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[REV 25-NOV-2014]
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Piano Man: 1938
October 1938. "Pianist in cajun band contest. National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana." View full size. Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.
Jerry Lee
If this isn't Jerry Lee Lewis, it's his doppelganger.
[In October 1938, Jerry Lee Lewis was 3 years old. - Dave]
Rice Festival
Its now the International Rice Festival. Info here:
http://www.ricefestival.com/
Rather Envious//Music and Meaning
This expression IS what one has when you know what power music has and how that power affects others. The performer is no longer the master--it is the music itself that is the divine mover.
Patrick Frye III
Charlotte, North Carolina
New keys, please
The piano looks as though it has seen better days. The action on the depressed B needs work. Also, the G needs an ivory replacement. I can only imagine how this roughed up instrument sounded!
Hair ...
As long as I've had wavy hair, I never got it to look like that.
Rice Festival
What was the National Rice Festival?
Wow, he's got the Jerry Lee
Wow, he's got the Jerry Lee Lewis wavy hair--or VV!
Rather Envious
He had beautiful eyelashes. A wonderful expression of calm concentration.
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