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...Democrats sent up as a trial balloon, a charge that Anderson had ordered concrete to be poured in freezing weather. This reportedly resulted in substandard construction of a stretch of Highway 35, which he wanted finished before election time. The governor's loud and righteous denials turned the accusation into the campaign's biggest issue and led to his defeat...
...despite their sound and their songs, the Righteous Brothers managed to do something inexcusable -- they enjoyed themselves at the expense of their sell-out audience and make a mockery of whatever soul was supposed to go along with the blue eyes. They never sang a song straight, except for Hatfield's "Unchained Melody," which he only got to after a five-minute build-up of bad jokes. At one of the emotional moments of "Lovin' Feeling" Hatfield suddenly stopped singing and smirked, "Ooo, let me outta here." And in "Soul and Inspiration," in any case an inferior imitation...
...ironic that the Righteous Brothers, who got their first big break (so legend goes) by doing a great warm-up act before the Beatles' Los Angeles performance of 1964, brought with them two warm-up groups who strove to outdo each other only in tastelessness. Nino Temple and April Stevens once had a hit with a sappy 1930's revival called "Deep Purple." They spent their time on stage making bad jokes about his virility and displaying her eroticism to the worst advantage. Gaylord and Holliday, a comedy team, did a wonderful parody of Sonny and Cher's "Bang-Bang...
...have an easy job at these concerts. They are found in several varieties -- some are young struggling unknowns, some are once-popular performers who can no longer draw their own crowds, some are provided at each stop by the show's local manager, and some (like those with the Righteous Brothers) come in a package with the star attractions. No matter who they are or once were, no one wants to hear them now. Audience reaction ranges from apathy and flickering applause to total inattention to occasional hisses. Ceci and the Chasers, the first group at the Mamas and Papas...
Guilt and embarrassment, though, is what the rock 'n' roll faithful get used to -- embarrassment at being part of a crowd of 12-year-old girls (at some concerts) or of black-leather-jacketed toughs (at the Righteous Brothers). When you hear the music you came to hear, it's all worthwhile. But the other 75 per cent of the time, you wonder if you're crazy