image link They are falling all around me, the strongest leaves of my tree.Every paper brings the news that the teachers of my soundare moving on.Death comes and rests so heavy, your face I’ll never see no more….But you’re not really going to leave me…It is your path I walkIt is your song I singIt…
Women Music March 2024 – Day 15 – Bessie Smith (written by Featured Guest Writer, Max Gower)
Before getting into the actual post, I want to thank Max at PowerPop… An Eclectic Collection of Pop Culture: An Eclectic Collection of Pop Culture for so graciously agreeing to be a guest writer today. Max was at liberty to choose any Woman Musician to write about and he chose the exceptionally talented singer, Bessie…
Music That Strikes a Chord — Taj Mahal Sextet featuring Trey Hensley, “Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes”
Trey Hensley Remember a couple of Friday’s ago, my Friday Favorite Feature, was Taj Mahal with his Swingin’ Sextet singing Queen Bee? After hearing it, I immediately ordered the album (CD) which arrived today. Listening to it, I about fell out of my chair when I heard this song. Who is this Trey Hensley??? The…
Women Music March 2024 – Day 14 – Iris DeMent
Iris Dement performing at Old Settler’s Music Festival in Driftwood, Texas (2007). Photo by Ron Baker. If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out. ~ Iris DeMent Iris Luella DeMent (b. 1/5/61) is…
#FF — Friendship
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Friendship Marco and his family moved into our little berg when I was seven. His family bought Old Mr. Smithers’ house across the street. Marco and I became best friends that summer. When fall arrived, we walked to school in our brand new clothes, carrying matching Batman lunch boxes. The…
Women Music March 2024 – Day 13 – Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight Love is what makes the world go around. I know it’s a big cliche to use, but it is the absolute truth. There is nothing else like it. I know that is what everybody is striving to feel: in relationships, in brother- and sisterhood, and in all of the things that we aspire…
Women Music March 2024 – Day 12 – Dusty Springfield
image from fanpop. Click on the link to take you to a whole gallery of Dusty Springfield photos! A lot of people say I’m bent and I’ve heard it so many times I’ve almost learned to accept it … I couldn’t stand to be thought of as a big butch lady. But I know I’m…
