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...Higgins, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney who worked mainly on organized crime, the film is notable for the same clear, crisp dialogue found in the book--it led Norman Mailer to write, "What I can't get over is that so good a first novel was written by the fuzz." Robert Mitchum plays aging small-time gangster Eddie "Fingers" Coyle...
...leaving Hawkins to keep the band in place with fundamental bass drum and snare work. The rhythm section is pure and simple; the emphasis is on drive and pace, rather than distinction in style or riff. Winwood provides the power, emphasizing the drive with fuzz rhythm guitar, mixed way up--rhythm guitar and congas are the two most prominent sounds on the song. That fuzz guitar adds an edge, a notion of raunch that buries every other aspect of the tune...
...venerable ascetic in flowing white beard and robes, the latest star from the East to hit the guru circuit is a plump, cherubic 14-year-old, lightly mustachioed with peach fuzz, his neatly trimmed black hair slicked back. He dines on vegetables-liberally supplemented by mounds of Baskin-Robbins ice cream. He does not practice yoga or formal meditation (having surpassed, he says, the need for it), but he has a passion for squirt guns and triple Creature Features horror movies...
...trapped wanderer song, this shares with "Witchy Woman" many of the same desert images, as well as the same sense of attack on the part of the lead guitarist, either Glenn Frey or Bernie Leadon. The slow single note solo is again reminiscent of Springfield, as well as the fuzz toned chord progression. The Indian music feel of both songs is somewhat exploitative...
...consistent use of fuzz second, and often third guitar betrays the influences of Moby Grape. Chug All Night" exhibits Eagles best use of guitars. The fuzz guitar was a Grape trademark, and the use of three guitars on the break solidifies the connection. (The use of rhythm guitars for percussive or rhythmic uses, rather than to achieve the effect of horns, is a purely West Coast rock phenomenon. Part of the Grape's appeal was their tendency to fill the sound with guitars.) The album's only real rocker, its strength is in the basic progression...