Word: guitar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pirated tapes of Chilean folksinger Victor Jara. Author of lyrics like "Liberate our people from the dominion of the exploiter," he was one of the thousands forced by the Chilean army into the Santiago soccer stadium during the 1973 overthrow of Socialist Salvador Allende. In the stadium with his guitar, Jara began to sing some of his most popular songs; the waiting crowd joined in. The soldiers grabbed him, pulled away his guitar, and chopped off his hands--challenging him to "Try playing now" before killing him. The crowd watched, then followed him to their own deaths...
Interests: Save at least one line for alist in series of avocational interests such as,"Reading, playing guitar, running and choralsinging." Even a brief list rounds out yourpresentation and may establish an initial bond ofcommon interest with the reader...
...course, when it comes to lyrics, Richards is no Dylan, nor even a Jagger, making Talk Is Cheap seem an appropriate title. But Richards places a premium on his guitar work, which has always been much more eloquent than his lyrics anyway. Talk Is Cheap demonstrates once and for all that Keith's guitar is the authentic voice of the Rolling Stones...
...four partners to "mold to the melody." "Glenn writes the lyrics, though," says Million. "We don't ask him what they mean." Witty and oblique, as if they just slid off the edge of a tilted brainpan, the lyrics snuggle into niches tucked neatly inside the guitar- fueled rhythms that sound like rock for a trance state...
RICHARD THOMPSON: AMNESIA (Capitol). He's a monster guitar player and a master songwriter, touching top form again on this brand-new album...