Word: pianos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tennessee, an aluminum-mill town beside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. His parents, both educators, saw that their son and two daughters were reading before they entered kindergarten. When Lamar was a schoolchild, his days began at 4 a.m., the hour he rose to deliver newspapers. He had piano practice at 6 a.m., plus after-school sports and choir practice. Weekends were for church and Scouts and chores...
...with the endorsement of 24 of the nation's 31 Republican governors and a campaign that employs a super-abundance of the top G.O.P. operatives, Dole has been unable to accomplish much other than blowing a 50 percent lead in the polls. Once and for all proving my old piano teacher wrong, Dole shows that practice most certainly does not make perfect...
...finale production number revealed more second-hand material. Significant plagiarism of Sam & Dave's "Hold On, I'm Coming" and Kool and the Gang's "Celebration" blemished the score, previously marked only by a humorous reference to Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto. The orchestra seemed weary as well, though its strong rhythm section pushed onwards...
...that, Atlantic, Amos' recording company, has organized listening parties for the album at gay and lesbian clubs in major cities all over the country. In Boston, one was held on January 27 at Quest. Amos used to play the piano in a gay bar as a teenager and as such has always been supportive of gay issues. Hopefully, it is not merely an attempt to seem politically correct or hip by jumping on the gay bandwagon, as a number of entertainers have done...
Like her previous work, the piano plays an integral role in Amos' arrangements. A difference is the increased use of the harpsichord, reflecting her classical training as a child. The harpsichord appears in the first single from the album, "Caught a Lite Sneeze," but is used to even greater effect in tracks like "Blood Roses," "Professional Widow," or "Talula," which apparently will be the next single to be released from Boys for Pele...