AKIN BABATUNDE
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Plays by Akin Babatunde
Blind Lemon Blues |
| 1st Produced: | York Theatre, NY | 2007 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Notes: created by Alan Govenar and Akin Babatunde; music and lyrics by Blind Lemon Jefferson | ||||
Synopsis: Blind Lemon Blues is a new musical celebrating the legacy of Blind Lemon Jefferson, featuring more than 60 of his songs. Blind Lemon Blues is set in New York City in 1948 at the last recording session of the legendary Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, and combines elements of traditional blues, gospel, rhythm and blues, soul, doo-wop, and rap to evoke the enduring legacy of Blind Lemon and his contemporaries, Blind Willie Johnson, Lillian Glinn, Hattie Hudson, Bobbie Cadillac, Lillian Miller and Leadbelly himself. nytheatre.com | ||||
