Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hunsberger has been playing rock-n-roll in Harvard Square since early 1984, when, at age 25, he left his job at MITRE, a non-profit company that advises the Air Force on technical matters. He worked there for a year and a half after receiving a Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Oregon. Now he plays Dylan and Beatles songs in the street...
Eric Kilburn (guitar, drum, amp) -- Kilburn is director of the Nameless Coffee House on Church St. and plays folk and rock songs. They're not all happy songs because "there is war, poverty, and strife, and if you try to ignore them, you can live a happy, superficial life." He is often hired to play in Charles Square, though he is now in Nicaragua-for several weeks. "I feel I make people happy every time I play," he says...
Marty even invents rock-'n-roll in his short visit to the 1950s, when he plays a 1956 Chuck Berry song to an audience that includes Berry's brother--who quickly calls up Chuck to tell him that he has discovered the sound that the founder of rock has been looking...
...FEEL LIKE summertime, but it sure sounds and looks like Stingtime. The Police(front)mar, is everywhere--gracing rock mag covers (and even GQ)--to proclaim the release of his first solo album to the world. The media barrage comes with the golden-boy territory, but Sting's musical and acting endeavors have, with the exception of the Dune debacle, always justified the hype. Unfortunately, The Dream of the Blue Turtles is less than a revelation. The album certainly is no nightmare, but there's plenty of Sting and not much bite...
...players around the world to spur him to new heights. Seasoned by stints with such jazz luminaries as Miles Davis, Art Blakely and Weather Report, these trained-reflex young masters are fresh and brash enough to try playing with a pop star. But while the move to wed pop-rock/reggae with jazz may be conceptually daring, none of Sting's tunes foster the lyricism, relentless drive, or direct passion so potent in the best of both worlds...