Crossword clues for shoulders
Wiktionary
n. 1 (plural of shoulder English) 2 (anatomy) The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back. 3 Capacity for bearing a task or blame. vb. (en-third-person singular of: shoulder)
Wikipedia
Shoulders was a highly popular alternative rock band in Austin, Texas in the 1990s; occasionally they still give performances. Shoulders toured nationally and throughout Europe, and they were especially well known in France and other European countries. Their material, written almost entirely by lead singer Michael Slattery and guitarist Todd Kassens, has been called "drunken carnival music," but it was wide ranging, from hard rock to gentle ballads, from sea shanties to French cabaret music to Irish drinking songs. Slattery, an electrifying performer, is probably one of the greatest American rock poets; his songs tell stories, and they read wonderfully even without the music. They are simultaneously very dark and wildly joyous. He is also an accomplished writer of fiction, poetry, and drama.
Shoulders' lineup included Slattery, who sang and played everything from a huge parade drum which he also used as a trampoline to the "harmonica, out-of-tune cornet, hideous trombone, bent tin whistle," and "free-hanging river pipe"; Kassens on the guitars; Alan Gene Williams on the drums; and Chris Black on bass, piano, and organ. They were frequently accompanied by the well-known Austin cellist John Hagen, who plays in Lyle Lovett's large band. Shoulders' first album, Trashman Shoes, rose to the top of the rock charts in France. Their second was The Fun Never Stops, which did well in Europe but never attained the success of "Trashman Shoes".
Shoulders frequently played at the " Hole in the Wall" at the top of the Drag on Guadalupe in Austin, and for several years they played regularly at Austin's famous acoustic club the Cactus Cafe.
Shoulders is a drinking game that involves players competing in a fast paced game attempting to "count" to 21.
Usage examples of "shoulders".
Young Ian scrambled hastily out of the pit, skinny shoulders gleaming with sweat.
I could see the big frame relax, shoulders slumping under the cheap linen shirt.
His hair lay loose around his shoulders, framing a face white as bone, eyes unblinking and intent as those of the wolf-dog.
I could see the goose bumps ripple over his chest and shoulders, and he shivered slightly as I drew a fingertip in a gentle circle round one nipple.
His face bore its usual expression of calm good humor, but the recent lines of strain around eyes and mouth had eased, and I could tell from the slope of his shoulders that he was relaxed and at peace.
I struggled to sit up, but Jamie took me by the shoulders and lifted me to lean against him.
His shoulders straightened slightly, and he laid the pistol across his thigh.
I could smell the musky scent of him that made me want to pull him from his thoughts into the border, unbelt him and let the plaid fall from his shoulders, pull down my bodice and press my breasts against him, take him down half-naked and wholly roused among the damp green plants, and force him from his thoughts to mine.
He heaved back on the oars, shoulders broadening under his linen, and gave me a crooked smile.
He sighed and shrugged his shoulders slightly, easing them inside the tight coat.
The men were becoming restive, glancing over their shoulders into the empty fields, as though expecting the imminent arrival of Sergeant Murchison and his minions.
Bending his knees and letting his shoulders slump, he thrust his head forward and swayed from side to side, peering nearsightedly in such perfect imitation of a bear that Jamie laughed out loud.
Chinese fans, a pure white flower on a slender stem, and on another a half-ripe berry, its shoulders pale with shade, blushing crimson at the tip.
With his hair unbound and tangled round his shoulders, he looked the wild Highlander he was.
Mueller peered at the torrent, shoulders hunched nearly to the brim of the slouch hat he wore pulled down over his ears.