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2=2. E ntertainment -" Daniels tour mixes country with top 40 By Tim Chong The Lumberjack Country rock conies to campus tonight when The Charlie Daniels Band takes the stage at 8 p.m. at Ardre^ Auditorium. Daniels is touring in support of “ Homesick Heroes,” his 18th album, which is due to be released this month. The album contains the singles “ Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues^&nd the soon to be released “ Big Bad John,” a duet with the Oak Ridge Boys. The band scored a top five pop hit and a No. 1 one country hit in 1979 with “ The Devil Went Down to Georgia.** The song also won the group a Grammy for “ Best Country Performance by a Group br Duo” and helped the album it came from. Million Mile Reflections, achieve double platinum status by selling 2 million copies. The band’s other hits include “ Legend of Wooley Swamp,” “ Long­ Haired Country Boy/’ “ Drinking My Baby Goodbye/* “ In America” and “ Still in Saigon.*’ The latter two songs created controversies when they were released. “ In America” was accused of being too right-wing (“ And if the Russians don’t believe that they can all go straight to hell” ), while “’Still in Saigon” dealt with the problems of Vietnam veterans before films and shows such as Pla­ toon and Tour of Duty made the subject sociaLly acceptable. Daniels, 51, was born in North Carolina. He took up the guitar at age 15 and began working'as a professional musician in 1956. He worked as a studio musician in Nashville, recording with artists such as Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr and Marty Robbins. In 1971, he formed the Charlie Daniels ! Band. The band’s sound has remained essentially constant over the years: a hybrid of folk, country and rock ’n’ roll. “ If you follow fads,” Daniels has been quoted, “ when the fad goes out you go out with it.” “ Whenever music goes as far as it can one way, it goes back to the roots. That’s the only place it can go. Just look around at what’s happening -­ Coconino C ounty Fair Stevie Ray Vaughn and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, the blues revival. Basic rock. The same thing is happening in in country music. Look at George Strait and Randy Travis,” he said in an interview with The Tennesean. Daniels is also known as the organizer of the Volunteer Jam series of concerts, which last year featured the first appearance of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Reunion Band, which is composed of the surviving members of the legendary Southern rock band. Other artists that have appeared at the NAU students and Flagstaff residents enjoy concerts have ranged from Ted Nugent to 'Willie Nelson. the sights and sounds of the Coconino County The bearded fiddler is also an aspiring actor, making a guest appearance in the CBS show “ Murder She Wrote” and “ Lone Star Kid” for PBS. Fair Friday night. One of the pigs from the He also published a collection of short stories titled, The Devil Went Down to Georgia. 5-H Ranch competes in the pig races Sunday The band escaped injury Aug. 28 when they fled their trailer before it erupted in flames after a performance at the Ventura County Fair in afternoon (left). California. No one was hurt. Tommy Crain, CDB’s lead guitarist, told their agent, “ Just tell everybody we set them on fire in Ventura.” Photos by Wes Bernard Tickets are available at the Central Ticket Office in the University Union for $17 and S15. For more information, call the ticket office at 523-5661. Team to play old and new age favorites Movie Review B etrayed By Lesley Mitchell Their show consists of original compositions, Center for the Arts is partially provided by the by Robert Allen * * * f/2 The Lumberjack traditional songs and seldom heard folk songs Arizona Commission on the Arts. from around the world. Husband and wife team Danny Carnahan and The center is located on North Fort Valley “Their compositions are joyful and complex, Road, Highway 180. Betrayed, starring Debra Winger ( Terms o f Endearment, Black Widow, Robin Petrie will perform their mix of American Urban Cowboy ) and Tom Berenger ( Platoon, Someone to Watch Over Me, and British Isle folk music at 8 p.m. Friday at the drawing freely from the emotional reservoirs of The Center for the Arts, along with the European and Emerican traditional, jazz, Shoot to Kill), is a superb political thriller, one that will make the audience Coconino Center for the Arts. Museum of Northern Arizona, will offer a joint come out of the theater with revised views on American society, classical music and beyond,” McQuerrey said. exhibit illustrating the art of contemporary artist Carnahan will play both the violin and octave Jim Turrell on Sept. 23. A powerful and shocking film, Betrayed was directed