Word: pickins
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...billed as a celebration of country music: two hours of pickin' and singin' to benefit Washington's Ford's Theater. Just about all of country's constellations were there to shine: Cash, Clark, Fender, Gatlin, Hall, Mandrell, Milsap, Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys, the Oak Ridge Boys, Rabbitt, Rich, the Statler Brothers, Stevens, Tillis and West. Presiding over the show was country's foremost devotee. Jimmy Carter embraced Singer Dolly Parton, with First Lady Rosalynn Carter's approval. They were, after all, huggin' cousins. Parton's home town of Sevierville...
...songwriter who likes to cop a plea; "Makes me feel like a girl again/ To run with the married men," the sisters sing, adding one final reflection on wronged wives: "I know these girls they don't like me/ but I am just like them/ pickin' a crazy apple off a stem/ Givin' it to the married men." The Roches' songs, which come out of a very particular and womanly conscience, are feminist after the fact. Says Terre, "I missed the whole new consciousness thing." Her sister Suzzy, 22, adds simply, "We're women...
...Jackson, probably the foremost vibist in jazz today, got his start with the Dizzy Gillespie big band in the '40s. He was part of a rhythm section which included John Lewis on piano, Kenny Clarke on drums, and Ray Brown on bass. Clarke, Lewis, and Milt, with Percy Heath pickin' bass later went on to form the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ). But, before the group acquired that famous name, it was called the Milt Jackson Quartet (still MJQ). Milt was its natural leader while Lewis provided the driving innovative musical compositional force key to the quartet's success...
...first six hours of the orgy featured local folk, country, "blue grass," and "traditional fiddle music" while the remaining two hours were "free pickin" to anyone who felt like entertaining the crowd...
...trek south, be prepared for his lightning picking, a little banjo frailing and some rare Stover guitar-flatpicking. Tickets are $4, kids under 12 free; call 492-0415 for more info. Coffee and punch served free, bring some home-baked munchies and an instrument for the after-show pickin' party...