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  John Anderson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Anderson (1792-1853), a Representative from Maine in the early 19th century.
John Anderson (1833-1900), a curator of The Indian Museum at Calcutta.
John Alexander Anderson (1834-1892), a Representative from Kansas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Anderson   (253 words)

  
 MTV.com - Yes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Anderson and Squire saw the groups around them as having either strong vocals and weak instrumental backup, or powerful backup and weak lead vocals, and they sought to combine the best of both.
Anderson's falsetto lead vocals gave the music an ethereal quality, while Banks' angular guitar, seemingly all picked and none strummed, drew from folk and skiffle elements.
This lineup, Anderson Squire, Howe, Wakeman, and Bruford, which actually only lasted for one year, from August of 1971 until August of 1972, is generally considered the best of all the Yes configurations, and the strongest incarnation of the band.
www.mtv.com /bands/az/yes/bio.jhtml   (3671 words)

  
 To define the indefinable…   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Anderson acknowledges that being a woman does sometimes necessarily influence her work but that she attempts to be a narrator first before exploring both the females and the male point of view.
Anderson used to see her work not as something significant enough to change the world, more to make the world a: "…delightful place."(14) But with her developed political awareness her attitude has altered, she now feels that: "the purpose of art is the free expression of the artist, whatever that may mean."(15).
Anderson has been termed as a dancer herself but although she incorporates dance movement on stage, by her own admission this is only for the timing of each piece of work, rather than a contemporary display of talent.
www.cc.gatech.edu /~jimmyd/laurie-anderson/commentary/papers/laurie-dissertation.html   (10183 words)

  
 Texarkana Gazette: News and Classifieds From Texarkana, Texas/Arkansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Anderson is as much an old-school musician as any of the new country sensations who pretend to be honky-tonkers.
Anderson rode the tide of success from his first few albums to a decade of country music prominence before his career hit a several-year slump in record sales despite his maintaining a healthy touring schedule.
John rediscovered his magic again with 1992's "Seminole Wind" and is now still pursuing his talents in old-style gospel music in addition to his first love, country.
www.texarkanagazette.com /articles/2005/05/06/local_news/features/features02.txt   (581 words)

  
 Laurie Anderson in Musician: December 1989   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The show is called Empty Places and harks back to Anderson's "roots" in the late '70s and early '80s, performance-art concerts where she could be seen madly rushing from the stage to the back of the hall to adjust her projectors, then rushing back to interact with the films.
Anderson is now in the MIDI world, using a Mac driving MIDI modules that give her the same capabilities she was looking for the Synclavier.
Anderson has always been a bridge for pop culture into the avant-garde of minimalism and Dada, but Strange Angels is as much a rock album as, say, Talking Heads would make: slightly off-center, definitely idiosyncratic and distinctively Laurie Anderson, but pop nevertheless.
snow.prohosting.com /crasio/anderson/8912anderson.html   (1804 words)

  
 Boothbay Hires New Town Manager
Born and raised in Pittsfield, Mass., Anderson graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in management and labor relations.
Anderson is married to Cathy Sherrill, the Associate Director of Development for Tabor Academy, a private preparatory school in Marion, Mass., for the past five years.
Anderson said he understood he had "big shoes to fill" in replacing Carlo Pilgrim who left the position Feb. 29 to run a local restaurant.
boothbayregister.maine.com /2000-03-23/town_manager_hired.html   (755 words)

  
 John Anderson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
To begin with, it was John Anderson's first new album in three years, sufficient reason alone for widespread rejoicing.
The CMA honored Anderson with its Horizon Award in 1983, and 10 years later the Academy of Country Music acknowledged his enormous contributions by presenting him its rarely conferred Career Achievement Award.
Anderson, who says he was drawn to the message as much as the sound, had the song on hold for a year before he took it into the studio.
www.musiccityattractions.com /jandbio.html   (976 words)

  
 Musician Reveiws - John Deboer
A wonderfully talented musican and composer, the flute music of John De Boer and his debut recording "Flute Songs For A Blue Moon" is certainly a welcome addition and we are honored to have this acclaimed artist and his music available exclusively from OMG Recordings.
John's original flute songs are composed and inspired while playing in natural surroundings by waterfalls or a river.
John De Boer's music is played from his heart, and when you hear his songs you can tell they were born from deep within his soul.
www.creatorsweb.com /johndeboer.htm   (978 words)

  
 John Evan - The Official Jethro Tull Website
Although not a singer, John was considered the real musician of the band and earned his prominent position as a result of the instrumentals featuring his organ playing performed by the band.
When John decided on taking up his place at University to study Pharmacy in 1968, the other members left also, with the exception of Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick who stayed to fulfill the few gigs booked under the Evan Band name.
John rejoined Tull, giving up his studies, in 1970, following the recording of the Benefit album on which he had performed as a session player during the evenings after classes.
www.j-tull.com /musicians/pastmembers/johnevan.html   (629 words)

