Oh Brother, Where art thou 'cause we want to give you a great big hug!!!!!

[RAD]

I'm getting off-topic here too, but--

There was an interesting write-up on the story behind "Strange Fruit" in a local paper (I think from NJ) that someone brought in to work last week. While it is Billie's signiture song, and some erroneously believe she actually wrote it, it was actually penned by a Jewish man from the Bronx in the 20s upon looking at a photograph of a lynching. Billie first performed it in '39, if memory servers. I believe the man was a schoolteacher and part-time songwriter. Can't remember all the details, but an interesting read.

RAD