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TEQUILA (Verve) is the title song but not the flavor of the album. Though Wes Montgomery, the fine self-taught guitarist, can hold his own with the driving, jabbing jazzmen of today, for the moment he turns relaxed and romantic. In such songs as Little Child (Daddy Dear) and Midnight Mood his big warm tone holds a strong melodic line that is echoed by a dozen violins and cellos, almost like a Roger Williams showpiece...
...sake of Star Dean Martin. The big draw is a hirsute trio called Dino, Desi and Billy. Only a couple of years ago, big Dino's 14-year-old son and namesake got together with Drummer Desiderio Arnaz IV, Desi's 13-year-old son, and Guitarist Billy Hinsche, 14-year-old son of a retired Beverly Hills real estate man. Now the boys have a 350,000-record hit (I'm a Fool) and archly refuse to appear anywhere the cops can't guarantee protection from their fans. "I think we would have made...
...enough to make the most seasoned performers pack up their axes, but the Handymen-Guitarist Gerry Hahn, Violinist Mike White, Drummer Terry Clarke and Bassist Don Thompson-rallied with some surprises of their own. Turning to Handy's Scheme No. I, they erupted in a dreamy and delirious atonal free-for-all, creating a great whirl of sound, like a radio with the dial spinning at peak volume. Handy, looking like a Chinese Pope in his foot-high brocade hat, sketched high looping solos that trembled and fluttered. When it was over, the sellout crowd of 7,000 turned...
...strength of Franklin Roosevelt's landslide win over Republican Alf Landon. A few days after winning re-election in 1938, Sam met blonde, attractive Betty Hensel in a post office, married her within two weeks. (They have one son, William, 20, a U.C.L.A. student and lead guitarist in a shaggy-haired group called the Ryot.) The following year, after twelve years of off-and-on study, he finally became a lawyer...
Burning Sincerity. Whatever the theme or style, the essence of the blues is a quality of burning sincerity called "soul." "Soul is something that you feel within yourself and you gotta give to the people," explains Singer-Guitarist Magic Sam. "It's hardship, what you've been through. I love it even though it makes me sad, because that's what I am." Adds retired Harmonica Player Shaky Jake: "Blues are the true story, the truest music I ever heard in my life...