Word: matchboxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...here, though, is the flat-out rock 'n' roll: John blow torching his way through a couple of Arthur Alexander scorchers, Soldier of Love and A Shot of Rhythm and Blues; Paul lighting into That's All Right Mama and striking sparks off Carl Perkins' Matchbox. George gets to sing at least once on his own (a very snug version of Nothin' Shakin' but the Leaves on the Trees); and Ringo turns in an exuberant rough-house performance of I Want to Be Your Man. These songs all have the blind energy, nerve...
...refugees: the vacancy rate in Dade County rental houses and apartments is a mere 1%, and the county has received no federal public housing money in 14 years. Though Washington claims that 85% of the Cuban boat people have been placed with sponsors, many are stacked in crowded matchbox dwellings in Little Havana with distant relatives who have agreed reluctantly to let them stay for a while. Some 750 Cubans live in Campamento del Rio (River Camp), a group of Army squad tents nestled under the elevated highway Interstate 95. People wash at spigots; laundry flutters from wire fences; young...
...Sessions, and Jerry Lee Lewis: that's how it all began and that's how it all might end if the Cramps have their way. Britain is in the midst of a rockabilly revival, with younger bands emerging from all around the country and older folks like Matchbox on the charts. America has its share of rockabilly revivalists. Charlatans like Robert Gordon are beginning to toy with the lower rungs of the charts, and meticulous imitators like Texas' Fabulous Thunderbirds are starting to reach far beyond their initial hardcore following...