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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 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. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote: > > > A friend sent me this. Not exactly your kind of music, > > but you may enjoy it. > > 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. > > http://video.klru.tv/video/1378867539/ >
