Word: ain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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FIRST MEETIN': LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS (World-Pacific). An almost too intimate conversation between four masters of the grassroots, deep-ground blues: Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry. The tunes are marvelous-Ain't Nothin' Like Whisky, Penitentiary Blues, How Long Have It Been Since You've Been Home?-and the maestri preach to one another in song, shouts and helpless laughter...
...AIN'T THAT GOOD NEWS: SAM COOKE (RCA-Victor). A rich and diverse collection of songs and styles by one of the best jazz and pop singers around. Cooke is as strongly rhythmic and rocking on Good Times and Meet Me at Mary's Place as he is quietly swinging on the likes of A Change Is Gonna Come and Home...
Ignoramus, there you are, Sitting in your hopped-up car, And your brains ain't up to par, And your ears stick...
...night of poker, a pungent wisecrack. Jack Kennedy made him a frequent target for teasing, and Pierre never seemed to mind it: "Plucky Pierre," they called him. When he refused to keep a pledge to hike 50 miles, Pierre explained: "I may be plucky, but I ain't stupid...
...with their grapefruit-league schedule well under way, the hustling Yankees had four wins in eight games, were showing only flashes of midseason form. Manager Berra was copping his first plea. "Just in case we lose a few and you guys want to know why," he grumped, "we ain't playing to win down here...