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Arizona Dranes : Forgotten Mother Of The Gospel Beat

Arizona Dranes : Forgotten Mother Of The Gospel Beat

Source: Tompkins Square

San Francisco-based label Tompkins Square has released the book+CD/eBook,'He Is My Story : The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes'. A singer sits at the piano and loses all inhibitions while in complete control of the instrument: Little Richard, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis. Although church singer Arizona Dranes doesn't come close to the stature of those icons, she set the mold for rockin' singer/ pianists in 1926 with six “test records" that have stood the test of time. Until now, ...

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