http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/p/264664/3006845.aspx?page=4
Gospel Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3T4QIXpVvo
Jessye talks about President Eisenhower and a train ride.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7747whiFrvQ&t=8m8s
Looks like the railroad’s (great) loss was the North Carolina Mutual’s gain. Mr. Norman did all right in the end.
So did his daughter Jessye.
Ride easy on the “Night Train” with your dad, Maestra!
Jessye Norman’s thrilling voice reminds me of the Aria in Handel’s oratorio Saul, “In sweetest harmony they liv’d”. My favorite version was sung by Sheila Armstrong in 1972 during the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival.
Rest in peace in God’s arm, Jessye.
We lost another classy lady today. RIP Diahann Carroll.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjHIL5Qx8tQ
No railroad reference, just some great music.
Actually, there is a railroad reference! Her father was a New York City subway conductor!
Thanks Wayne. She was an icon.