  
 John   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Time Travel Tale of John Titor on November 2, 2000, a person calling themselves Timetravel_0, and later John Titor, started posting on a public forum that he was a time traveler from the year 2036.
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Random House: John Grisham publisher, including information about all of John Grisham's novels, print and audio excerpts, as well a quiz, and a detailed biography of the author.
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 Awareness - The Ulster-Scot
On Eagle’s Wing, a two-and-a-half hour spectacular written by leading Northern Ireland composer and musician John Anderson, is a presentation which tells the absorbing story of a passionate people — the Ulster-Scots or the Scots-Irish (Scotch-Irish), as they are known in America.
John Anderson confirms that with al original music and dance, the style draws on the traditional influences of 500 years in Ulster, England, Scotland and America.
On Eagle’s Wing is an idea that John Anderson, for many years producer-director for Ulster Television and the BBC, has been working on the show for some considerable time.
www.ulsterscotsagency.com /movementofpassionate.asp   (683 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / Celebrity news / Country singer Anderson has heart surgery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Anderson, 48, was to perform at the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta on Saturday night but was taken to the hospital that afternoon.
Anderson's 1983 hit "Swingin'" -- the largest-selling country single in Warner Bros. history -- was named best single of the year by the Country Music Association.
Anderson's touring schedule is suspended for the time being.
www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2003/09/01/country_singer_anderson_has_heart_surgery   (215 words)

  
 John Anderson
Anderson co-wrote three songs for Nobody's Got It All-"I Ain't Afraid Of Dying" and the life-chronicling "Go To Town" (both with Dean Dillon) and the tenderly reassuring "I Love You Again" (with Craig Wiseman).
Anderson had no such qualms about recording "The Big Revival." This lyrical scenario of the triumphs and pitfalls of faith-based "snake handling" appealed instantly to the singer's keen comic sensibilities.
Now at the peak of his vocal power, Anderson brings to this newest album the passion of a newcomer and the cool awareness of an elder statesman.
www.marstalent.com /bio_john_anderson.htm   (932 words)

  
 Mari Anderson Bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mari Anderson first performed at the age of 16 in a gospel rock band in Western New York.
As a back-up singer and occasional lead, she also wrote a couple of the songs that were sung and recorded by the band.
Now, at the age of 42, Mari Anderson enters a new stage of her musical career, a stage usually reserved for women young enough to be her daughter.
www.marianderson.com /bio.html   (1043 words)

  
 John DeBoer - Band page with free MP3 music downloads on SoundClick
A wonderfully talented musician and composer, the flute music of John De Boer and his debut recording "Flute Songs for a Blue Moon" are certainly a welcome addition and we are honored to have this acclaimed artist." Music is not just something that he doesÂ… music is everything that he is....
John De Boer has played with or fronted for many well known artists such as Chubby Checker, The Crystals, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Henry Lee Summers, Johnny Paycheck, Lou Cristie, Billy Joe Royal, John Anderson, Merle Hagert, and many more.
Still, John mostly plays "by ear", believing that music theory and sheet music are a mere guide to assist a person in finding the music which resides inside of each of our souls.
www.soundclick.com /johndeboer   (432 words)

  
 Pollstar -- The Concert Hotwire
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ Award winning country musician John Anderson is recovering from surgery after suffering a heart attack at a Charleston hotel over the weekend.
Anderson, 48, was scheduled to perform at the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta on Saturday night but was taken to the hospital that afternoon.
Anderson's touring schedule is suspended for the time being, but he is expected to be back on the road by September 9.
www.pollstar.com /news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=2799   (314 words)

  
 dr john musician   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John Seidel appears throughout the Midwest and the nation as a soloist and chamber musician.
John, born Malcolm Rebennack (born November 211940 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a...
John was known as the "chief musician" at his church and...
www.theindustryyellowpages.com /th/dr-john-musician.htm   (2397 words)

  
 Ulster-Scots Agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The musical, a celebration of Ulster-Scots (Ulster-Scots) history over 500 years, is written and directed by leading Northern Ireland musician and composer John Anderson, for many years producer-director for Ulster Television and the BBC.
On Eagles Wing is an innovative idea which John Anderson has been working on for some considerable time and he is very pleased with the progress it has made, both at home and in the United States.
The themes are timeless and universal, with two sides to the story: the Scots who came to Ulster from the late 1500s onwards and then emigrated again, to places like America.
www.ulsterscotsagency.com /LOW_oneagleswing.asp   (393 words)

  
 cantonrep.com
John later took his seat at the piano, getting a mixed reaction from the biker crowd.
Anderson, 48, was scheduled to perform at the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta on Saturday night but was taken to Charleston Area Medical Center that afternoon after suffering a heart attack, said the festival’s entertainment director, Brad Bradley.
Anderson’s 1983 hit “Swingin”’ — the largest-selling country single in Warner Bros. history — was named best single of the year by the Country Music Association.
www.cantonrep.com /index.php?Category=20&ID=118612&r=1   (823 words)

