Word: sound
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Several years ago I underwent throat surgery to remove a cancer. The operation was a complete success but it left me with some hoarseness which makes me sound like a cross between Ev Dirksen and Andy Devine...
...Nelson Rockefeller has served as New York's Governor for ten years, unsuccessfully sought his party's presidential nomination three times and, in past weeks, been passed over for two top posts in the Nixon Cabinet. To some, it seemed, his last hurrah had sounded. Last week Rockefeller put a halt to any premature postmortems by announcing that he intends to run for re-election in 1970. If he succeeds, he will be only the second Governor in New York history to serve uninterruptedly for more than twelve years.* The key to Rockefeller's decision...
...stage consisted of bassoon (dig it), sax, drums, and Ivers on harp--a careful balance of instruments that managed to blend and set off the tight lash of the harp-sound with a rich, creamy-textured backing. Also add one chick singer, dressed in an electric blue shalwar-kameez (that's what it's called, folks), the established jazz singer Miss Yolande Bavan...
There is a new breed of black city musicians emerging whose sound is represented by the Chambers Brothers at its worst (and that's not bad) and by Sly and the Family Stone at its best. Chaka is of this breed--a gay and competent group of black rock-and-rollers...
...these off on both fast and slow songs but Chaka was successful mainly on the up-tempo numbers. Gilbert Moses on lead guitar contributes deft Cropper-like touches, and the band generally held together well--particularly on a superb sliding easy version of "My Girl." This new city-soul sound is, of course, heavily influenced by Booker T., and Chaka showed this in its obvious delight and skill at playing "funky instrumentals...