Word: followings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ahead, playing exclusively our own music, and I read, as I stood there holding this green vegetable psychotic album in my hands, "Top-40 isn't where it's at, any more." The Ultimate Spinach had arrived. I had a strange premonition that I was doomed to follow in Ian-Bruce Douglas' footsteps, although I hated his music. The Boston Sound was beginning to strangle its young. We were going to have to pay for the sins of the Ultimate Spinach, I knew it in my bones...
...music serves as punctuation. It is not delicate. John Entwhistle plays the bass. Entwhistle is a very placid performer. He stands in one place on stage and just plays. But the patterns of backup he provides are not predictable. So often in rock the various instruments come to follow patterns which are predictable after you listen to a lot of music. But the Who's music can't be followed so easily. They have taken the forms of rock and played it onto a new level. They are unique. Roger Daltrey sings and plays French horn occasionally. Nicky Hopkins plays...
...Shoes. For Bowen, the key to streamlining performers like Martin and Sinatra is to "change the sound around them, not change their sound." Equally crucial is Bowen's knack for spotting catchy material. "I'm not setting any trends, and I'm sure not trying to follow any," he says. "I look for songs that are simple enough to be hummable after you hear them one time...
...drink before playing each hole, and limousines are provided so that nobody has to drive home. Last year, what with the grand prize of a Datsun convertible and all, the tab ran to $10,000. All things considered, old Jimmy has turned out to have a pretty good follow-up act after...
Back from the wars, Gianni chose to follow some of his grandfather's advice: "Have a fling for a few years to get it out of your system...