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Those who were disappointed that 1974 failed to turn up a new grand vizier of rock may find that the guitar synthesizer will jolt pop music back to life. But there are drawbacks. The road model of this sonic Tinkertoy costs $35,000. At first, guitarists are elated by the possibility of playing two quarter-tones with infinite sustain on the same string. Elation turns to concern, however, when they find that they must learn a whole new technique. "You have to play it gently," says Guitarist Steve Howe of Yes. Jazz-Rock Guitarist John McLaughlin estimates that he will...
Metric modulation can bring about astonishing departures in sonic texture and rhythm...
...what a varied bunch they are. Corea's group, Return to Forever, favors high, light, sugary sonorities and palpitating Latin rhythms. The six-man combo Weather Report, with Shorter on sax, plays with the sweep and sonic power of a full symphony orchestra. Cobham manages to mass his colors with a big-band kind of majesty yet retain the kind of rollicking spontaneity that a Stan Kenton, say, never was able to achieve. Larry Coryell, whose new band, The Eleventh House, plays a tight, virtuosic blend of traditional white rock and jazz, never attended the Davis conservatory...
Merle Haggard calls country lyrics "just journalism put to music." That definition suits some recent hits particularly well. There have been songs about ecology (One Hundred Children, Sonic Bummer, Don't Go Near the Water), welfare (Geronimo's Cadillac), amorphous doubts about politics and leadership (Vermont Suite: More Cows Than People) and alcoholism (Pay No Attention to Alice). Haggard's Irma Jackson is a touching look at interracial love ("There's no way the world will understand that love is colorblind/ That's why Irma Jackson can't be mine"). Tanya Tucker sings...
...afraid that a major use of the B-1 will be to replace the B-52 in Vietnam-like situations," Barrer said. "The B-1 is a super-sonic plane, and will have many of the same environmental effects that the SST would have...