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...exposure worked; it brought the Beatles radio celebrity first, recording stardom later. They made their BBC debut on March 7, 1962, three months before their first EMI studio gig and seven months before their first single was released. Nor did they desert the radio after Beatlemania became a benign worldwide epidemic. They continued to work hard and play hard on the BBC, recording 18 songs in one throat-strepping, fingernail-rending session. Up to June 1965, they appeared on 52 BBC broadcasts and played 88 different songs -- some their own compositions, but most the band's diligent imitations of American...
Media-bashing jurist bashed back for his five-part gig on TV news...
Forever Plaid. Indefinite run. In Stuart Ross's tribute to the "guy groups" of the '50s and '60s, the Plaids, a semi-pro harmony group killed on the eve of their first big-time gig, have come back form the dead to croon their tunes. Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 64 Arlington St., Boston. Call 357-8384 for more information...
...somehow getting it," she says. "But the idea of playing the game of being 'hot' is offensive to me." The fact is, Raitt loves the road; hot or cold, she'll be happy as long as she's working. "When the lights go down, it is the same gig as 15 years ago. I have the coolest job of anyone I know." On the new album that joy comes through in its most splendid form in You, a moving declaration of love. In Raitt's poignant voice you can hear the ache of angels as they gaze down...
...could do no better than to click on the James Williams Sextet's performance last Friday night. All the elements that constitute a great jazz concert were there: three generations of excellent horn players, a tight, driving rhythm section, good choice of materia, and a talented and charismatic gig leader to shine before a responsive crowd. The performance at Scullers Jazz Club at the Guest Quarter's Suite Hotel was a solid, fulfilling set of mainstream jazz...