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David Bromberg. Bromberg is steadily growing from underground sensation to popular legend, spreading his humor, distinctive vocal style, and impeccable guitar wizardry from coast to coast. Bromberg used to play back-up for Jerry Jeff Walker and just about outdoes his former boss on Walker's biggest song, "Mr. Bojangles...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: Rock and Folk | 2/14/1974 | See Source »

Never in the history of American rock has a tour aroused so much public interest. Within hours after mailorder tickets were put on sale, more than 5,000,000 letters, each requesting an average of three tickets, inundated post offices along the tour route. One trade paper calculated that 7.5...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dylan: Once Again, It's Alright Ma | 1/21/1974 | See Source »

Hall said he hoped students would not abuse the back-up service. "It's not a taxi-cab service for a guy going to get a pizza," he said.

Author: By Richard W. Edelman, | Title: Bok Committee Offers Students Car, Whistles to Deter Crime | 1/18/1974 | See Source »

Brian Hehir, the back-up offensive center was named captain yesterday of the 1974 Harvard football team. The 19-year-old junior is the first second stringer named to the post since Justin Hughes captained the 1966 squad.

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Hehir Picked as '74 Football Captain | 11/27/1973 | See Source »

...No Back-Up. Scrappily and sometimes humorously defending himself, Nixon said that many of the improprieties in his 1972 campaign occurred because "I was frankly too busy trying to do the nation's business to run politics." He still felt that his departed aides John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CRISIS: Nixon Presses His Counterattack | 11/26/1973 | See Source »

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