Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 13, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Entertainment Winnipeg free press March 1989 Page 16 three Junos for Robertson Blue Lang win awards Toronto up Veteran Rocker Rob Bie Robertson was honoured for both his past and present at the 1989 Juno awards yesterday As he was inducted into the Hall of Fame with his legendary former group the band and won three trophies for his new Solo but the earthy musician had to share the spotlight at the 18th annual Junos with such musical upstarts As Blue Rodeo Jazzi fied country band from Toronto and the Torchan twang Queen from con Robertson won the nights top Best for his self named debut record that has sold More than copies in he was also named Best male vocalist and shared the Best producer prize with Daniel and with his former Folk Rock partners in the band Rick Levon Helm and the late Richard Manuel Robertson was also named to the Juno Hall of its Good to come Home on occasions like Robertson it was a great Honor to work with these Guys All those years i dont this just kind of makes it All feel the band members received a pair of warm ovations from the and finished the show with a rousing rendition of the one of their most cherished but for sheer nobody could top her performance of crying was the most Heartfelt number of the and she accepted her Juno As female vocalist of the year broke Down in tears before she could articulate her thanks to her sitting in the after she collected she said i Wayne Gretzky when he got Trad albums eligible for the honouring excellence in Canadian were re leased Between january 1987 and december members of the Canadian acad Emy of recording arts and sciences tended to vote for musicians who Are currently Blue for example was named Best group and also won Best single and Best video prizes for its Ballad try will release its eagerly waited second album later this and also named Best country female just keeps on last month the Kooky country crooner won a grammy award for her impassioned duet with the late Roy Orbison of the Bluesy and Shes won Praise in Nashville for her breakthrough shadowland it was her second win in a Row in the country female category Over Anne Mur who previously had a stranglehold on the prize for seven straight in the Best female vocalist Lang won Over Cape Breton songbird Rita who was also shut out in the Best album and Best composer the evenings other big loser was Glass which failed to woo the Academy with the Glossy pop of its Diamond Sun it lost in the key categories of Best Best album and Best music showed their appreciation of the Slick group by giving it the Peoples Choice award entertainer of the a special lifetime achievement award was Given to Csc president Pierre the father of Canadian Content regulations and the Man for whom the music awards Are partly Robbie second from stands with members of the band after being named to Hall of they were finally named pronounced the same As Juneau after the chief roman the broadcast live on were held at Toronto cavernous okeefe with the stage transformed into a downtown outside the performance about a dozen members of the Black music association of Canada gathered to protest the lumping together of reggae and Calypso in the same the group has argued that the two styles of music have Little in common and should be honoured separate one of the evenings Surprise winners was Tom the Burly Rocker from Lynn who was named Best he triumphed Over such stalwarts As Jim Val Lance and David Foster on the strength of his hard driving songs on his recent Victory Day in the Best newcomer categories which in recent years have featured Many per formers who have been around for years newcomers actually Regina guitarist Colin James was named most promising male vocalist while Mon Treal Rocker Sass Jordan was chosen most promising female Best new group was Toronto Barney Bentall and the legendary in country Murray Mclauchlan was chosen Best male vocalist and family Brown again won Best winners of 1989 Juno awards listed Lang Torch and twang Queen Toronto up the following Are the winners of the 1989 Juno awards presented yesterday for excellence in Canadian music entertainer of the year Glass Tiger Best album Robbie Robbie Robertson Best single Blue try International entertainer of the year u2 bestselling International album various dirty dancing soundtrack bestselling International single pump up the volume Best female vocalist Lang Best male vocalist Robbie Robertson Best group Blue Rodeo Best composer Tom Cochrane Best instrumental artist David Foster Best country female vocalist Lang Best country male vocalist Murray Mclauchlan Best country group family Brown most promising female vocalist Sass Jordan most promising male vocalist Colin James most promising group Barney Bengall and the legendary hearts Best jazz album the Hugh Fraser Quin looking up Best rhythm and blues soul record ing Erroll Angel Best Regga Calypso recording Lillian conditions critical Best Root traditional album the Amos Garrett Doug Sah Gene Taylor the return of the Wormily Brothers Best childrens album tie Fred Fred Penners place Connie Kaldor and Carmen Lullaby Berceuse Best classical album Solo or Cham Ber ensemble Ofra Schubert arpeggio one sonata Best classical album Large ensemble or Solo with Large ensemble orchestra symphony que de Montreal conducted by Charles Bartok concerto for or music for percussion and celesta Best classical composition Alexina Sotis of Paradise Best video Blue Rodeo and Michael try Best album design Hugh levity Ian Thomas Best producer Daniel Lanois and Robbie Robertson Best recording Engineer Mike Fraser Hall of Fame award the band lifetime achievement award Pierre Juneau Walt Grealis special achievement award Sam Sniderman War and remembrance cop top awards Apro Seanne Star Roseanne Barr was favorite female performer in a new television and the second world War Saga War and remembrance won Best Minise Ries at the 15th annual Peoples Choice awards last id like to accept this award on behalf of All the working moms and said whose a ctr situation comedy chronicles die life of a Blu Collar the comedian received More votes than Murphy Brown Star Candice Bergen or China Beach actress Dana Delaney in the Gallup organization poll that determined the War and the Globe spanning Story of a family during the based on Herman works novel of the same was picked Over favorite son and Elvis and me for Best the a ctr miniseries disappointing ratings had led to predictions the miniseries format might be who received her award Early in the two hour televised awards ceremony hosted by Michael Landon and Michele was also nominated As Best female performer with Phylicia Rashad and cybill Roseanne joined the Cosby show and cheers in the Nomi nations for Best comedy series and was also nominated for Best new comedy series with Murphy Brown and the wonder your satisfaction is our 1 priority Book your function today Norvilla 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things find what you then do says who performs tonight in the Centennial concert i think everyone has a function in and this is i do it basically because i have in driven to do want to and ill do it As Long As i want because now i really dont need i dont do it to earn my breakfast i just do it because its what i the it that Connolly does is a sometimes off color Brand of comedy that seems to follow no predetermined much of his acts Charm lies in his tendency toward digression he admits that even he int too sure what Hes going to talk about when he walks while Hes become quite an established Star in the old country and among pockets of embrits in the various Connolly is just now beginning to make a solid breakthrough with North american his first performance in a year and a half Drew a mostly scottish but this time Hes looking for a More varied its in a process of which is he said from his hotel room in the first Stop on his Canadian his Jaunt includes a trip to the to perform in comic Relief the lots laughs fundraiser headlined by Robin Wil Liams and whoops thanks to the David Letterman in getting a lot of Young people coming along now who have no scottish connection at they just come rambling along to see me because in one of the new come its a slow process because i dont do much but my whole careers been like that changing and now my audience in Britain has radically there All very you must keep if you theres no Point your Audi ence gets then they die and theres nobody so you die As i dont fancy the bearded comic who Bills himself rebel without a clue has certainly never been one to stand after establishing a promising career in the glamorous Field of shipyard welding in his native Connolly threw it All away to become a teaming with Gerry Rafferty to form the his rambling introductions to the groups songs became longer and and somewhere along the line it occurred to Connolly that not might be his now that he is Rich and famous a status he gladly admits he has a 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