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...record. He imitates Cream lead singer Jack Bruce several times and in one of the oddest numbers, "Things Going On," he double-tracks his vocals and ends up sounding like Woody Guthrie and Johnny Cash singing a duet. But again, one can hear the roots of the whiskey-voiced gusto that made songs like "Sweet Home Alabama" worthwhile rock and roll...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Skynyrd's Last Stand | 9/19/1978 | See Source »

...veneer of London society and shows that the underlying motivations of all these "noble" people are sex and greed, made vulga by the artificial gentility which tries to hide them from view. What makes the country wife so refreshing is her total lack of artifice and her good-hearted gusto for sex and fun. Yet she too is a fool, just as Pinchwife and Sir Fidget are fools, just as the Ladies Fidget and Squeamish are hypocrites. There is no one at all who is admirable in the play, unless it be Alithea, but she is no innocent herself, deftly...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: The Joy of Cuckoldry | 8/11/1978 | See Source »

With the actresses he has at his disposal, Williams does not have to send in the Marines. Like a magnifying glass, Knight can turn a role into a pinpoint of fire. With glares, hand signals and gusto, Miner kneads her part like the earthy dough of life, and if there is such a thing as cancer of the temperament, Moore displays a terminal case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Women Alone | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

...agreed to match the amount raised by a Paducah civil council for constructing a golf course, and the new layout was accordingly named in his honor. Paxton's mother's family also settled early in the Bluegrass state, although, they did not take to golf with quite as much gusto. His mother's ancestors crossed the Cumberland Gap in a covered wagon and settled in Cadiz, Kentucky, which is pronounced...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Man From Paducah | 5/16/1978 | See Source »

When we talk about fun and gusto, we mean to talk about baseball. Tomorrow at 3 p.m. the Crimson will be facing an armada of shipheads from Navy. After they withstand that barge the batmen are going to face against Princeton Saturday. The Tigers are in here in a big way--like twins. The first game will start...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: The Gist Is Gusto | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

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