Word: rhythms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PROFESSOR LONGHAIR: Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo. (Dancing Cat) His rightful name was Henry Roeland Byrd, but down in New Orleans everyone called him Fess and they knew without being told that he was more than a local legend. He was one of the all-time great rhythm-and-blues piano thumpers. His left hand rolled over the keys, keeping a wild rhythm that seemed to play out like an entire band. His right hand was like an antenna, pulling in melodies from the Delta blues, from Caribbean calypso, from rock and pop and jazz and anywhere else his ear chanced...
...powerful, if somewhat subtle punch. On "Song Of The South," Steve Bjorklund's guitar twists around the recited vocals, alternately merging with and remaining distant from the words. Initially, Breaking Circus almost sounds minimalist: one can hear area of silence between the guitar and the industrial beat of the rhythm section. Ice starts to crank up, though, with the desperation and fury of "Laid So Low" and a total sound begins to congeal...
...been telling these guys all year that I want our offense to be generated out of our defense," Roby said. "Once we establish a rhythm and play as a unit instead of as a bunch of individuals, we'll play [the way we need to play...
...been making maybe two quick passes and then taking 15-ft. shots--there was no offensive rhythm," Delaney Smith said. "We spent the last three weeks working on our inside game. We needed to take pressure off our perimeter shooters, and a more patient offense did that very effectively this weekend...
Although most of the music is new from year toyear, some orgies have become a tradition at thestation. Run by newly elected members of thestation, the Warhorse Orgy always kicks off theperiod, although it does not always feature thesame pieces. The Jump Orgy, featuring '40s and'50s rhythm and blues, is also an old favoritewhich people tune into each year...