[Vision2020] Buffalo Free Press,

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Fri Feb 20 15:02:13 PST 2009


Yep.  Definitely a bass.

"Shenandoah" by Paul Robeson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gtJkeXAMt0

"Ol' Man River" and "Swanee River" by Paul Robeson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii578-Z9m5o

Tom Hansen

>   lfalen wrote:
> 
> > I was not a member of a  protest group. but  I am interested
> in old songs, including protest songs. If you have
> copies of
> any of these I would like to get copies. I think I have
> practically
> all of the recorded music of Paul Robeson. I think he
> was the best
> baritone of the early 20th century. His rendition of
> "Old Man River"
> is tremendous. He moved to the Soviet Union for a time,
> but became
> disenchanted with the "Workers Paradise"and moved back
> to the United
> States. --Roger
> 
> Roger: I agree with your assessment of Paul Robeson's
> talent, but when I heard him sing at a strike meeting
> of the United Packing House Workers of America in
> Waterloo, Iowa, he was NOT a baritone.
> 
> Don Coombs
> 
> 
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