Thanks Rick. loved it!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote:
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> From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of turquoiseb
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:29 PM
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: For Curtis & Others
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> Rick, please accept my thanks, and pass them along to your
> friend for sharing this, and so evocatively. As he/she said,
> this is a masterpiece of storytelling.
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote:
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> > > A friend sent me this. Not exactly your kind of music,
> > > but you may enjoy it.
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> > i highly recommend viewing this episode of austin city limits
> > starring allen toussaint, an american icon of the new orleans
> > music sound. he is a big big favorite of mine! some months ago
> > i was lucky enough to catch this show--every minute of it is
> > pure high quality musical entertainment. it runs about an hour--
> > for those of you who don't have that kind of time i strongly
> > urge you to forward to the 38:38 mark and relax and let allen
> > tell you a "little story". this intro has got to be one of my
> > all time favorites--along with bruce springteen's phenomenal
> > story telling days! this is a little gentler and nostalgic,
> > this TRANSPORTED me to a time in my life when i ALWAYS
> > felt safe, back when i was little jerry. while it was the
> > south side of chicago and not the country of louisiana that
> > allen reminisces about, it was the same kind of "feeling"--
> > "mother is at home". this is beautiful, his voice is so calming
> > to listen to, along with the accompanying piano which is SO in
> > sync with his words. i got so lost in the intro i that i was
> > surprised when i realize what the song he was going into was...
> > it forever changed the way i hear this song. this intro "for
> > me" was like a masterpiece painting, so vivid that i felt as
> > if i were there back in time with him. i hope this is as
> > beautiful for you as it is for me.
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> > http://video.klru.tv/video/1378867539/
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