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...spun through these revelations, Foreman was crawling in and out of his truck, opening and closing gates, feeding animals, trying to convince a colt that if he did not wean himself soon his mother would waste away, pausing to brag about his bass pond, saying he would never shoot deer because he is awed by them--his word, awe--and gently pulling back the branches of budding forsythia to clear the trail for a companion, who felt small...
DIED. George London, 64, commanding bass-baritone with a rich, dark-hued voice and the dramatic presence to convey the menace of Scarpia in La Tosca, the majesty of Wotan in The Ring and the elegance of Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro; after a long illness; in Armonk, N.Y. He found success quickly, with critically praised debuts at Europe's leading opera houses and New York City's Metropolitan. In 1960 he became the first American to sing Boris Godunov at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater. In 1967 a paralyzed vocal cord cut short his career; he turned...
Salvador G. Rotella '88, bass player for Wired for Sound, said, "I really enjoy playing, but I have the most fun performing. It seems like a reward for practicing--it makes me sit down and go through the tedious parts, like in proving my music theory...
...performing, it's the music itself that's important. When I play, there's no stage show; I don't really care what I look like," said bass player Ted H. Schwartz '87, who is in the process of regrouping his band, Robespierre...
Miles C. Coolidge '86, currently bass player for The Stickmen, said that for him, music is a hobby. "I'm an addicted record collector, so this is a logical extension of that. It's about time for me to get on the other side of the needle," he said, adding that he loves "the whole idea of being in a rock band after listening for so long...