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Word: pistolero (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...conscience. Their songs are fleet enough to get an audience moving and tough enough to make them stop and think once the beat lets go. Scott Kempner plays a hard guitar, writes most of the Del-Lords' material and takes his lead vocals on songs the way a pistolero goes for his gun. Listen to him talk, and it quickly becomes clear that he wants the audience to share the band's life-or-death dedication to the music. "We're doing a pretty damn good job of playing good, honest rock 'n' roll," Kempner says. "We haven't sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Where the Lifeline Is | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

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