In New York he was well received by what was then only a small brave band of non-figurative artists, including Alexander Calder, George K. L. Morris, De Kooning, Holty and a few others.

All day long Mr. Podger, who was a straw-hat man in the summer, had worn the feather in the band of his broad-brimmed sunshield.

His eyes had the same dreadful rigid stare as Dr. Grimesby Roylott's when he was found before his open safe wearing the speckled band.

At one time it was the ambition of every saxophone player in every high school band in America to blow like Bird.

One of the rings was a white gold band with a diamond setting, valued at $900.

Such fascinating novelties in the score as the fugual treatment of `` On The Side Of The Angels '' and `` Politics And Poker '' were handled splendidly, and I thought Rudy Bond and his band of tuneful ward-heelers made `` Little Tin Box '' even better than it was done by the New York cast ; ;

Beginning with Reginald Fessenden's audio demonstrations in 1906, it was also the original method used for audio radio transmissions, and remains in use today by many forms of communication —" AM " is often used to refer to the mediumwave broadcast band ( see AM radio ).

He was given the name Gaius Octavius Thurinus, his cognomen possibly commemorating his father's victory at Thurii over a rebellious band of slaves.

The Alan Parsons Project was an English progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of singer Eric Woolfson and keyboardist Alan Parsons surrounded by a varying number of session musicians.

The one occasion where the band was introduced as " The Alan Parsons Project " in a live performance was at Night of the Proms 1990 ( at the time of the group's break-up ), featuring all Project regulars except Woolfson who was present but behind the scenes, while Parsons stayed at the mixer except during the last song, where he played acoustic guitar.

* The New Wave band Missing Persons ' best-selling album was called Spring Session M.

Louisa May Alcott, who was ten years old at the time, later wrote of the experience in Transcendental Wild Oats ( 1873 ): " The band of brothers began by spading garden and field ; but a few days of it lessened their ardor amazingly.

The tempo of their arrangement was slowed to allow for the bagpipes, but it was based on Collins ': it began with a bagpipe solo introduction similar to her lone voice, then it was accompanied by the band of bagpipes and horns, whereas in her version she is backed up by a chorus.

Alaric's first appearance was as the leader of a mixed band of Goths and allied peoples who invaded Thrace in 391, who were stopped by the half-Vandal Roman General Stilicho.

In general, the larger the ensemble, the greater the need for a formal arrangement, although the early Count Basie big band was famous for its head arrangements, so called because they were worked out by the players themselves, memorized immediately and never written down.

Articolo 31 was a popular band from Milan, Italy, melding hip hop, funk, pop and traditional Italian musical forms.

Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986.

* Jon Anderson, singer with rock band Yes, was born there

In March 1964, " Elverket Spelmanslag " was up against another band in a talent contest, The Hep Stars.

As a finale is appended a close-up of one of the band taking aim and firing his revolver straight at the audience.

As a youth he became one of Finney's band of evangelists and gave himself to winning young men.

* Adrian Smith ( born 1957 ), English musician and one of three guitarists / songwriters in the English band Iron Maiden

Proper nouns that are plural in form take a plural verb in both AmE and BrE ; for example, The Beatles are a well-known band ; The Saints are the champions, with one major exception: largely for historical reasons, in American English, the United States is is almost universal.

While touring Scandinavia he first joined forces with guitarist and singer Peter Thorup, together forming the band New Church, who were one of the support bands at the Rolling Stones Free Concert in Hyde Park, London, on 5 July 1969.

In 1989 Jonathan Hellyer became lead singer, and the band extensively toured the U. S. and Europe with back-up vocalist Annie Conway and had one minor hit with the song " Cha Cha Heels ", a one-off collaboration sung by American actress and singer Eartha Kitt.

The University of Illinois marching band, the Marching Illini, wore two baldrics as a part of their uniform until 2009, with one over each shoulder.

From listening to their recordings, one had difficulty determining if the Crickets, the name of Buddy's band, were white or black singers.

Apart from learning how to exist on one meal a day and other artistic exercises, he worked at an open-air park show, sang and yodelled with any band that would have him and worked with a traveling medicine show.

By then, the Texas Playboys were virtually two bands: one a fiddle-guitar-steel band with rhythm section and the second a first-rate big band able to play the day's swing and pop hits as well as Dixieland.

