“Do Lord, oh do Lord / Oh do you remember me? Way beyond the blue…” – I tried to fingerpick the melody of this old gospel on my acoustic guitar [key of F# major] – of course there are wonderful versions on youtube by Mississippi John Hurt (with a perfect history pics slide show) and by Eva Cassidy (her breath-taking a capella version, R.I.P.)
title=”Blackfoot Chief at Bow River” – photo by Edward S. Curtis in 1910, uploaded to Flickr.com by sylkky2
Missisippi John Hurt
Do you remember me = Way beyond blue
Eva Cassidy
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“Way beyond the BLUE…”:
photo above by frizztext, church in Greece, Santorini
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Flickr Comments 
lovely song
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Nice job, Frizz. 🙂
Happy Monday!
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A beautiful song and an evocative image!
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Your song played while I was pressing the coffee a few feet from the computer. nice music to start my morning, thanks!
“Do You Remember Me” took me back to my Mississippi childhood roots in the Delta.
Eva Cassidy; what a powerful and amazing woman whose voice will forever touch our lives. For some reason, her death strikes me as more tragic than most.
“I Shall Not Be Moved” was a song that our cook sang after the prayer and before we dined during special events. I can still picture Jenny standing to my father’s right. As the song progressed, her swaying became more animated… Although I don’t have a recording of her singing that song, it will forever be branded in my mind as if she were singing in person in the present!
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dear Lisa, your WORDS are a wonderful little tribute to Jenny – YOU are remembering her … and so a charming part of her comes alive …
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thanks! so much, and i will try to find a way to introduce jenny to a larger audience! z
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Thanks, Frizztext.. I looked at more song, and this one reflects the version that Jenny sang for us:
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thank you Lisa,
you are moving me – and your river house with the big windows watching the jungle river …
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Lovely music Frizztext, very soulful.
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Oh, Frizz. Yours was absolutely beautiful and brightened my day. Thanks.
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What beautiful music, thank you for sharing today!
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This is great!
Greetings
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Great picking, frizz. The john hurt version is excellent, pics and all, but I really love the late great Eva Cassidy.
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Beautiful guitar playing again, Frizz!
An impressive portrait of Blackfoot Chief.
(Are you familiar with the art of Bev Doolittle? I have some of her beautiful Native American artwork in my house, as well as others of her “camouflage art”.)
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Great guitar playing and I especially enjoy Eva Cassidy and I have a CD of her which I love to listen to.
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yes I have three CDs of her, a book with lyrics and chords and a biography, edited by her parents – sad, that she died so early …
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one of my favorite songs of her:
I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again
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