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April, 2000 Vol. 1, No. 2 |
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On April 24, 1800 the Library of Congress opened its doors with fewer than a thousand books. Today that collection has grown to more than 115 million items in all formats to become the world's largest library.
The best thing about talking with Dr. Don Donaldson, the author of seven books and University of Tennessee Professor of Microscopic Anatomy and Neurobiology, is that you don’t have to pump him for answers. He has an opinion about nearly everything! And most of his opinions are studied ones -- the kind you would pay good money to know.
In
front of me are photos of musicians. One I love: of B.B. King in a
chair, with his eyes closed and sweat beaded on his face. He's working
out his blues over "Lucille" (the name he gives his guitar)
and I can imagine him singing about his thrill bein' gone,
"Lucille" filling in the other half of their blues duet. Next,
a picture of Elvis is displayed with a quote underneath it: "He has
a White voice, sings with a Negro Rhythm and borrows mood from country
style." (Sam Phillips, Sun Studio founder, on Elvis Presley)
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1999-2000 Joyce Dixon, Southern Scribe |
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