Tuesday, October 27, 2009
"THE VOICE OF MAHALIA JACKSON CAME THROUGH THE ETHER" (VAN MORRISON)
Sometime between 1954 and 1956, which was the year that I turned 7 years old, I was playing quietly in the living room of my family's rented home in Taft, California. The television was on, but I wasn't paying attention to it until I heard a powerful voice that moved my young heart and soul. I looked up, and there was Mahalia Jackson on the small black-and-white screen. Unforgettable.
"It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing -- that's the Lord's test."
(Mahalia Jackson)
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2 comments:
Her's was one of the very first albums I ever bought.
I'd have to credit her for my love of the Blues, though she certainly wouldn't have wanted to be associated with "the Devil" music.
Great to hear it again.
Wonderful.
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