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In the first half, a performance from the archives from guitarist Marty Grosz. In the second, rock critic Ed Ward on the early days of Sam Phillips, the legendary founder of Sun Records, and discoverer of Elvis Presley.

British Beer maven MICHAEL JACKSON (not THAT Michael Jackson). As a leading expert on beer, he's traveled the planet and northern California to sample and rate the wide range of beer-brewing. JACKSON is also a historian of the drink, offering perspectives on the popularity of local microbreweries and the appeal of home-brewing. His books include "Pocket Guide to Beer -The Connoisseur's companion to over 1000 Beers of the World-" (Simon & Schuster) and "Michael Jackson's Beer Companion" (Running

Rock musician NEIL YOUNG. In 66' he joined L.A. rock band Buffalo Springfield; they split up 3 albums later due to inter-band fighting and their lack of commercial success. YOUNG then meandered from band to band, including "Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young," while doing a lot of solo work as well. He's been called the "Godfather of Grunge," and "The king of punk." His lastest album is "Harvest Moon," intended to be a sequel to his 1972 album "Harvest." (Time Warner) (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 11

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "On Deadly Ground," the new Steven Seagal film.

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Biologist EDWARD O. WILSON has been called "The Ant Man" by "The New York Times Magazine." He has spent most of his life studying ants and other insects, and has written a number of books on the subject. He co-authored the critically-acclaimed "The Ants," with Bert Holldobler. The pair have just published a sequel to that work, "Journey to the Ants" (The Belkap Press of Harvard University Press), and WILSON has written a memoir, "Naturalist" (Island Press), that chronicles his love of ants.

2: Gospel singer MARION WILLIAMS. She died on Saturday at the age of 66. Her trademark, a long-lasting high A-flat "whooo," has been adopted by most gospel singers and soul singers like Little Richard and Aretha Franklin. A pioneer of gospel music, she started singing with the Clara Ward Singers, the first gospel group to perform outside the church. A self- proclaimed "Holy Roller", in 1993 WILLIAMS received the MacArthur Foundation grant and the Kennedy Center Honars Award in Washington for her lifetime achievement in the arts. She recorded ten albums, and her music was used in the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes," which was dedicated to her, and in the film "Mississippi Masala." Her last album was "Can't Keep It To Myself" (Sanachie). (REBROADCAST FROM 12

From 1953 until 1989 HELEN SUZMAN served as an Opposition Member of the South African Parliament. SUZMAN was a pioneering political leader in the fight against apartied and anti-semitism. For thirteen years she was the sole representative in the Parliament to reject race discrimination. In her book, "In No Certain Terms: A South African Memoir" (Knopf), she explains how she used her status to gain access to places out of bounds to the general public--prisons, black townships and "resettlement areas"--and how she came to know Nelson Mandella and other political prisoners.

Comedienne and superstar ROSEANNE ARNOLD. Her show "Roseanne" debuted in 1988 and has consistently been a top TV series. She has often made news--she forced out the show's executive producer in a dramatic confrontation, she went public with accusations of incest, she performed a controversial rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" at a baseball game. In 1989, she published her first book, "Roseanne: My Life as a Woman" which became a best seller. Now she has written "My Lives" (Ballantine Books). In this latest memoir, ROSEANNE discourses on her life since "Roseanne" became a hit. She also writes about her past, her troubles with drugs, with her body image and with the press.

Authority on complementary cancer treatments MICHAEL LERNER. His book is called "Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer" (The MIT Press). LERNER believes that cancer patients are wise to use "whatever combination of conventional and complementary cancer therapies that makes sense to them." So he wrote this book to provide "credible maps and training in reading these maps" to patients "actually trying to traverse the forbidding landscape of cancer diagnosis and treatment." LERNER won a MacArthur Prize Fellowship for his work in public health in 1983. The research institute he founded, called The Commonweal Cancer Help Program, was recently featured on Bill Moyers' PBS series "Healing and the Mind.