Near them was the makeshift band.

Ms. Simms, the manager, said the firefighters tried to set up a makeshift band - drums, a keyboard, a microphone.

I was studying at the Sorbonne under the G.I. Bill, and friends had assembled a makeshift band.

Even more surprising was that this makeshift band of carpenters, landscapers, artists and bartenders, ranging in age from the early 20's to the late 50's, won 21 of the 25 games.

The makeshift band rehearsed for "two or three hours", according to Downey, before recording the whole album in one day.

Worse, he says, "these are not stable family groups with matriarch leaders but makeshift, neurotic bands of scared young animals that will not reproduce in an efficient way for years to come."

The song "les Cendriers," which translates from French as "ashtrays" is the only reference to the name of the makeshift band.

In the 1940s, Bowman traveled west, sometimes as far as California, playing at different venues and with various makeshift bands and line-ups.

Hart inherited his brother's drum set and records; he soon began playing in a number of makeshift bands as a teenager.

The makeshift band was celebrating a 4-0 victory, the first triumph in 18 attempts for a Bulgarian side in the World Cup finals.