Word: ozarks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...paper cup or wipe his sweating face with a handkerchief, Faubus appealed to his listeners as "my kind of folk." "I've been an ordinary working person all my life," he said. "I'm a hillbilly. I never was out of the shadow of the green Ozark Mountains until I was well past a man." He recounted the gifts of progress that he had brought to their state-and was even human enough to admit error: "We're all imperfect children of God, and none of us will be perfect until we cross that river toward which...
...true that he has changed the Ozark flavor of "Old Smoky" and removed its twang. But it is not only the artist's prerogative to sing for the here and now; it is his job. If the simplicity and straightforwardness of style catches some off balance, perhaps they would be better off considering the intricate skill of his arrangements, which bring out the simple lines of the songs. One must not forget that men like Scruggs and Hopkins are also "interpreting," and not just repeating. Seeger, in "making music his" has helped make it meaningful...
...Missouri, Representative Charlie Brown, who managed Stu Symington's unsuccessful campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, had no better luck with his own campaign for reelection. The winner: Republican Durward G. Hall, a handsome, conservative surgeon who. in the Ozark phrase, is a "gravel bar speaker...