Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, September 3, 1993 TAG: 9309030113
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 9 EDITION: METRO
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"What gets so surreal to me is that I figured this was going to peak some time ago," Buffett, 48, told The Boston Globe. "I thought everybody would start going to somebody else's shows. But it hasn't happened."
The Southern troubadour is trying to write new songs and record them at Compass Point in the Bahamas this winter.
Come Sept. 13, fans of NBC's "Late Night" may still be wondering, "Who is this guy?" But at least they'll probably recognize Conan O'Brien's guests.
O'Brien, a virtual unknown when he was tapped to replace David Letterman, will have "Roseanne" co-star John Goodman and actress Drew Barrymore as guests on his first show.
The lineup for the rest of that week, announced Wednesday by NBC:
Tuesday, Sept. 14: Musical group Radiohead.
Wednesday, Sept. 15: Mary Matalin, former campaign aide to President Bush.
Thursday, Sept. 16: Actress Mercedes Ruehl.
Friday, Sept. 17: Actor Dylan McDermott and singer Jonathan Richman.
A woman who claimed she developed multiple sclerosis after being knocked over by some chairs at a Kenny Rogers concert near Cleveland won a $900,000 judgment against the singer's production company.
Security guards were escorting Rogers on stage in suburban Highland Heights in 1989 when 35-year-old Kathy Hendricks of Amherst, Ohio, was injured.
She landed on her back and head, and the trauma triggered the onset of multiple sclerosis, her lawyers said.
by CNB