a new culture,” Pe draza said. “It’s Mexican-Ameri can artists who use a mix of pop, rock and country with a Tex-Mex influence.” Many country music fans may find Tejano music appealing be cause of its lyrics, Pedraza said. “Tejano music is a lot like country,” he said. “Them: about love and cheating, ^ like that — your basiccouiBj A| music song.” Pedraza said many ofti r ie Lovett jano bands also will ben, ifovc Ever; albums in English. Bf Music/f “Emilio Navaira just sip, 11$ (o ut of with Liberty Records in Ne and will be puttingoutaa || ^°vett, album,” he said. exempli flee “Selina has been conp Icountr Madonna. She’s comingou! ' Love an all English pop-musical H 1 * 8 ubilit Pedraza said many Test Ipf a lbum A&M students call thera(l:B ove Lvei tion to find out more abouT c ' were f r Fejano music nightlife, Jhies. 1 “A lot of students have li |) ,ou t the posed to Tejano music ini l m £ violir home towns,” Pedraza said: iL lr and dents from towns I ike Mica Bacc- An Brownsville and San Antoni l 0 ^ ^ rum P in to request music andaskiB 108 - tions about Tejano nightiit;F‘ nl Shout area.” ■compac L,a Fiesta Ballroom, lc>:?al|' c c °untr Groesbeck Street in Biyani|| nera Ly 1 Tejano Ballroom, located® 0CU9 ar William J. Bryan Parkway Bryan, also play Tejano mils Pedraza said. Rick Juarez, a seniore major from San Antonio, panic students will welcome! See Tejano Pi Iking peo fcably the Is “Recorc Earl Ke untry pe ce of Ch ived on |ng tells t shop, an Album fails to fully honor memory of Whit!- By Jay Robbins The Battalion Various Artists “Keith Whitley: a tribute album” BNA Entertainment ★★★ (out of five) With two spectacular excep tions, the well-intentioned cre ators of “Keith Whitley: a tribute album” fail to do much honor to the late performer. Keith Whitley is perhaps as famous for his unusual death at age 33 from alcohol overdose as he is for his long string of influ ential albums and performances. Since he passed away in 1989, the world of country music has somberly treated Whitley and his widow, singer Lorrie Mor gan, as the victims of a tragic fate. This album, which includes recordings of Whitley hits by nu merous artists who credit his ca- son’s version of “Don’t Clost Your Eyes” escapes thepr that plague the other reconl at the reco |c dreams ! guitar ir ipld “campfii ■gthe him Ipanied by lofthe bai Jackson gives a brilliantrei H^l ouc l If |ly thing r mo nued from Keith Whitley See to hear i reer as inspiring their own, gets so wrapped up in paying “trib ute” to Whitley that it neglects the music. Several of the artists pay too much attention to either emulating Whitley or avoiding any similar sound, rather than singing the piece in a normal, comfortable manner. Two tracks make up for many of these mistakes. Alan Jack- pretation of the Bob using his own phrasinganilS ing of the lyrics. The result is a recordin; better than Whitley’s No, 1! the top-ranked song of 11. Jackson may send thetuneli to the top of the charts. By far the best track onll disc is “When You SayNotti At All,” recorded by Alison Krauss & Union Station. Krauss’s strong, clear soprJspanic sti brings back memories ofC | had partie Parton and Emmylou HarriiB of the ’70s. I Krauss’s deft, light toudia ables the song to shake offi sugar coating from own version, and soartocleii beauty. “Tribute” includes fouror See Whitley/Pa liitley Stuck for Change ? Call Long Distance With The Western Union Pre-Paid Phone Card mued from .cordings by )n the Radi. Comeback I lings made leted. litley and h You” befon ong with thi