GIRL PROWESS WOMEN ARTISTS SCORE ONE ON A HEARTBREAKING DISEASE.Byline: Sandra Barrera Staff Writer Cameras were rolling when Pat Benatar Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on January 10, 1953) is an influential four-time Grammy Award-winning American rock singer with many million and multi-million selling records worldwide. jumped with fury into her '80s hit ``Heartbreaker'' on stage at the Wiltern Theatre The Wiltern Theatre and adjacent 12-story Pellissier Building are an Art Deco landmark located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The entire complex is commonly referred to as simply the Wiltern. , surrounded by a handful of today's most recognized female talents. The performers were part of the ``Women Rock! Girls & Guitars'' breast cancer awareness concert, airing at 9 tonight on the Lifetime television network. Included in the all-star lineup was Mary J. Blige, Beth Nielsen Chapman Beth Nielsen Chapman (born on 14 September 1956 in Harlington, Texas, U.S.) is an American singer-songwriter, mostly known for her numerous hits recorded by Country music & Pop performers. , Sheryl Crow, Nelly Furtado  This page is currently protected from editing until disputes have been resolved. , Emmylou
Harris Emmylou Harris (b. April 2, 1947, Birmingham, Alabama) is a country, folk and alternative rock musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and , Shea Seger and the Dixie Chicks.
Natalie Maines, lead vocalist for the Dixie Chicks, offered up her own one-two punch alongside Benatar for ``Heartbreaker heart·break·er n. 1. One that causes sorrow, grief, or disappointment: "one young and chaste, the other a dissolute heartbreaker of 48; one prim, the other passionate" .'' They were joined by Crow and blues-rock newcomer Seger on vocals, along with Chicks Martie Seidel sei·del n. A beer mug. [German, from Middle High German s  del, from Latin situla, bucket.]Noun 1. and Emily Erwin on guitar and fiddle. It was like the '80s all over again. Everybody in the theater was on their feet, singing ``you're a heartbreaker, dream maker, love taker tak·er n. One that takes or takes up something, such as a wager or purchase: There were no takers on the bets. taker Noun , don't you mess around with me'' as Benatar extended her mike to the crowd. ``As we just witnessed on stage,'' said actress Sharon Lawrence following the ensemble's rousing performance, ``when (women) work together, we can do remarkable things.'' Though straight from the TelePrompter, Lawrence's words described the aim of the concert special. ``Women Rock! Girls & Guitars'' is part of the ongoing public awareness campaign ``Our Lifetime Commitment: Stop Breast Cancer for Life,'' the proceeds of which benefit the National Breast Cancer Coalition The National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) is a grassroots membership organization, comprised of hundreds of member organizations and tens of thousands of individuals dedicated to ending breast cancer through action and advocacy. and the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations. For Chapman, a singer-songwriter best-known for penning Faith Hill's hit ``This Kiss,'' the concert hit home. She had watched the program last fall ``while my hair was falling out'' from the radiation therapy she received for breast cancer, she told the audience. Now, sitting at an electric piano on stage, Chapman looked like a young Suzanne Vega. Her hair was short and dark, and cropped high at the bangs. Her face was pale, but she appeared healthy. Chapman played the song ``There's a Light,'' an inspirational composition she penned for her next album and that brought her encouragement during her recent cancer battle. A heavenly host of vocalists - Seger, Crow, Harris, Benatar - joined Chapman for the song twice. But as with any taped show, blunders were inevitable. The Dixie Chicks performed the bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. hit ``Sin Wagon'' twice because the instruments drowned out Maines' voice on the first run. Harris was stopped seconds into her folky folk·y n. & adj. Variant of folkie. ``Michelangelo'' for a proper introduction by ``The Practice's'' Camryn Manheim. ``You know what? This television thing, I just never figured it out,'' Harris said as she waited for Manheim to read her lines again and again and again. ``And I do understand television,'' Manheim said. During a run through an ensemble version of the Eagles' ``Take It to the Limit,'' Crow suggested they do it again. And so they did. Ten women and some guitars. ``WOMEN ROCK! GIRLS & GUITARS'' What: A concert to champion the fight against breast cancer. The stars: Pat Benatar, Mary J. Blige, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Dixie Chicks, Sheryl Crow, Nelly Furtado, Emmylou Harris and Shea Seger. Where: Lifetime Television Network. When: 9 tonight. Our rating: Four stars CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) Emmylou Harris, left, joins the Dixie Chicks (Natalie Maines, Martie Seidel, and Emily Robison) at the Wiltern Theatre for ``Women Rock! Girls & Guitars'' breast cancer awareness concert. (2) Shea Seger performs at the Oct. 18 benefit for women's issues. (3) Sheryl Crow, left, and Pat Benatar sing a duet at the ``Women Rock!'' concert, was taped for the Lifetime network. (4) Nelly Furtado sings her hit single, ``I'm Like a Bird,'' at the Wiltern Center. |
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