Word: accordioned
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...huge white curtain covered from top to bottom with gibberish: TO KNOW TO KNOW TO LOVE HER SO. FOUR SAINTS PREPARE FOR SAINTS. A drummer fires off a stand-up-and-salute roll. Then the orchestra lurches into an off-center waltz (complete with a wheezing accordion on the oom-pahs), and a chorus starts to sing the words painted on the curtain, which flies open to reveal a dozen dancers in Spanish costumes prancing merrily in front of a backdrop that is an explosion of magenta and yellow. Hold on to your ticket stub: Mark Morris' joyous dance version...
Throughout the show, the band's playing was in top form. Linnell, unlike at the IOP performance, hit his signature high notes dead on, and his prowess at the keyboard and accordion shone all night long. Flansburgh delivered as usual with lots of wacky energy on guitar and vocals, while Weinkauf took center stage on songs such as the mischievous and foreboding "Older...
...offers a maverick interpretation of country music that pushes the genre to evolve beyond its established heritage. Particularly notable is "The Sad Side of Town," co-written with Bakersfield hit-maker Buck Owens with whom Yoakam sang on his 1988 No. 1 hit, "Streets of Bakersfield." And the momentous accordion passage of "Alright, I'm Wrong" sweetly complements Yoakam's sinuous croon. B -Yan Fang...
DIED. FRANK ("PEE WEE") KING, 86, country musician who co-wrote Tennessee Waltz, which became the state song in 1965; in Louisville. The accordion player, who appeared in several Gene Autry movies with his band, the Golden West Cowboys, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame...
DIED. ED CLARK, 88, LIFE photographer and candid chronicler of such Presidents as Truman and Kennedy; in Sarasota, Fla. He is best remembered for a 1945 picture of a grief-stricken bandsman playing an accordion at a train station following the death of Franklin Roosevelt...