Word: musicians
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...Merigold he looked in on a white blues band called the Tangents and ate catfish and hush puppies at the home of a musician called Catfish. On the radio a man was advertising a 75-ft. by 14-ft. mobile home for $1,000 down and $143 a month. "Don't worry about the wind 'cause Jesus said in the Scriptures let it be still," he said. Moreover, "I bought one. Still got one. I wouldn't have nothin' but one. When I trade this one, I'm gon' go down get another one. Praise God." In Clarksdale, White...
Fourteen years later, Mia Chung '86 is sharing her gift with the rest of the world as the most renowned concert musician to come out of Harvard since the cellist Yo-Yo Ma '76. In April, she was the first Harvard student in 10 years to give a benefit concert when she performed for Phillips Brooks House at Sanders Theater. Her next recital will be at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. later this month, and she has been invited to compete in the Gina Bauchauer International Piano Competition in Salt Lake City...
...personally believe that you need a strong internal goal to pursue this kind of a lifestyle [as a musician] or these goals because after you die, it's over. What do you live for? Do you live for the applause or something that's very temporal? Is it fame or money? That doesn't serve the art or anything greater...
...Israeli-born Perlman, 40, came to theUnited States in 1958 and attained internationalprominence as a musician by the time he was 18.Perlman, who was stricken by polio at age five,also serves as an active spokesman for thehandicapped...
Sergeant Joe Pena knows the way, and because of that he has been released from Leavenworth, where he was imprisoned for sleeping with an officer's wife. His assignment is to be Oppenheimer's driver and liaison with the native American population. As a well-traveled boxer and musician, Pena straddles two cultures. Oppenheimer calls him a "bebop Indian," though this is not an adequate description. But then, Los Alamos is a breeding ground of misapprehensions. Captain Augustino, the project security officer, is convinced that "Oppy" is passing information to the Soviets, while Klaus Fuchs, a real spy, fails...