Word: chet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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ABOUT A MONTH AGO Chet Flippo wrote in Rolling Stone that since Waylon Jennings was a recluse up in the hills and Willie Nelson had moved to California, the only thing that was left in Austin was the best of the country swing bands. Then he dumped some more on Waylon and Willie. So imagine my surprise when the Waylon and Willie album came out a couple weeks after that with effusive liner notes by--you guessed it, Chet Flippo--some of which bear quoting: "I humbly submit that the world needs a lot more Willie and Waylon right...
...best example of this journalistic onamism is appropriately enough, the opening feature article, a paean to the glories of Rolling Stone bearing the byline of--to use Wenner's own words--"critic emeritus" Chet Flippo. The title of the piece sets the tone for the rest of the article, (not to mention the issue), "A Style is Born: The Rock & Roll Way of Knowledge." Flippo's article begins by tracing the author's infatuation with his employer back to his days on a U.S. Navy destroyer when he read the first issue of the magazine, which featured an interview...
...Restic and his three subalterns, assistant coaches Chet O'Neill, George Clemens and Bob Horan, are all neighbors in Milford. Right now they probably wish they were all still neighbors in Hamilton, N.Y., so they could have spent Sunday morning playing a foursome at Colgate's Seven Oaks Golf Club instead of huddling to rewitness Saturday's 38-21 loss to Colgate on the game films...
...correct translation of chai on Rod Carew's chain is "life" and not, as you stated, "health." The word is made up of the Hebrew letters chet and yud, which together form the word chai- life. But then again, if one has health, one has life...
CHESTER & LESTER (RCA). A pair of good ole boys click in a cheerful studio jam as Les Paul's familiar slipping, sliding notes trace a delicate web around Chet Atkin's crisp licks...