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Thread #107461   Message #2227789
Posted By: Wesley S
03-Jan-08 - 05:20 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Amazing Grace. Should We Be Singing it??
Subject: RE: Folklore: Amazing Grace. Should We Be Singing it??
I don't sing Amazing Grace because I'm tired of it. I think it's an overdone song. We sing a lot of gospel tunes in our trio - I don't have to agree with the theology to enjoy singing the song. But I also wouldn't have to be a hooker to sing "House of the Rising Sun". Songs enable us to take on characters that we would never want to emulate. Otherwise no one would ever sing "Banks of the Ohio" or "Delia".

Steve - get back in the studio. I want to hear a followup to your duet recording with Robin Bullock. Any chances of that?