Word: harmonica
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...terms of sheer volume, the purveyors of the Square Deal are no competition for the main source of noise pollution: street musicians. Third-rate screechers and scrubby-looking guitar-and-harmonica acts vie with their cousins, the religious revivalists, for the hearts, ears, and dollars of innocent bystanders...
...released from the album, flexes a kinetic, chunky drumbeat and power guitar riffs. Trout, which despite its ambiguous title is a hymn of praise for sex education in public schools, is set to a booming, get-up-out-of-your-se at hip-hop drum rhythm, with guitars and harmonica added for good measure. On this track Cherry does a snappy duet with R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe, who manages not to embarrass himself while rapping...
Even a cool shot of New England air can't cool off this lineup--Charlie Musselwhite on blues harmonica, Letterman keyboardist Paul Shaffer, and Memphis R&B maestro Eddie Floyd. Blues-inspired rockers Paul Rogers and Joe Walsh team up with the Blues Brothers Band for "Hold On I'm Coming" and "Soul Man," and Commitments lead singer Andrew Strong belts out "Mustang Sally," accompanied by Jason Starkey, Ringo Starr's son. Shortest, but not least, is "Monster" Mikey Welch, a thirteenyear-old blues guitar prodigy who plays with the savvy of a bluesman twice or three times...
Daniel E. Markel hushed the crowd with a recitation of John Updike's "Celery," and Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night." Musical selections ranged from a mellow Bob Dylan rendition to an upbeat Matthews Hall quartet featuring harmonica and guitar...
...newer songs, mostly played on the piano along with some spectacular harmonica playing, lacked the immediate accessibility of the old familiars...