Word: guitar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Walsh's own songs are mostly quiet folk music accompanied by guitar and, occasionally, piano. His lyrics tell of love stories, country scenes and fantasies. When he first tried to do his own songs at the Last Chance, he met with resistance. "We were drawing the wrong type of clientele. People would walk in and say. "What is this? Bring back Elton John!" But slowly, he built an audience, and the club's attendance climbed...
...Geoghegan brothers have played guitar in the Cambridge area for years, usually around MIT. They will be doing works of their own composition and of Sor, Saturday afternoon at Dunster...
...Browne is slick. He is tall and lean, his hair falls perfectly parted, he sports just a taste of hillbilly in his voice. Friday night Browne did a 40-minute set of his own songs. Plagued by technical difficulties--the worst of them an amp which turned his acoustic guitar into a tinny electric--and uneasy over his place on the bill, Browne seemed uncomfortable on stage and unsatisfied with his band's performance...
Mayman calls herself "a great extracurricular person" who has never made a commitment to any particular interest. Many of her interests are musical--she studied piano for 12 years, has taken guitar lessons since 9th grade, and plays the lute. When she studied in Germany she and a banjo player put together a series of concerts and lectures on American folk music. While working at Tanglewood for the BSO she frequented the shop of a violin maker because she enjoyed its atmosphere of glue pots and violin parts. However Mayman does not own one of the musical appliances which most...
...WATSON AND SON. There's no better flatpicker in the country than Doc Watson, and his son Merle becomes better on guitar and banjo all the time. The Watsons' past Sanders Theatre performances have been sell-out, standing ovation-type triumphs. Given their skill and the range of their material--bluegrass, blues, traditional folk, and popular folk--this concert is likely to remain true to their tradition...