Word: ramblin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Even Ramblin Jack Elliot, an established and respected member of the folk community, could not resist the temptation to incorporate the elecric into his act--during his set in the Saturday night concert he brought two members of Taj Mahal's blues band on stage to accompany him on a number they obviously had not rehearsed beforehand...
...flashing, yard-wide smile, he let a song uncurl from his cavernous mouth with the nonchalance of a man blowing smoke rings. He savored each vowel until it whispered in the ear. He excelled at romantic ballads-Too Young, Unforgettable, Somewhere Along the Way, Pretend, Answer Me, My Love, Ramblin' Rose-which made up the bulk of his $50 million record sales...
...PAXTON: RAMBLIN' BOY (Elektra). Paxton, 26, has a lazy voice and a busy pen: all 15 songs are his. He grew up in Oklahoma, like Woody Guthrie, and fights many of the same battles, along with Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs. Paxton is against war, automation, Southern sheriffs and textbook history (What Did You Learn in School Today?). The title song of the album, Ramblin' Boy, seems to get around the most...
...Alma Mater idea seems "too hot-rocket" to kids unwilling to give "that kind of allegiance just to a college." Dissenters refuse to rise and sing because "your blanket falls off." Princeton hearts pound at Old Nassau, but Princeton mouths go da di da. Even Georgia Tech's "ramblin' wrecks" sing to the Alma Mater in a vast hum, as of bees. South Benders "cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame," but the sacred second line comes out, "You take the Notre, I'll take the Dame...