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...gotta like them just for their attitude of easy rollin' good country fun. Not that they're antiseptic, God knows, just cleaner than most. Though I admire them for that alone. Besides. Anne's never been wrong about a group yet. She and her friends practically made Elton John...
...rock music that he established with Every Picture Tells a Story. The idea of Stewart as the eternally travelling vagabond can be traced as far back as "Man of Constant Sorrow," from his first solo album. But it is with Gasoline Alley's title song and his reworking of Elton John's "Country Comforts" that Stewart became seriously concerned with a partially autobiographical view of himself as vagabond. Since then he has rearranged his priorities in recording, and his albums, an equal measure of originals and exhumed classics like "Cut Across Shorty," have settled into that fairly predictable blend...
...East for the band. Their stage show highlights their broad talents. Kenny Loggins opens with a short acoustic set. He sang "Danny's Song," and "House at Pooh Corner," the sum total of his previous reputation, to a still-entering crowd. Loggins' voice is equal parts country twang and Elton John, and his performance of these songs was simple, as befit their accompaniment...
...before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Dr. Jesse L. Steinfeld asked for "appropriate and immediate action" to diminish violence on television because of its possible effects on children. While Steinfeld's appeal did not constitute an official threat, touchy network heads were quick to react. Said ABC President Elton Rule: "Even greater emphasis is being placed on presenting children's programs which resolve conflict situations through wit, charm, intelligence and imagination." NBC President Julian Goodman added: "The real question for us is not to condemn all action and conflict because it can be called violent, but to present...
...less lyrical. On his album he has opted for ballads instead of folk music that is geared to some prevailing national spirit. It is not entirely fair to compare Mary with the others since she does not write any of her own material. In recording songs by Elton John or by Rod McKuen. Mary has also been attracted to popular music, away from the folk sound of earlier years...