Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the medly of musical styles evident in Switchback's rock, blues, jazz and classical influences, the album flows remarkably well. Cossu has worked hard to create an ablum that is relaxing yet memorable, and with the presence of such talented musicians as Van Manakas and Eugene Friesen, his Switchback has a lot to offer...
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...hightops strolled onto an enclosed runway and slowly spray-painted a huge red heart on a white backdrop. With the exaggerated staginess of a Looney Tune, he turned to the audience, pressed a finger to his lips, as if to say "Shhh!" and tiptoed out. Only then did thumping rock music explode, spotlights ignite and towering models burst onto the runway in kaleidoscopic color...
...more flexible and wily in his diplomacy, his organization's intransigence nearly matches Shamir's. In his first formal session with the P.L.O. last week, a four-hour meeting in Carthage, U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Robert Pelletreau failed to persuade Arafat's representatives to order a halt to the rock throwing and other violence of the intifadeh. The rebuff, together with continued raids from Lebanese territory, showed that progress toward a settlement is more than a matter of moving Shamir's government...
After a decade and six other records, this rock band based in Athens, Ga., has broadened its appeal without sacrificing its compelling, often eccentric style...