by Costa Gavras mandolin, performing jazz, bluegrass, Irish tradi­ Tickets for the show are $6 in advance and can be purchased at the center, McGaugh’s Newss­ The exhibit will continue through Nov. 23 at iMissing), produced by Irwin Winkler and written by Joe Esterhaz. The tional and new acoustic sounds, concentrating on primary topics of Betrayed focus on anti-semitism, racism, homophobia his guitar technique. tand, Seldom Seen Cards and Art, The Wine the museum and Nov. 9 at the Center. Seller and the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce. and, to a lesser extent, the plight of the American farmer. The rise in the Petrie will play the hammered dulcimer, con­ Turrell will also shape Roden Crater, an extinct popularity of white supremacist groups also is explored. centrating on Irish, Balkan and Baroque Tickets will cost $7 for adults and S3 for those volcanic cone 45 miles northeast of Flagstaff, and 18 and younger on the day of the show. will offer trips to the site. He will accompany the The film also stars Betsy Blair as Berenger’s mother, Ted Levine (Crime influences. Story) as Wes, Jeffrey DeMunn as Bob Flynn, Albert Hall ( Apocalypse firs*, two tours to the site. The couple have toured together since 1983 and Season tickets will be offered this year for 17 Now) as Al, David Clennon as Jack Carpenter and John Mahoney as have performed in the United States, Canada, performances in 1988-89. Tickets may be purchas­ In addition to the reshaping of Roden Crater, Shorty. New Zealand and the British Isles. ed for 55 each if they are purchased for five or Turrell will construct a series of chambers and Winger (an Academy Award-nominee in 1984 for her role in Terms of more performances. “ light spaces.” “ Their unusual music serves as an acoustic Endearment) plays Kathy Weaver, a Department of Justice special in­ transition connecting a dozen styles and two con­ Family tickets can be purchased for S80, for For more information on the tours, call the vestigator who is assigned by her boss Michael (John Heard) to infiltrate tinents,” said Teresa McQuerrey, performing arts any five events, regardless of family size. Museum of Northern Arizona at 774-5211, or the a ultra right- wing group called the “ Sons of Liberty,” headed by Gary coordinator at the Center for the Arts. Funding for the performances at the Coconino Coconino Center for the Arts at 779-6921. Simmons (Berenger). When a controversial Jewish radio talk-show host (played by the fine character actor Richard Libertini in a cameo appearance) is murdered and the letters ZOG are printed on the dead man’s car, Weaver goes under­ cover as a combine operator named Katie Phillips to find the people respon­ SUN Entertainment sible for the murder. Costa Gavras, one of the best filmmakers on subjects of a political nature today, films the death of the talk-show host with stunning and chilling offers new program simplicity. The man is shown being blown apart by bullets in one scene and a short time later blood flows like a rivulet into the dead man’s cup­ By Kristi McDowell ped hand. Special to The Lumberjack Against her better judgment, Kathy becomes involved with the enigmatic Tonight’s Charlie Daniels Band concert is only one of the events that and complex Gary, a widower and a Vietnam War veteran. Most of Gary s Student Union Network Entertainment will make available to NAU students friends are also suspicious of her, as when Wes winders why she is “ tak­ this semester. ing so many pictures” at a country fair. Dan Ashlock, coordinator of SUN Entertainment, said SUN has three Kathy also finds herself.under fire from her fellow agents. During a programs they present on a weekly and bi-weekly basis. meeting with FBI agents Michael, a former boyfriend of Kathvs, and Al Open Sun Sets give artists and musicians a chance to sing, dance and (played by Hall), Kathy is questioned about who she is more loyal to, her act every other Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. on the University Union stage. employers or Gary. Ted Levie will host the show on Sept. 13. After a nocturnal “ hunting” party, a disgusted Kathy goes to Michael Noon Tunes brings regional and local bands to the University Union with the little information she has, but Michael convinces her she has to stage or the Wilson and Allen hall quad, depending on the weather, about go back undercover. every other Wednesday. It is during this exchange between Michael and Kathy that one of the No admission is charged at either Noon Tunes or Open Sun Sets. most powerful scenes in Betrayed takes place. Magicians, hypnotists, musicians, and comedians are featured in Nite “ I need you to link them with Krause (the talk-show host who was Side, Friday at 8 p.m.

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