Word: tuned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Egyptian thrust was so well planned that even the Israelis were impressed. At the same tune that major units were crossing the waterway under air and missile support, Russian-built TU-16 jets of the Egyptian air force were bombing Israel's principal oil-producing wells-taken over from Egypt in the Six-Day War-at Abu Rudeis, farther down the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian commando units were meanwhile dispatched to work their way behind Israeli lines and disrupt supply routes. They did it effectively. But as the battle went on, the Israelis returned the trick by sending nighttime commandos...
Cutting a record in Nashville is often a "head session" where musicians unable to read music learn the tune on the spot from the vocalist. "In New York, you start to change something, you tear up a $700,000 arrangement," Sherrill points out. "Here we can make the lead sheet of a song in the time it takes to sing it." Not that Sherrill is easygoing. "All the guys I use are machines," he snaps. "They do exactly what I want 'em to-if the record doesn't hit, I go down in flames...
ROBERT PORTNEY, violin soloist in the Tchaikovsky, was not helpful to the ensemble. He appeared lost in indifference when not tuning his instrument (during several orchestral passages) or playing solo. His technique is impressive and certainly of professional caliber. His very mastery might cover up for the cavalier attitude he held toward an audience he apparently felt was not up to New York concert standards. Coming to a dead stop in the middle of the first movement cadenza, Portney explained that it was hot (more than obvious to everyone in the room) and that he wished to tune the violin...
...become enraged, raising a battle cry to fight the "rednecks" to the death, and anyone else with an uneasy self-image of rebelliousness could indulge his smugness by laughing at the yokels. It was better than John Wayne (no guilt about liking "Stagecoach") and besides, it had a great tune...
...came out (and became one of the largest-selling country records in history), Haggard was bombarded by requests for rights to the music: rock singers wanted to change the lyrics and strike back. A sure success formula, but Haggard refused to sell, and someone had to write a new tune for "Hippie from Olema" ("we don't throw our beer cans out the window," love, peace, etc.). Arlo Guthrie used to kick off his concerts with "Okie" itself, verbatim...