A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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A Legend In His Own Minefield
A Legend In His Own Minefield
…and I Say, "Go! Go! Go!"

…and I Say, "Go! Go! Go!"

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John Mendelssohn
Jul 05, 2015
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As you’ve read here before, I have a hard time loving those who sing in someone else’s voice. Amy Winehouse sang in Sarah Vaughn’s and Dinah Washington’s. What made her a lot more notable for me than Janis Joplin, for instance, was that she sang her own songs, songs commonly full of anguish and self-condemnation, with as much feeling as great skill.  I’…

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