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Show Page B4 Thursday, March 19, 1981 The Newspaper -. J-S'Su I l i mi i s,i Restaurant Seafood Beef Oyster Bar Set Sail For Park City's Finest Restaurant i SERVING DINNER NIGHTLY FROM 5:00 At the Resort 649-7778 ...... ; . J Before Juice was Juice ... her friends recall the early days To volunteer, contact: COMMUNITY WIRELESS KPCW Memorial Bldg., Park City 649-9004 ' By Rick Brough It was only two months ago that people were asking, "What kind of a name is Juice Newton?" Or we made jokes about her older brother, Fig. The smart-alecks among us have long since gagged on our jokes. Juice Newton is a Top 40 star on the Pop and Country charts, and a featured fea-tured talent on the. "Today Show" and "The Midnight Special." She and her group, the Silver Spur, also are the showcase band at the Cowboy Cow-boy Bar. "This is a place for them to call home," said Mickey James, part owner and regular act at the Bar. Park City has a right to be proud. But it won't be long helore every winding in town will be telling the tourists that he bought Juice her first guitar and knew all along she was destined for stardom. We should set the record straight right now, and talk to a few of the people who really knew Juice way back when. . . Mickey James, for one. He's known her for about 10 years. "We come from the same home town Los Gatos, California," he said. "We've been playing the same honky-tonk bars for $25 a night." But Juice was the one determined to make it big. "She's uni-directional." Mickey said. "Being a star is all she's ever wanted since she was 13 years old. She's .worked hard and paid her dues." (Not that Mickey and Kat have been asleep at the microphone. They had a hit country record in Canada, but the small sample of fame and stardom convinced them they didn't like it.) - "To get a break in this business," Mickey went on, "you've got to go to Los : Angeles, Nashville, or New York." Juice chose L. A., and moved there five years ago, to play in prestigious clubs like Jason's in Burbank. She was signed to a contract by RCA . and recorded two albums. "She did a lot of screaming on those first two albums," said Tom Stover, who first brought Kat and Mickey James to Park City (at Car 19), and now is a manager of the Cowboy Bar. He is also a self-described tough critic. "I can't sing or play myself, but I'm a tough critic," he said. ; When he worked clubs in ' California, he hired Juice for a gig, and was surprised to hear her live singing better than he remembered. "Now. she's more controlled," said . Stover. Mickey James noted, "She's ten times as good as , she was." Juice moved to Capitol ; Records, where her last two 7 " jr" .Juke Now ton 1 r ' fjfi MANY EXTRAS 3 bdrms. plus loft, 2V2 baths, billiards table in family room, large deck with hot tub, landscaped land-scaped and fenced for $149,500. r 1, 'J DELIGHTFUL FAMILY HOME 2,400 sq. ft. home located in serene Parkwest Village. Close to resort and new grade school. 5138,500. MARSAC MILL MANOR Priced below market, best condo buy in Park City, 70steps to gondola, gon-dola, overlooks resort plaza, high rental potential. Owner will consider con-sider taking 2nd mortgage. 2 bdrm. 3 bath. S235.OO0. A. it L . - I : J I fjmmn 1 i' i'r -Jtff IS Sim: ; H't 4, 1 Hr!-v albums were made. "She had two records in the Top 40 for them, but they put them in the drawer when the company changed management," manage-ment," said Stover. It's only natural, he said. "When the management loses credibility, credi-bility, their stable loses credibility." But Stover also felt her . current success with Capitol was bound to happen. "When you've got a dishwasher who's good enough to be a chef, you're not going to keep him washing dishes," he said. "These people realized : they had a chef!" ; Said Mickey: "Her producer pro-ducer at Capitol is Paul Landis. I remember sitting in at the studio when they recorded. Angel of the Morning, Morn-ing, and telling myself, 'This guy knows what he's doing'." do-ing'." Apparently he did, since "Angel" is on Top 10 and Top 20 charts across the i AVeili&efSw wfciknoyk - what he's' doing is Otha Young; Juice's songwriter, second guitar player and "old man." "He is the major clout behind Juice's career," said Mickey. "In the past, Otha was more the star of the pair," added Tom. "Now, Juice is in the limelight, and he's just the guitar player. But in the future, they'll reach a point where they will both be equally recognized." Young wrote the songs on Juice's early albums, including includ-ing a prophetic song about making it as a star, called "Just Remember Who Your Friends Are.'.' Her latest album, entitled "Juice" features other people's material, but , Tom believes . she can present her old songs again, now that she is an established star. "The last song on the latest album is Otha's," he added. "And it's the best on the album. It's called The Sweetest Thing, and it's a real tear-jerker." Juice was Virginia-born, but moved to California. Mickey James remembers playing the same nightspots she did, a small drinking spot called The Grog ,and Sirloin, thp &riiS-1 pretty wiell-knowrf bar in central California," he said. -"In the south San Francisco Bay area." - Los Gatos gave birth to a whole generation of musicians. musi-cians. One of the more famous acts, Mickey said, is the Doobie Brothers. These people followed similar directions. "We all " started out as singles, then formed groups," said Mickey. Juice became part of a group called Silver Spur, ' : " and Mickey and Kat teamed up eight years ago under the i.name Turtledust. " - They also followed the' ;i same path to Park City, and j now an entire colony of Los '""' Gatos guitar-pickers resides ' " ..here. Mickey and Kat settled down in Park City after they -first played here three years ago. - (Previously, they had a'-'; smash hit record in Canada ' called "Good Old Country Songs." But Mickey explains, ex-plains, "We had a taste of the big time and we didn't like it. ': Wesplit.") Mickey and Kat started ,! the Cowboy Bar "The kind V of place we'd always wanted to play") with general partners Bob Pinder and ! Walt Bishop. The 24 limited partners include familiar local face Cliff Osmond, TV producer Dale McRaven ("Mork and Mindy"), and, of course, Juice Newton. f . Stover said Juice and the : band like returning to Park ' City. "The word is getting ; out that here, people treat entertainers like regular folks, not like freaks in a sideshow," he added. , How long can a singer stay , at the top? "Depends on how much you drink," joked one ,., observer. It's hard .to. achieve success. (Mickey, as proof, cites a number of people Jesse Winchester, . Joe Cannon, Cow Jazz who have strong followings but haven't found stardom.) And it's even harder to hang on to . it. ' - ;. 