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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unlike many of the lead guitar megastars who came out of the San Francisco rock scene in the late sixties, Carlos Santana has taken very good care of himself--both professionally and physically. His music has continued to provide surprises, innovatively synthesizing the many influences that have poured into his creative mind during the course of his years in the business. And Festival provides the most resounding affirmation of this steady metamorphosizing to date, demonstrating Santana's singular knack for not falling into a neat category...
...guitar is God's own instrument, John Major will be giving a recital of works for solo guitar, including premieres of "Improbable Rose" by Tison Street and "Iverson Songs" by Tim Mukherjee in Sanders Theatre. The surroundings will be grand but the Almighty might not be able to attend. However, the performance, starting at 8:30 should be worthwhile anyway...
...institution downriver, and Kresge runs a chain of five-and-dime stores. If you don't know who Pete Seeger is, you should not read this column unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. Suffice it to say you'll hear moving songs on banjo and guitar, played by one of the original contemporary folkies...
...knew they grew anything but Coca-Cola bushes and presidential timber until I heard the song) can catch James Talley, Bob McCarthy and Beverly Rush this weekend at Passim. Shows tonight through Saturday at 8:30 and 10:30 pm. Admission is $3.50. Next week: Jaime Brockett plays folk guitar and Lew London, the "eastern king of western swing," holds court; same days, same time, same place, same admission. In fact, Talley and Brockett are the same person, which explains why they are never seen together...
...tune emerges, though, as Iggy's musical and emotional salvation. The love song, "China Girl," shows off the richness and flexibility he can achieve. A tinny xylophone riff wraps around the lead guitar in beautiful counterpoint, and the use of electronic media is sensitive and restrained. Carefully punctuated, many-layered, "China Girl" unfolds to a solo guitar fadeout which mimics the beginning theme, in the most cohesive track on the album. As the China Girl soothes him at the end of the song, I began to wonder if she had the secret that Iggy, in the dum dum daze...