Bo Diddley was one of the first American male musicians to include women in his band, including " The Duchess " Norma-Jean Wofford, Peggy Jones ( aka " Lady Bo "), Cornelia Redmond ( aka Cookie ), and Debby Hastings, who led his band for the final 25 years of his performing career.

In an early 1999 interview, Love said about the Venus: " I wanted a guitar that sounded really warm and pop, but which required just one box to go dirty (...) And something that could also be your first band guitar.

A band of Fremen outlaws capture Leto and force him to undergo the spice trance at the suggestion of one of Alia's agents, who has infiltrated the group.

As the band's primary songwriter, Neil Finn was under pressure to create a second album to match their debut and the band joked that one potential title for the new release was Mediocre Follow-Up.

The band released one album, 2003's Handheld Torch, which was produced by Seymour.

Massachusetts-based Hardcore Punk band Defeater has released two full length albums and one EP telling the story of an alcoholic WWII veteran and the trials and tribulations of his family.

In the Hauran in Syria, where timber is scarce the doors were made in stone, and one measuring by is in the British Museum ; the band on the meeting stile shows that it was one of the leaves of a double door.

Linkin Park also has a director's cut version for their music video Faint ( which was also directed by Mark Romanek ) in which one of the band members spray paints the words " En Proceso " on a wall.

The song gave international exposure to the underground New Romantic movement when Bowie visited the London club " Blitz "— the main New Romantic hangout — to recruit several of the regulars ( including Steve Strange of the band Visage ) to act in the accompanying video, renowned as one of the most innovative of all time.

Like his audience and his critics, Bowie himself became increasingly disaffected with his role as just one member of a band.

It hit number 1 in the UK singles chart in April 1972, spending 24 weeks total on the charts, topped the RPM national singles chart in Canada for three weeks, and rose as high as number 11 in the U. S. It is also a controversial instrumental, as it combined pipes with a military band.

After 1950, the big band trend declined in number.

The energy bands each correspond to a large number of discrete quantum states of the electrons, and most of the states with low energy ( closer to the nucleus ) are occupied, up to a particular band called the valence band.

Compression of the electron gas increases the number of electrons in a given volume and raises the maximum energy level in the occupied band.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

On modern band and orchestral drums, the drumhead is placed over the opening of the drum, which in turn is held onto the shell by a " counterhoop " ( or " rim "), which is then held by means of a number of tuning screws called " tension rods " which screw into lugs placed evenly around the circumference.

Both sides claim they attempted to resolve the matter without legal action, but the ultimately complicated legal dispute ( involving royalties, publishing rights, and a number of other issues ) soon led to the courts, where Biafra was found liable for the royalties after the jury determined that he had committed fraud and malice, and was ordered to pay damages of nearly $ 200, 000, including $ 20, 000 in punitive damages, to the band members.

A spinning band distillation system uses a spinning band of Teflon or metal to force the rising vapors into close contact with the descending condensate, increasing the number of theoretical plates.

After a number of lineup changes, Benton assumed the additional role of vocals and the band was renamed Carnage.

Due to the efficiency of the rythmo band, the number of retakes can be reduced, resulting in substantial savings in recording time ; although, the time saved in the studio requires a long preparatory process.

The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100, Top 40 hits of any group in US chart history without ever having a number one single.

Depending on the number of different molecules, each lane shows separation of the components from the original mixture as one or more distinct bands, one band per component.

According to a number of sources, it was Emmylou who forced the band to practice and work up an actual set list.

( Hee Haw tapes were later sold using the " 800 " number 1-800-BR54949 ; also, the country music group BR5-49 adopted the number as the name of their band.

New entrants into the band are expected to be knowledgeable in poetry as well as undergo a number of physical tests or ordeals.

He recorded a number of tracks with the Dapps, a white Cincinnati bar band, including the hit " I Can't Stand Myself ( When You Touch Me )".

Plant focused the band in a different direction from Led Zeppelin, playing standards and in a more R & B style, highlighted by their cover of " Sea of Love ", which peaked at number three on the Billboard charts in early 1985.

The band are ranked number one on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock and Classic Rocks " 50 Best Live Acts of All Time ".

There are a number of specialist units within the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince, which include a motorcycle section ( for rapid-response and motorcycle outriding ); a bodyguard and protection unit ; a diving unit with military, rescue, and scientific capabilities ; a military first-aid unit which provides first-aid and ambulance cover at public and sporting events ; and a military band, which includes state trumpeters, a brass ensemble, and a small orchestra, as well as being a marching band for ceremonial purposes.