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Word: guitar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Complementing the eerie lyrics, the feline guitar purrs in the background; this perfect integration of music and vocals makes Fleetwood Mac exceptional...

Author: By Hilary B. Klein, | Title: Your Money or Your Wife | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

...hand in the divorce proceedings, Christine McVie counters past traumas with an overriding hope for the future. Harmonizing with Buckingham on "Don't Stop," her crystalline voice insists, "Yesterday's gone; don't stop thinking about tomorrow." Buckingham's "surf's up" Los Angeles enthusiasm, along with a crisp guitar solo, steams the song to a tempestuous finale. But he spins a still more intricate pattern in "Go Your Own Way," as he weaves his voice with McVie's and Nicks' in rounds. Both the percussion and guitar begin softly, bowing to the lyrics, but a soaring acidic guitar eventually...

Author: By Hilary B. Klein, | Title: Your Money or Your Wife | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

Others who will be there are Brother Blue, famous storyteller and regaler of children, adults and subway riders; Carlos Larzarte, a folksong singer from Argentina; and Pete Smith, who plays the guitar and dulcimer and recorded an album with an assist from Harvard's own Dave Heilbroner...

Author: By Tony Strike, | Title: Bringin' Em In Off The Street | 3/17/1977 | See Source »

However there is more to ARS than just good vibrations. Their melodies tend to the simple, with instrumental arrangements spinning out the songs, overlaying a fairly repetitive tune with enough fancy solo guitar picking or harmonies to keep you interested...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Loud, Hot 'Lanta Honky-Tonk | 3/10/1977 | See Source »

Georgia Rhythm may be the kind of music they're heading towards. It's the most musically complex cut on the album, opening slowly, with echoes of Jimmy Buffett, building up to a tightly controlled yet steady rhythm. The twang and slide and repeated chords of guitar coming together to make it the most memorable track on R & R Alternative. Perhaps because it's the most seemingly sincere, listen to these lyrics; they sound autobiographical...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Loud, Hot 'Lanta Honky-Tonk | 3/10/1977 | See Source »

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