Word: rainbarrel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mouth: "Ah'm walkin' "- each word a hard, booming beat-"Yes indeed, Ah'm talkin'." A diamond-heavy right hand jackhammered treble chords between beats; three saxes, an electric guitar, bass and drums came down hard on each syllable. Six extra loudspeakers hyped up the rainbarrel acoustics of the Dallas hall known as the Sportatorium, boosted the big noise to the threshold of pain. The kids spilled out into the aisles to rock and roll, but were herded back to their seats by a squad of 26 cops...
...Sound (Les Paul with Mary Ford; Capitol, 6 sides 45 r.p.m.). Paul's new sound is one mean guitar parlayed by electronics into a whole studioful of mean guitars. Also thanks to electronics, Songstress Ford's new sound resembles old-fashioned yelling down the rainbarrel...
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