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Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Betty Davis interview

Egg City Radio has a wonderful 30 minute phone interview with Betty Davis*, archived from an old Sound of Young America radio show. The cognitive dissonance that mounts over the course of the interview--between the soft-spoken, introverted, mom-like spoken voice of Davis today, and the over-the-top fire-spitting soulful funk of Davis's singing in the musical interludes--it's really incredible. Here is a person who is extremely comfortable in her own skin.

I listened to it twice.

*For the record, this interview is with Betty Davis, not Bette Davis.

1 comment:

John Mark said...

And I don't think they mentioned Miles once...