'Juice hasjfeeen-readynfocjrj j itfalotime.aaidgk "Did you see her,oQnr,the. t 'Today Show'. Very serious, and professional." Juice is on a European tour at present, and Mickey expects her back at the Cowboy Bar in about six months. Get your seats early ! Wfiimepneg I w 1 . w . A red wine review During the past two weeks we have described and evaluated the wines of Mirassou Vineyards, located just outside San Jose, California. Emerging from a long history of wine production and experience, Mirassou chose to aggressively market premium wines in the late sixties after operating on a wholesale level for almost a century. The result has been a solidly-developed solidly-developed line of excellent wines, encompassing encompass-ing traditional favorites and unusual new strains. , 1.. ., . ., ; " '' .' With the history of Mirassou behind us (see -Winepress, March 7, 1981), and a broad review of their white wines complete (March 12),, we turn to their remarkable selection of red wines. Representing the best value, the " clear choice is a vintage Burgundy; Produced from a variety of grapes including Pinot Noir, Petite Sirah and some Merlot, this 1976 vintage' was bottled on" April 2, 1979. The label designates it as Unfiltered, a reference to a style of production where less automation is used and more "leas" (sediment) are left in ; the wine to settle out naturally . ' Normally a process called "racking" would eliminate this precipitate of the fermentation process. In addition, during the crushing, pips and stalks are left in the fermenting brew rather than being strained out by an earlier procedure. This produces an earthy, aromatic aroma-tic wine that has a woody taste. - The year 1976 was hot an especially good one for Mirassou as the drought produced some unusual conditions Nevertheless, the grapes used to blend this Burgundy were picked prior to the untimely rains, and this wine remains one, of the few reds bottled from that year. As the latter years produced better wine with longer cellarage possible, the 1976 Burgundy is ready for consumption today and should go only another year, or possibly two.; i Displaying a youthful fruitiness", the 177 GamayJJeaajolais, our second selection, is a flexible'winfe-suitedVell to-maiiy occasions." This particular Mirassou Gamay has a slight suggestion of mint in its big' heady aroma. Gamay Beaujolais is-one of a' few red wines that some drjnkers actually prefer chilled. It shows beauUf;Ul..ccoroand,is a popular summer wine 'hen served -on the rocks.; Developed partly" through grafting techniques performed on. Pnot .Noir grapes, the, Gamay Beaujolais,. Y;dos. np,t .age. (Wjell. This 1977.: vintage, bottjledoneb. 1U$79 and presently available in mostquor . stores, Should be i consumed today and not held in your cellar or closet. Similar in style to the Burgundy, but produced solely from Pinot Noir grapes (the grape of the great French Burgundies), the 1977. Monterey Pinot Noir should be a great . wine. This wine, grown nearly 90 miles from, the winery near Monterey, is also unfiltered and was bottled just over one year ago on March 11, 1980. Carol Fox of Mirassou described it to me as having a candy-like ;: nose, medium body and a pronounced, though not overbearing, earthiness. To the tastebuds, j the Pinot Noir displays a cherry-like t fruitiness combined with a touch of oak. It will be at least two more years before this is drinkable, and it could easily age 10 years before reaching its prime. A; pleasing year for Mirrassou's Petite Sirah was 1977. This vintage, bottled Oct. 10, 1979, should be one of the better 1977 red wines. Possessing a high acid content, it will need a considerable number of years to "mellow" out, with seven to 10 years of storage required prior to drinking. Charactered Charac-tered by a deep, ruby red color, the Petite Sirah exhibits a slight chocolatey aroma and a suggestion of ripe raspberries. While Americans are increasing their consumption of red wines such as Pinot Noir arid, Zinfandel, the Cabernet Sauvignon remains the premier California wine. Mirassou currently produces two Cabernets, onejrom the vineyards near Monterey and the other closer to home in Santa Clara. ' 'These two wines clearly state their appellation (location) on their labels. The Cabernet from Monterey generally contains more body, a deeper color and greater cellar life. The Santa Clara Cabernet Sauvignon was " produced from grapes picked from the .. twenty-one1 acres surrounding the winery. Bottled Oct. 22, 1979, this wine from the Home -Vineyard Lot number 1 is quite fruity an$ more delicate than the Monterey Cabernet. With a slightly lower acid content; it will be drinkable today and for the next five years. In each case, 1977 was an excellent year for this grape and the time to stock up is right now ;Having tasted both the reds reviewed this : week and the whites last week at the winery, I caa recommend them with no eservation$.f Exhibiting high quality, ea?h, carries a ;,reasonanie price ana , wm . serve , welt ag-v 'inn-tei in wines to stock your cellar with 1 1 . |