Sherry Chandler
"On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree.” — W.S. Merwin
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Mr. Ledbetter has a birthday
(0)at least according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Other sources give a different date, but why not celebrate it anyway?
The “Bourgeois Blues” was first recorded in 1938.
“The Bourgeois Blues” is a blues song by Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly. It was written after Lead Belly went to Washington, D.C. at the request of Alan Lomax, to record a number of songs for the Library of Congress. After they had finished, they decided to go out with their wives to celebrate, but were thrown out of numerous establishments for being an interracial party.
Here’s a link to a digitally remastered version of this song at Lala.
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Sherry Chandler has received professional development funding and a Professional Assistance Award through the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supported by state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sherry has also received an Artist Enrichment grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women.
Sherry has also received an Artist Enrichment grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women.
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