The WELL: deadsongs.vue.211: Viola Lee Blues

#3: Gary Burnett (jera) Fri 23 Jun 06 08:34

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:34:00 PDT

Yeah, the first recording was way back in the 1920s. [Read entire topic]

#2: David Gans (tnf) Thu 22 Jun 06 20:32

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:32:00 PDT

You're thinking of Viola Liuzzo. Why I remember that from 40 years ago I do not know, but that's the name.

The song "Viola Lee Blues" originated many years earlier. [Read entire topic]

#1: from JD (tnf) Thu 22 Jun 06 20:31

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:31:00 PDT

JD writes:

I was wondering if the song "Viola Lee Blues" had anything to do with the Michigan housewife that travelled down to Selma, AL. in March of 1965 to participate in the march for civil rights for blacks, and was killed? [Read entire topic]

#0: David Dodd (ddodd) Mon 8 Sep 03 09:45

Mon, 08 Sep 2003 09:45:00 PDT

Viola Lee Blues w&m: Lewis LASF: http://www.whitegum.com/songfile/VIOLALEE.HTM [Read entire topic]