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Jerry Jeff Walker. Ol' Jerry Jeff's routine of just being, heck, just ol' Jerry Jeff can be a mite wearing at times, but his songs grow on you. "Mr. Bojangles" is Walker's classic, but even on less distinguished tunes, you can count on some clever lines, a catchy melody and some good guitar playing. He is performing with B.W. Stevenson, whose "My Maria" was one of those forgettable songs you found yourself singing during economics lectures or unconsciously harmonizing with every time it hit your car radio. Through Saturday, March 30 at the Performance Center...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: Rock and Folk | 3/28/1974 | See Source »

This week, after a couple of years on the road in places like West Point, N.Y., and Knoxville, Tenn., the National meet returns to the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool at Long Beach State for three-days of psyching, shaving, screaming, and swimming in good ol' Southern California, the mecca of American swimming...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Swimmers Head for the West Coast, NCAAs | 3/28/1974 | See Source »

...after a suitable period of lying fallow, the Chairman of the Board woke up one morning and found that he had "been replaced as the nation's singing idol." It was time to begin his comeback career. Following a 1973 White House command performance and a TV special, Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back, Sinatra made his first nightclub appearance in three years at Las Vegas' Caesars Palace. Last week, after a standing ovation from an invited audience of 1,300, including James Stewart, Helen Reddy, Rosalind Russell, Daughters Tina and Nancy, ex-Wife Nancy and his mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 4, 1974 | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

...deal of time and energy looking for redheads in north central Florida, a region which, once you get away from the coast, is as full of crackers as anything you'll find in Georgia. Crackers are the descendants of cowboys, and are a particular version of the Southern good ol' boy. The search for redheads was extremely difficult primarily because no one would admit to the term who hadn't known me before, since the activities of the redheads included growing illegal crops...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: CANNABIS ROAD: The Freakoid Cracker | 2/1/1974 | See Source »

...concert, Dylan fit in easily with the group, coordinating his rhythm guitar with the Band better as the performance progressed. During their two solo sets, The Band played mostly old songs. "I Shall Be Released," which Dylan wrote, and Robbie Robertson's "The Weight" and "The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down" were outstanding...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: The Thin Man Goes His Way | 1/18/1974 | See Source »

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