Word: rhythm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BOSTON--The Boston Celtics had trouble getting excited again after one of the most exciting playoff series in their history. The Detroit Pistons had trouble getting their rhythm back after five days of rest...
...example, doesn't just appear, do a three- song Bromberg bubble unrelated to anything else and then vanish. Instead he may back up Rush later on slide guitar and improvise a number with the gifted white Bluesman John Hammond. This season's featured guest was the formidable black Rhythm-and-Blues Pioneer Bo Diddley, whose major weapon is a five-speed turbo electric guitar built in a startling rectangular shape...
...grandfather clock by the door set an easy rhythm, and Reagan's husky voice carried the tune, but Wyoming's Senator Alan Simpson noticed something else. Again and again, as the visitors identified obstreperous members of Congress and likely collision points, there came a soft and knowing chuckle from Chief of Staff Howard Baker. "Let me talk to him," Baker would say, or, "We can't let that one come to a head." He spoke in most cases with genuine regard for the adversaries, and he spoke always with a great relish for the game of politics...
...Cambridge-based "New Voice Jazz Sextet," the rhythm and blues ensemble "Little Frankie and the Premiers," the sixties folk group "Battery Park," and the Caribbean band "Salsa Nova" played for the busy shoppers. For younger fairgoers, the fair featured Beep the Clown, pottery demonstrations, cotton candy, scooter rides and a merry-go-round...
Still, most of the songs are colored by the country twang of Davis' guitar and voice and the punk insistence of the rhythm. Like William Faulkner, Dash Rip Rock seems ambivalent about its southern roots, but that ambivalence makes its art richer. Plus, Dash Rip Rock must be a killer live band, but until it comes to the Northeast to play--and thereby to incite riots--Dash Rip Rock will suffice as a substitute...