Raymond Myles: One of My All Time Favorites

Years and years ago when I was asking to write liner notes for Aretha Franklin's Early Years, he also asked me to write about an album by Raymond Myles, gospel singer.  It's an album I still have and have always treasured.  Somehow the writing never took place and this person faded from my life. But I was thrilled to find just recently a vimeo video about Myle's life and song, the Gospel Genius of New Orleans.  Myles have everything I have grown to expect from New Orleans music--the great outfits, the wonderful hair, the absolute African-nesque abandonment into and out of the music.  I am taking this clip from NewBlackMan (in Exile), which is a blog Mark Anthony Neal's indispensible blog, including comments from the notorious poet and music commentator Kalamu.

http://newblackman.blogspot.com/2012/10/trailer-taste-of-heaven-heartbreak-life.html