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...really? What about "Masters of War," "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and a dozen others? Dylan not a political animal? At the August 1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, Dylan sang one of his few optimistic political numbers, "When the Ship Comes In," and Peter Paul and Mary sang the summer's hit "Blowin' in the Wind...
...which an estimated 80% were older than I am (and I've been humming these songs for 50 years or more), was indulgent, enthralled, in the moment - at once in the present and the beloved past. When an on-stage screen flashed the lyrics to "Moon River," almost everyone sang along, in tribute to Mercer, their huckleberry friend, and to the avid consumers of great pop music they all, we all, were...
...artists themselves appreciated the opportunity to be the star attractions on campus.“It gives us a chance in the arts community to collaborate with each other,” said Michael L. Vinson ’07, President of the Harvard Kuumba singers, who sang in Sanders Theater Saturday night. “Most of the time, we’re so busy with our own things that it’s really nice to have one compact weekend to just go out and support each other.”Most events boasted high attendance rates throughout...
LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOT FIVES AND SEVENS Forget the Satchmo who sang and mugged his way through his later decades, wonderfully entertaining as he was. This is Armstrong the force of nature--exuberant, inspired, irresistible. His ringing, soaring trumpet improvisations in the 1920s not only established him as jazz's first pre-eminent and pervasively influential soloist but also propelled jazz from a shambling, collective folk music into an art form. Many versions of these indispensable sides are available; the four-disc set from London-based JSP offers the best remastered sound...
...charisma did not go unnoticed by political potentates, in California (Jerry and Willie Brown sang his praises) and Washington (Walter Mondale and Rosalyn Carter appeared with him). For a time, he was head of San Francisco?s Housing Authority. But the whispers about his predatory sexual appetite (which devoured parishioners of both sexes) and his reluctance to let disaffected members leave the fold caught the attention of the authorities. Jones moved the Temple to the Guyanan jungle, out of which his flock built an impressive village, Jonestown, housing thousands of Temple worshipers and their families. In a newsreel clip, Jones...