Sentence examples for Leading bands from inspiring English sources

"It's like being a great pitcher," said Mr. Rubin, 79, who has been leading bands for 60 years.

He took up the saxophone in the 1960s and started leading bands as a teenager, singing the blues in a succession of unsuccessful groups and singles.

Featuring the hit "Roundabout," the album established Yes as one of progressive rock's leading bands, rivaled only by Genesis and Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

Very public declarations of support have been made by a number of leading bands, such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Franz Ferdinand, touring Russia this summer.

Longview is a bluegrass alliance that brings together members of the Seldom Scene, the Johnson Mountain Boys and other leading bands.

"We had all these leading bands of squalls with tornadoes buried in them and the TV guy pointing out where they were.

Their social organization consisted of many independent loosely led bands, each with its own territory.

He led bands of variable quality, playing in a style that Teachout charitably calls "less unabashedly virtuosic".

Laine, a drummer who led bands in New Orleans from 1891, is often referred to as the father of white jazz.

Since then, he has marched with and led bands that have won dozens of regional, national and world championships.

Jenkinson thinks the reason so few bassists lead bands is 'because the typical bass player's mindset is to accommodate, not dominate.' Virtuosity, he believes, can prove problematic.