tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post112601788293045269..comments2023-10-07T08:52:16.715-07:00Comments on The Virtual World: When The Levee BreaksPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435013887780629734noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1126050958967509372005-09-06T16:55:00.000-07:002005-09-06T16:55:00.000-07:00That song has been on my mind for a week. However,...That song has been on my mind for a week. However, after hearing local Atlanta performance poet Lady Hardin read a persona poem of a woman trapped on her roof in New Orleans interspersed with the Doobie Brothers' "Black Water," that song has been in my head.Collin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1126033957364089912005-09-06T12:12:00.000-07:002005-09-06T12:12:00.000-07:00Lorna: Fascinating story. Thanks for pointing me ...Lorna: Fascinating story. Thanks for pointing me to it.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435013887780629734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238581.post-1126025181536346892005-09-06T09:46:00.000-07:002005-09-06T09:46:00.000-07:00YEA! My IDOL, Memphis Minnie. There are several ve...YEA! My IDOL, Memphis Minnie. <BR/><BR/>There are several versions of the song. Most poignant is sung by Kansa Joe (McCoy) with her on lead guitar making the sound of the storm, flood and pyschological pressure building. When sung by Joe, the song becomes a metaphor for all the stress of being out-of-work, poor & black in the South.<BR/><BR/>She said, in little known conversations conducted by Lorna Dee Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01239920845079483543noreply@blogger.com