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Thread #13516   Message #1546386
Posted By: kytrad (Jean Ritchie)
20-Aug-05 - 10:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Stole and Sold From Africa
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: STOLE AND SOLD FROM AFRICA
Addie's grandson, Rich Kirby, still sings her songs. He runs the radio station at Appalshop, Whitesburg, KY. I don't think he would mind if folks wrote to him there, if interested in Addie's music.

I remember the two of them standing on a little stage at Berea College, some 20+ years ago- Addie clutching pretty tightly onto Rich's arm because she was nervous being onstage. When they sang, "We're Stoled and Sold From Africa," you could hear a speck of dust falling to the floor, it was so quiet. That night Addie came to the hotel room I was sharing with my sister Edna- Addie had brought her hymnal, The Sweet Songster (Old Reg. Baptist wordbook) and we got ours out, and sang the old hymns into the wee hours.