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  • Mr. Davis then left advertising and recorded an album of New Age music under the name Mannheim Steamroller.

    A Wild Holiday Home Candace Jackson 2011

  • It was a concert full of bits of American roots - gospel and country and blues - but aside from Mr. Taylor's Chicago-blues exaggerations in "Steamroller," each singer's individual style heavily overrode the background influences.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Partizan Belgrade have failed to live up to their 'Steamroller' nickname on a first appearance in Europe's top competition losing all five matches so far, and scoring just once, at home in the 3-1 defeat to Arsenal.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Just as "Steamroller" isn't a serious blues, it's a take-off on 18-year old white kids like I was coming to New York City with Mom and Dad's money and the family station wagon and buying these electric guitars and amplifiers at Manny's Music on 48 th Street and then going back to their garage and pretending they're Muddy Waters or Howling Wolf or Bo Diddley.

    Expecting Rain bluerailroad 2009

  • 'Steamroller' or 'That Governor Who Had to Resign Because He Regularly Saw Prostitutes.'

    Gothamist 2008

  • "Steamroller" segues right into the timeless "Country Road," another song you'd be surprised didn't hit the pop charts but surely got tons of radio time.

    Michael Giltz: Music: Revenge Of The Seventies Singer-Songwriter! Michael Giltz 2011

  • "Steamroller" is a goof, a faux raunchy white boy blues that works well here and adds some much-needed muscle to the album but the joke comes across even better on the live track he included on his iconic Greatest Hits album.

    Michael Giltz: Music: Revenge Of The Seventies Singer-Songwriter! Michael Giltz 2011

  • New Jersey Consumer Groups Block Verizon Legislative Steamroller: One spot of good news is New Jersey where a deregulation bill has apparently stalled for the session.

    Nathan Newman: Phone Deregulation Hitting Low-Income Families Across Country, but Advocates Stall Bill in New Jersey Nathan Newman 2011

  • "Steamroller" segues right into the timeless "Country Road," another song you'd be surprised didn't hit the pop charts but surely got tons of radio time.

    Michael Giltz: Music: Revenge Of The Seventies Singer-Songwriter! Michael Giltz 2011

  • "Steamroller" is a goof, a faux raunchy white boy blues that works well here and adds some much-needed muscle to the album but the joke comes across even better on the live track he included on his iconic Greatest Hits album.

    Michael Giltz: Music: Revenge Of The Seventies Singer-Songwriter! Michael Giltz 2011

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