[78-L] Lillies of the Field

[Taylor Bowie]

Well,  she's better than Lillie Delk Christian...

I've always wished that Lillie D had made a record of   The Whiffinpoof 
Song.  Wouldn't have been great when she got to the part where you go 
"Baa-Baa-Baaaah"?


Taylor




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From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
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> Agreed on the piano but I never could get to appreciate her graceless
> singing. To each his own.
>
> Al S.
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> From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Comparo
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>
>> Al..she was a fine piano player.  And over the years,  I've gotten to
>> tolerate and even sort of like some of her singing...but it takes time 
>> and
>> effort!
>>
>> Taylor B
>>
>>
>>
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>> From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
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>>
>>> Nothing can be far enough from Ramona!
>>>
>>> Al S.
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>>> From: "warren moorman" <wlmoorman3 at yahoo.com>
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>>> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 3:46 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Comparo
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>>>
>>>>
>>>> If truly limiting it to Al's criteria of "prolifically" recorded on 78:
>>>> Julia Lee, Hadda Brooks, Nellie Lutcher.
>>>>
>>>> If allowing less prolific: Una Mae Carlisle, Cleo Brown, Gladys Palmer,
>>>> Betty Hall Jones, etc.
>>>>
>>>> But if, as Al did with Mary Lou Williams' rare vocals, one is allowing
>>>> the
>>>> most liberal criteria, then it opens up to the whole big blues
>>>> contingent;
>>>> Someone said Victoria Spivey, I'll play Georgia White and raise you
>>>> Leola
>>>> Manning.
>>>>
>>>> Most of all, I think of the most fascinatingly unique of great singing,
>>>> great piano playing women commercially recorded on 78, also a
>>>> transcribed
>>>> network radio performer, and the white female singer with the most
>>>> convincingly black sounding vocal style, 'Cile Turner. Also a fine
>>>> guitarist and African percussionist; a pretty far cry from Ramona,
>>>> though.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sat, 2/7/09, simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From: simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
>>>>> Subject: [78-L] Comparo
>>>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>>> Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 10:28 AM
>>>>> Let's hear a vote for  ladies who sang, played the piano
>>>>> and recorded
>>>>> prolifically on 78's.
>>>>> Who votes for Ramona
>>>>> Who votes for Hildegarde
>>>>> Who votes for Hazel Scott
>>>>> Who votes for Sarah Vaughan
>>>>> Who votes for Mary Lou Williams ("My Mama Pinned A
>>>>> Rose on Me") you can look
>>>>> it up 1978.
>>>>> Who votes for Annette Hanshaw
>>>>>
>>>>> Who votes for those I've left out?
>>>>>
>>>>> Al S.
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