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The Oak Ridge Boys performing Sept. 9 at Lanierland Music Park By Alton Bridge* Staff Writer The Oak Ridge Boys and David Lee Murphy are coming to Lanierland Music Park Saturday Night, Sept, 9. The concerts starts at 7:30 p.m. The Oak Ridge Boys have been one of the more popular groups to perform at Lanierland. After a concert a few years ago, the Oak Ridge Boys and members of their band were found in the wee hours of the morning playing softball on a dia mond that was on top of the nearby hill. At this stage in their career, the Oak Ridge Boys have garnered more musical achievements than they’ve had hot dinners. Three decades of chart-top ping hits, million-selling albums, an endless highway of personal appearances and a permanent place in the pantheon of country music would have lesser acts looking into a well-earned beach front retirement property. Not so the Oaks. These men are heading into the millennium full throat ahead, riding what promises to be their strongest album in years, “Voices”. The group has once again teamed up with producer Ron Chancey and created a collection of songs offering the tradi tional sound of the Oaks that fans have loved for year, combined with changes that prove the group is still as vital as tomorrows headlines. The group includes: . . *Duane “Ace” Allen, a native of Taylortown, Texas. Allen had formal training in both operatic and quartet singing before becoming a member of the Oaks in 1966. He is an avid basketball fan, shooting hoops whenever he gets the chance as a means of staying in shape. This year, he’s added walking 2O to 30 miles each week to his physical regimen. Duane is also an antique car buff with more than two dozen classics in a collection housed in a museum called “Ace On Wheels.” “We just finished restoring a 1950 Harley,” he said. “It’s a process I love I get a lot of pleasure out of going down there with some of the guys from the road, sanding and painting with no real sense of uigency. It’s a great way to relax.” Allen also loves to find new music for the Oaks; several cuts on their newest album are songs he brought to the table. His farm in Hendersonville, Tenn, features a menagerie that includes Longhorn cattle, horses, burros and Canada geese. A superb businessman, he is credited with keeping the Oaks on firm financial footing during their switch from gospel to country in the late 70’s. • Joe Bonsall Joe’s Philadelphia background shows through clearly in his love of pro sports. “I live and die with the Phillies, no matter where they are. For me, 1993 was great; one of the high lights was going home to Philadelphia and taking my parents to two World Series games. That was so cool,” he says. Joe is the author of a children’s book series, “The Molly Books,” published by Ideal’s Children’s Books. He loves the water and can often be found on his boat on the Cumberland River. Another passion is his 350-acre farm, where he’s apt to be riding a John Deere tractor on days off or feeding his don keys, “Blondie” and “Truffles.” As with the rest of the Oaks, though, much of Joe’s time is spent on the road performing and he has found his own way to get the maximum possible enjoyment out of touring. “My life is really pretty simple,” says the Oak who’s the principal spokesman on stage. “I go out there and try to sing the best I can and give them physically and mentally every single thing I’ve got. 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A farmer’s son from Brewton, Ala., he made his professional singing debut at age 7 when he and his sister, Lanette, performed gospel tunes on his grandfather’s weekly radio show. His love of music never abated. He sang with his high school’s FFA quartet and soon formed a group of his own: The Pilot’s Trio. “1 have always thought that music has a healing power,” he says. “No matter what you’re experienc ing, there is a melody that will help you through the moment.” Golden’s fascination and knowledge of the native American way of life has earned him respect and recognition from American Indians as well as members of the Mountain Man Association. He has been honored with many awards, including Celebrity of the Year in 1994 by the Indian Exposition of Anadarko, Okla., which is made up of 15 tribes across the nation, as well as an acclaimation from the Cherokee tribe. • Richard Sterban Sterban began his singing career as a 6-year-old soprano in Sunday school in his native Camden, N.J. He was a tenor in the glee club in seventh grade, but when he came back that fall for eighth grade, he was a bass. He loved sports and music, decided he had more talent for the latter, and developed a simple goal: “I wanted to be in the best vocal group in the world.” Before joining the Oaks, Richard sang in various groups, most notably backing Elvis Presley as a member of “The Stamps.” Baseball has always been a passion. For many years he has been an owner of the Nashville Sounds, a Pittsburgh Pirates AAA club, attending spring training, even taking bus trips with the team. His well-tailored looks reveal one of his other loves. “When I was singing part-time and working in a clothing store, I developed a real interest in fashion, and it’s something that has carried through,” he says. Richard enjoys fine restaurants, collecting wine, and traveling particularly to the seashore, where he enjoys sailing and snorkeling. A fitness buff, he has bicycles in both his residences Nashville and Atlantic City keeps another stowed in a bay under the tour bus and even has a case for one so that he can check it aboard airplanes. 