  
 Century of Country
John Anderson is the man who worked as a laborer on the construction of the Grand Ole Opry House roof and has since built a career as one of Country music’s outstanding performers and songwriters.
As he went on stage with Knopfler, John said to him, "I’ll back off my hot licks for you, Mark." Hot licks apart, John is a good musician, playing not only guitar, but also a pretty mean harmonica.
John and his family live on a 350 acre farm near Smithville, Tennessee, where he indulges his passion for gardening on a one acre plot growing vegetables and grapes.
www.countryworks.com /artist_full.asp?KEY=ANDERSONJ   (1058 words)

  
 The Austin Chronicle Music: You Can Leave Your Hat On
Rarely does a musician have the privilege of attending his own Antone's tribute, which, particularly during the club's anniversary week, is typically reserved for the dead or incarcerated.
In 1953, John Treanor, whose absentee father was nearly 30 years older than his mother, was born John Alter in San Antonio.
Neither his mother nor his grandmother was Catholic, but when the family moved to the city's south side in the late Fifties, they had two choices on where to send their second-grader: a public school that lay across a busy intersection or a Catholic school just down the road.
www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2001-07-20/music_feature.html   (4203 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Gospel, Blues and Street Songs: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This is an important album by two of the key musicians in the Piedmont blues guitar style.
Apart from four tracks in 1928 with Simmie Dooley, the only other recordings Anderson made prior to then are the first seven tracks of this CD, recorded in May 1950 by Paul Clayton, who came across Anderson playing in a medicine show in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Anderson is in peak form here, stronger than in 1961, playing fine slide guitar on "John Henry", singing the blues "Every Day of the Week", and comic songs such as "I've Got Mine" and "He's In the Jailhouse Now".
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000XXP?v=glance   (983 words)

  
 Leroy Anderson > Guestbook > 2001
Anderson was conducting the Marine (?) band for a concert in 1972.
Leroy Anderson was an obvious inclusion, as his music more than anyone else's fit the concert requirements beautifully: High-quality music (to be considered a "great" composer) and mainstream appeal (to entertain an audience waiting for the fireworks).
Anderson's music I was particularly pleased to receive a copy of "Once Upon A Sleighride" as a present from one of my daughters.
www.leroy-anderson.com /guestbook/archive2001.html   (8217 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Anthology: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the early Eighties, John Anderson was one of the few country artists I listened to.
John digs deep into his vault of hits to put together this must have album.
John Anderson refused to sell out to corporate America, took the heat, and kept on ticking.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006JTGB?v=glance   (1134 words)

  
 Jon Anderson
Having worked in various bands during the early 1960s, Jon Anderson found himself singing for Mabel Greer's Toyshop in 1968, alongside bassist Chris Squire and guitarist Peter Banks.
The three soon split off to form the band Yes, which would become the primary vehicle for Jon's musical output for most of the next four decades - and, so far, continues to be so.
During a period of particular drama (no pun intended) in Yes' history, Jon put together the project Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe with the other three named Yes veterans in competition with the post-90125 line-up of the band, while a legal struggle for control of the name ensued.
www.nndb.com /people/963/000043834   (322 words)

  
 Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/Sculptor John Leon's jazz art
John works in bronze, stone, wood and ceramics, on scales from intimate table top sizes to monumental.
John has work in collections in Saudi Arabia, England, Costa Rica and throughout the US and Canada.
A portion of every purchase is donated to the Jazz Musicians Emergency Fund, dedicated to assisting musicians in need of health care, shelter, and food.
www.jerryjazzmusician.com /linernotes/leon.html   (191 words)

  
 cantonrep.com
LONDON (AP) — Rock star Elton John says he and his partner David Furnish plan a small, private ceremony next month to seal their civil partnership under new legislation offering gays many of the legal protections available to married heterosexuals.
Furnish, a Canadian-born filmmaker, and John have been together for 12 years.
John has publicly credited Furnish with helping him to overcome addictions to alcohol and drugs.
www.cantonrep.com /index.php?Category=20&ID=118612&r=1   (347 words)

  
 Ulster-Scots Agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Institute, based at Magee College on the University of Ulster campus, is under the direction of Professor John Wilson, is involved in research and development with universities in Scotland, the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
A far-reaching Ulster-Scots educational project is well underway at Stranmillis College in Belfast, with two teachers seconded for the past six months to a task of preparing a curriculum on Ulster-Scots culture and language for primary school children.
The highly colourful musical On Eagle's Wing, written by Northern Ireland composer and musician John Anderson, is still on cue for presentation later this year and indeed, it will provide a supberb stage setting for Ulster-Scots culture and achievement over four centuries.
www.ulsterscotsagency.com /LOW_newhorizons.asp   (424 words)

  
 CNN.com - Showbuzz - Sep. 3, 2003
CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) -- Award winning country musician John Anderson, who suffered a heart attack at a West Virginia hotel, was released from the hospital Tuesday.
Anderson, 48, was scheduled to perform at the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta on Saturday night but was taken to Charleston Area Medical Hospital that afternoon.
Anderson was expected to rest for about a week after returning to his home in Smithville, Tennessee, before resuming his tour, which was suspended, Morris said.
cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/09/03/showbuzz   (1203 words)

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