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...once, the guest speaker was no glad-handing, suited D.C. operative: it was Stephen Stills, the folk-rock icon of the 1960s and 70s. He delayed taking out his guitar in order to first sing the praises of Sen. John F. Kerry—and proved that music and political idealism are still perfect bedmates...
...while listeners may whistle the tune from “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” the smash single Stills penned, they don’t realize that they’re singing the catch phrases of radical politics. Take another listen: after seven-odd minutes of folky guitar licks, pitch-perfect harmonies and snatches of soul-baring poetry, Stills starts crooning something in Spanish about Cuba...
...took Stills a while to warm to the students gathered in the Kirkland JCR, but by the end of the question-and-answer session—when, he said afterwards, he felt he and the audience “knew each other”—the aging guitar star brought out his acoustic to play two impromptu tunes, stretching his dulled but still bright voice to hit the high notes, entirely solo. If his lively talk had left any doubt about the power Stills has to inspire a crowd, his music quickly dashed it with the first finger...
...think you’d better listen to it pretty carefully, ’cause it’s important”), and is known to have played bass with prep-school surf band The Electras. Last year, the Washington Post reported that Kerry was taking classical guitar lessons and slipping in a bit of those same Beatles (“Yesterday,” from a time right before the decidedly-Commie Rubber Soul but not so long after the proud capitalism of With the Beatles). Has Stills, keystone of many a supergroup, ever considered setting up a mean...
...opened two stores this winter that have circular layouts. Each store has a central cafe with European-style markets on the perimeter showcasing, for example, artisanal cheeses in one room and baby food and supplies in another. And sticking with the old retail-is-detail adage, Marsh pipes mellow guitar instrumentals not only into the stores but also into the parking lots and faux-stone bathrooms...