If talent is the blood that binds...
Then Bessie is the grandmother of Madeleine
And Billie is daughter to the former.
To the other
She is mother
To understand exactly
What I speak of
Listen to three generations of
CARELESS LOVE
Bessie Smith
Billie Holiday*
Madeleine Peyroux
* Billie Holiday disguised the family connection
by singing Loveless Love, the W.C. Handy
variation on the theme:
Love is like a hydrant turns off and onAs for his family lineage,
Like some friendships when your money's gone.
Mr. Handy is known as
THE FATHER OF THE BLUES
I had a dream that someday
my children would not be judged
by the color of their skin
but by the content of their talent.
-Charles "Mentor" Robinson
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