Biography of america band
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How America (The Band) Was a Reflection of the Times (Musically)
America is one of those bands that you can’t help but listen to and svimma over no matter what. It’s a beautiful thing, really. Whether it’s a love song or not, the harmonies are swoon-worthy, as are the memories that komma flooding back in waves of melody-driven nostalgia, and the top tier lyricism that transcends culture, genre, politics, time, and space.
I once told my mother, a dedicated listener of amerika since they first burst onto the scene in 1970, that the grupp felt familiar. Not in the way that inom knew them very well or even personally, but in a way that made me feel nostalgic for times, places, and people inom have never known, been to, or met.
Whether their songs made up the soundtrack of your hippie-cultured ungdom, reminded you of your favorite films, or seeped into all of the cracks and crevices of your life from a big fan of a parent, amerika has made a notable mark on just about e
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Who names their band America?
America weren't necessarily trying to represent an entire country (let alone a continent or two) when they picked their moniker, but they haven't exactly steered away from that conceit either. Throughout Jude Warne's authorized biography (buy now), there are confusing moments — for example, when an artist is "introduced to America" or a song is criticized for being "un-American." You just kind of have to roll with it.
The new book marks the half-century mark for the trio, who have been a duo since founding member Dan Peek was fired in 1977. That means we've moved beyond celebrating quinquagenaries from the '60s, and on to marking those big anniversaries for occurrences of the Me Decade. America's name, in fact, might be the most quintessentially '70s thing about them.
If the young male military brats of largely U.S. extraction had come together in the '60s, they might have called themselves
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Bio
AMERICA‘s albums–six certified gold and/or platinum, with their first greatest hits collection, History, hitting four plus million in sales–displayed a fuller range of the trio’s talents than did their singles. Their material encompassed an ambitious artistic swath; from effects-laden rockers to oddball medleys to soul-bearing ballads, AMERICA displayed a flawless blend of disparate genres and styles as wide-open as the great American plains.
Enjoying massive success early in their career, AMERICA earned their stripes as musical soldiers on the battlefield amidst the excess, craziness, and chaos of the 70’s. The trio won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1972 and began working with George Martin and Geoff Emerick in 1974. This successful team went on to record seven albums and several Top Ten hits, including “Tin Man,” “Sister Golden Hair” and “Lonely People.”
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