{"id":235340,"date":"2021-02-05T00:40:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T09:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersatlarge.com\/riff\/?p=235340"},"modified":"2021-02-05T17:53:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T02:53:28","slug":"jam-session-history-rhymes-black-lives-lost-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersatlarge.com\/riff\/jam-session-history-rhymes-black-lives-lost-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Jam Session — History Rhymes: Black Lives Lost, PT. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.7.7″ custom_margin=”-4%||||false|false”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.8.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||-3%||false|false”]When we asked Cornelius Eady about Black History Month<\/strong>, he responded by sending us a cycle of songs \/ poems. Eight in all, Eady named the cycle “History Rhymes,” after the famous Mark Twain quote, “History never repeats itself, but it rhymes.”<\/p>\n

Performed by the Cornelius Eady Trio, this cycle commemorates the injustices and wrongful deaths of many Black Americans. We will share two a week over the month of February.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”3″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”2%||||false|false” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#000000″][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/imagery.zoogletools.com\/u\/224634\/547d09ad662222d9d671fa092b62e7359813a612\/photo\/ce3-cover.jpg” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”2%|||2%|false|false”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”||||||||” custom_padding=”|||5%|false|false”]<\/p>\n

Cornelius Eady TRIO<\/h3>\n

National Book Award<\/strong>-winner and <\/span>Pulitzer Prize<\/strong>-nominated poet <\/span>Cornelius Eady<\/strong> has set his poetry to song with the <\/span>Cornelius Eady Trio<\/strong>. Eady’s songs tell the story of passing time, the Black-American experience and the Blues in the style of Folk & Americana music. Guitarists <\/span>Charlie Rauh<\/strong> and <\/span>Lisa Liu<\/strong> join Eady to create layered and graceful arrangements to bolster Eady’s adept craftsmanship as a songwriter, lyricist, and poet. <\/span>Cornelius Eady Trio<\/strong> has performed at Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, AWP Conference, Peabody Essex Museum, and Hill-Stead Museum and recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, TN.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cornelius Eady<\/strong> so well captures the spirit of<\/span> RIFF–<\/em>and especially the topic of “Jam Session”–taking us beyond poetry, beyond music, and into that hallowed place of <\/span>meaning.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>(Eady’s music is) in the vein of Taj Mahal when he\u2019s at his metaphysical best, Keb\u2019 Mo\u2019 when he\u2019s most squarely located at the crossroads of tradition and innovation, or Eric Bibb when he\u2019s at his most soulfully transcendent.\u201d — Joe Francis Doerr<\/p>\n

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As Cornelius says, the first song, “Mississippi Summer,” came into being as “An imagining of the last car ride of Emmett TilL.”\u00a0<\/h4>\n
(Read the tragic story of\u00a0Emmett Till’s murder here.<\/a>)<\/a><\/h5>\n

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The next song, “The dead mother,” is dedicated to korryn gaines.<\/h4>\n

(Read about the shooting of korryn gaines and her son in her home here.)<\/a><\/h5>\n

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MISSISSIPPI SUMMER<\/h3>\n

Words and Music: Cornelius Eady<\/em><\/h6>\n

 <\/p>\n

You don\u2019t think it\u2019ll happen<\/p>\n

til it happens to you.<\/p>\n

You thought what you said meant nothin,<\/p>\n

But those tires are comin\u2019 for you.<\/p>\n

Mississippi Summer<\/p>\n

Chicago boy wakes up in surprise<\/p>\n

Mississippi Summer<\/p>\n

Now you\u2019re the apple of these old boys eyes.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This is the way we make a point<\/p>\n

This is how a point gets made<\/p>\n

They pull you out a nice, warm bed<\/p>\n

And toss you in a watery grave.<\/p>\n

Mississippi Summer<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve been searching for you for days<\/p>\n

Mississippi Summer<\/p>\n

Cash you out as the debt gets paid.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Now they got you in<\/p>\n

The back of the car<\/p>\n

They\u2019re laughing and you know you\u2019re the joke<\/p>\n

Won\u2019t stop as you start to cry<\/p>\n

Won\u2019t stop as your bones get broke<\/p>\n

Mississippi Summer<\/p>\n

One-way trip under a murderous sky<\/p>\n

Mississippi Summer<\/p>\n

Rattler\u2019s hunt and the hoot owls fly.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This is the way we make a point<\/p>\n

When a White gal takes offense<\/p>\n

Dirty Negro thinks he\u2019s white<\/p>\n

Dirty Negro ain\u2019t got no sense<\/p>\n

Mississippi Summer<\/p>\n

Emmitt Till won\u2019t see the sun<\/p>\n

Mississippi Summer<\/p>\n

On the bus to see the way things\u2019 done.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Headlights spears on an empty road<\/p>\n

Whiskey and hate on their breath<\/p>\n

How many miles til the deal goes down?<\/p>\n

How many minutes til a dead boy drowns?<\/p>\n

Mississippi Summer<\/p>\n

Off to meet<\/p>\n

Who you\u2019re \u2019posed to be<\/p>\n

The last Mississippi Summer<\/p>\n

In D-I-X-I-E.<\/p>\n


Listen to “Mississippi Summer” here.<\/a><\/h5>\n

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The Dead Mother<\/h3>\n

\u00a0Words and Music: Cornelius Eady<\/h6>\n

 <\/p>\n

They shot me<\/p>\n

For a question<\/p>\n

While I held<\/p>\n

My child<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Like a dog<\/p>\n

That you put down<\/p>\n

When she barks<\/p>\n

Too wild<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My black skin<\/p>\n

Was resisting<\/p>\n

In a cop\u2019s mad eye<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

They shot me<\/p>\n

For impatience<\/p>\n

While I held my kid<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Like a monster<\/p>\n

From a swamp<\/p>\n

Rising from the Id<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Surrounded<\/p>\n

Defiant<\/p>\n

Look at what they did<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My soul and<\/p>\n

Gunpowder<\/p>\n

Rising in the air<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My assumptions<\/p>\n

And my boy<\/p>\n

Lying wounded there<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My black skin<\/p>\n

Was poison<\/p>\n

Was a losing hand<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Oh people<\/p>\n

Good people<\/p>\n

See what they have done<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Smashed my home<\/p>\n

And took my breath<\/p>\n

And stole me from my son<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Took my name<\/p>\n

And misspelled it<\/p>\n

As the crazy one<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bring a sharp axe<\/p>\n

To the mountain<\/p>\n

Tear that mountain down<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Scream my name out<\/p>\n

Like a siren<\/p>\n

Though every street in town<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t bury me<\/p>\n

Plant my story<\/p>\n

Like a seed in the ground.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/a>Listen to “The Dead Mother” here.<\/a><\/h5>\n

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Cornelius Eady Trio<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cornelius Eady: Vocal; <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Charlie Rauh: Acoustic Guitar & Electric Bass; <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Lisa Liu: Electric Piano & Guitar.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Arranged by Rauh & Liu. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mixed by Charlie Rauh.<\/span><\/p>\n

Words and Music: Cornelius Eady<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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