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...usual, most of the songs are by McCartney and Lennon. Yet it is George Harrison's Something, on which he solos as singer and guitarist, that is already getting the biggest play on U.S. radio stations. Beatle-watchers believe that Something is something of a milestone for George. Lately he has spent a lot of time communing with Bob Dylan -at the Isle of Wight, where Dylan performed last month (TIME, Sept. 12), as well as at Dylan's home in Woodstock, N.Y. This has helped him achieve a new confidence in his own musical personality. His three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Records: The Beatles: Cheerful Coherence | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

...guitarist was blessed with the good Scottish name of MacLeod. This drew admiration from everyone, as did MacLeod's two and a half year old daughter who was the common care and joy of the household...

Author: By Photographs STEVEN W. bussard, | Title: A Visit With Donovan on the Isle of Skye | 9/27/1969 | See Source »

...amplifiers surrounded a set of drums at one end of the classroom. Stacks of cardboard eggcrates, to be used to improve the acoustics, sat on top of some boxes off to the other end. Built next to the classroom were the kitchen and bedrooms for Donovon, his drummer, guitarist, and other friends...

Author: By Photographs STEVEN W. bussard, | Title: A Visit With Donovan on the Isle of Skye | 9/27/1969 | See Source »

During the week, the guitarist, the drummer and Donovan practice in the classroom. Now Donovan was getting ready for his September tour through the United States. He was trving to get together an electric sound to add to his acoustical one, though he was not quite sure how it would work out. He had set up the band so that he could work more intensively on his sound than was possible with studio musicians. The band had been rehearsing only two days, yet the small group worked well together...

Author: By Photographs STEVEN W. bussard, | Title: A Visit With Donovan on the Isle of Skye | 9/27/1969 | See Source »

...course, are not the only euphemizers. Almost any way of earning a salary above the level of ditchdigging is known as a profession rather than a job. Janitors for several years have been elevated by image-conscious unions to the status of "custodians"; nowadays, a teen-age rock guitarist with three chords to his credit can class himself with Horowitz as a "recording artist." Cadillac dealers refer to autos as "preowned" rather than "secondhand." Government researchers concerned with old people call them "senior citizens." Ads for bank credit cards and department stores refer to "convenient terms"-meaning 18% annual interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE EUPHEMISM: TELLING IT LIKE IT ISN'T | 9/19/1969 | See Source »

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