Author Archives: Memphis Earlene Gray

You Can’t Sing the Blues in French part 3

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Memphis Earlene Gray

You Can’t Sing the Blues in French part 3.

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You can’t sing the Blues in French Part Deux

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Memphis Earlene Gray

The main reason you can’t sing the blues in French? The language won’t let you. “Je reveillais ce matin” is French for “Woke up this morning”.  The accent falls on the wrong syllable.   None of the vowels sound right. … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Sing the Blues in French

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Memphis Earlene Gray

You Can’t Sing the Blues in French.

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Introducing Memphis Earlene (aka Judith Podell)

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Memphis Earlene Gray

Prose by JUDITH PODELL aka Memphis Earlene Gray Most Blues begin “woke up this morning.” This, and several more Universal Laws of the Blues were revealed to me, along with my new blues name, Memphis Earlene Gray. Never has a … Continue reading →

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