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This recent cover of Stephen Foster's "Hard Times" by the legendary Mavis Staples blows me away. 🎶
"For me and for many others, it’s Foster’s finest work. The song is untainted by dialect, with a memorable tune and powerful lyrics, and I have found it a salve during recent hard times."
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The Father of American Pop Music Turns 200
Stephen Foster’s songs became ubiquitous—people sometimes mistook them for folk songs even during his lifetime—and were performed everywhere from back porches to opera houses, in every genre imaginable.
“The melody just gets so deep down in you. It’s like the trunk of a tree, or the roots of the tree, and then you can start climbing around up there.”
#Music #DavidAGraham #StephenFoster #BillFrisell #MavisStaples #America
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The Father of American Pop Music Turns 200
Stephen Foster’s songs became ubiquitous—people sometimes mistook them for folk songs even during his lifetime—and were performed everywhere from back porches to opera houses, in every genre imaginable.
“The melody just gets so deep down in you. It’s like the trunk of a tree, or the roots of the tree, and then you can start climbing around up there.”
#Music #DavidAGraham #StephenFoster #BillFrisell #MavisStaples #America
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The Father of American Pop Music Turns 200
Stephen Foster’s songs became ubiquitous—people sometimes mistook them for folk songs even during his lifetime—and were performed everywhere from back porches to opera houses, in every genre imaginable.
“The melody just gets so deep down in you. It’s like the trunk of a tree, or the roots of the tree, and then you can start climbing around up there.”
#Music #DavidAGraham #StephenFoster #BillFrisell #MavisStaples #America
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The Father of American Pop Music Turns 200
Stephen Foster’s songs became ubiquitous—people sometimes mistook them for folk songs even during his lifetime—and were performed everywhere from back porches to opera houses, in every genre imaginable.
“The melody just gets so deep down in you. It’s like the trunk of a tree, or the roots of the tree, and then you can start climbing around up there.”
#Music #DavidAGraham #StephenFoster #BillFrisell #MavisStaples #America
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The Father of American Pop Music Turns 200
Stephen Foster’s songs became ubiquitous—people sometimes mistook them for folk songs even during his lifetime—and were performed everywhere from back porches to opera houses, in every genre imaginable.
“The melody just gets so deep down in you. It’s like the trunk of a tree, or the roots of the tree, and then you can start climbing around up there.”
#Music #DavidAGraham #StephenFoster #BillFrisell #MavisStaples #America