7 Reaction re Yorick 8 SUM • Hannibal's TV squad 10 Start a volley 11 - up (stimulated) 17 Poseasitons It Christy Turlington, • fl 21 Gun the angina a Plate’s 24T38ole—' 26 Least risky 28 Hertz rival 30 Eur. nation 32 Nervous 33 Live 34 See 43-Across 36 Bailey or Belli 38 Origa mist's •upp»y 38 Bouquet, to anoenophile 40 Costume 42 Stemward 46 Genealogy chart 46 Borodin's prince 48 North Pole sianer 60 Sgt, for one 61 Bo Derek movie COMMUNITY LIVING proMteoio Bum Murphy is a classic overnight success story David Lee Murphy’s records have an extra kick that makes him instantly identifiable in a crowd of new country artists. Call it a driving rhythm or a no nonsense attitude or a willingness to push the enve lope - it’s an element of his artistry that has pro duced some of the biggest hit singles of 1995 and 1996, and it’s there on his new MCA album, “We Can’t All Be Angels.” Murphy knows exactly how to describe the music of “We Can’t All Be Angels.” “It’s a rockin’ record,” he says. “Mentally, it’s the country mes sage, but as far as the framework goes, it’s got a rockin’ feel to it.” “Dust on the Bottle” did, too., All my records have been more rockin’ than nor mal for Nashville. I like to record, music that we’re able to really crank up and rock on live.” For “We Can’t All Be Angels" Murphy once again teamed up with Nashville’s top producer, Tony Brown. “I can’t talk enough about Tony,” Murphy says. “He’s one of those people who brings out the more creative side of an artist. He's musically in tune. He picks up things in a second that other people will have to listen to over and over. He lets me be me, and he encourages me to stretch out and go out of the boundaries. As a former struggling songwriter, Murphy felt at home in a studio from the very beginning of his career as a recording artist. “Since 1983, when it was a big deal to go in and make demos, going into the studio was fun,” he explains. “When you write the songs, you just want to go in there and make them come to life. From all those years of making demos and writing songs, I just learned how to make records. You have to when you’re a song writer because you don’t have a producer telling you what you need to do. It’s survival of the fittest.” Another key element to Murphy’s appeal is that his records have a unique personality David Lee Murphy’s personality. “I think part of what makes my records stand apart,” he explains, ‘“is that I make the arrangements, I play acoustic gui tar, I sing, I do the background vocals and I write the songs. Murphy's individuality comes through the strongest on love songs. The first single from “We Can’t All Be Angels,” “All Lit Up In Love,” is a case in point, with its smooth chorus contrasting with a lyric about seeing an ex-lover being “lit up” by someone else. Even the tender expression of love in the ballad “Almost Like Being There” car ries an edge of pain and loneliness. With Murphy, the power of love when it’s going right puts a pow erful edge on the music, as in “I Could Believe Anything.” The concept of “She Don’t Try (To Make Me Love Her)” may be the ultimate in love and respect, but where some artists might be driven IF YOU DO BUSINESS IN FORSYTH COUNTY, YOU BELONG IN OUR SPECIAL SECTION... “HISTORY OF FORSYTH” A special ■ editorial supplement publishing September 24, 2000 No matter what service you perform or business you’re in, now you can let new and existing residents know what you have to offer in our informative issue This “read and save” section is the perfect vehicle for reaching prospects where they live and for battling your competition by pro moting your business. Make An Investment In Your Future By Reserving Space VrtH '“History of F ors yth”! ADVERTISING DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 13,2000 Forsyth County News J Your "Hometown Paper" Since 1908 J Call your account representative TODAY! 887-3126 FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Friday, September S, 2000 —1 to tears, Murphy is I driven to rock and rock hard. Murphy’s talent as a songwriter gives “We Can’t All Be Angels” an extra degree of depth and variety. He is equally at home singing a haunting duet with himself on “Velvet Lies” or having fun with the rockabilly flavored “Kentucky Girl.” He talks like one who’s been there when he gives the advice “Just Don’t Wait Around Til She’s Leavin’.” He moves easily from the urgent shuffle beat of “Bringin’ Her Back” to the troubled, unsettling feel of “That’s Behind Me” to the moody depression of “She’s Not Mine.” And if anyone wonders why he doesn’t sing a sweet song now and then, he seems to provide an unapologetic answer in “We Can’t All Be Angels.” David Lee Murphy is a classic 10-year overnight success story. He arrived in Nashville in 1983 from Herrin, Illinois, intent on establishing himself as a songwriter so he could have a solid source of material as an artist. He had some suc cess as a writer, with cuts by Reba McEntire, Dobie Gray, and Doug Stone, but most of the time he struggled, traveling around the southeast fronting a honky tonk band and staying true to David Lee Murphy. “I was just a struggling, flat-broke songwriter,” he recalls, “but living that lifestyle was doing what I wanted to do. Even when I didn’t make much money I was happy because I was working toward something.” Finally, in the fall of 1994, Tony Brown picked Murphy’s song “‘Just Once” off a demo tape and put it on the soundtrack of 8 Seconds (the film star ring Luke Perry as bull-riding champion Lane Frost). “Just Once” hit, and Murphy went into the studio with Brown to record his first CD “Out With a Bang.” By the end of 1995 Murphy’s “Party Crowd” was the most-played song of the year and “Dust on the Bottle” was his first No. 1. In the meantime, Out With a Bang became the best sell ing debut album by any male artist in 1995. “Every time I Get Around You” and “The Road You Leave Behind” continued his string of hits. With “We Can’t All Be Angels,” David Lee Murphy continues to put a rockin’ edge on country music. With strong songs and inspired perfor mances, he has become one of the most important new artists in country music. y Murphy PAGE 5A