As I returned home, all I could think was that I had just met a real artist, age three or perhaps four, but a real artist nonetheless.
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As I returned home, all I could think was that I had just met a real artist, age three or perhaps four, but a real artist nonetheless.
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The 1960s were a time of political and social turmoil in the US, caused mainly by our involvement in an unpopular war in Vietnam. But there were other reasons, too, among them the rise in marijuana use by high-school and college students.
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He [Wiilliams] was a tall, striking man, and he had a distinctive trait when he sang: he didn't make gestures of any kind. Rather, he stood completely still, with his arms at his sides, and let his voice carry the message, and what a voice it was, strong and flexible, and he could do anything with it, even sing a few lines of Everyday in a near yodel.
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The Artist, Age Three
Prompted By Art and Art Museums
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As I returned home, all I could think was that I had just met a real artist, age three or perhaps four, but a real artist nonetheless.
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The National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, 1971-1972
Prompted By Drugs and Alcohol
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The 1960s were a time of political and social turmoil in the US, caused mainly by our involvement in an unpopular war in Vietnam. But there were other reasons, too, among them the rise in marijuana use by high-school and college students.
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Count Basie and Joe Williams at Birdland, 1956
Prompted By Memorable Performances
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He [Wiilliams] was a tall, striking man, and he had a distinctive trait when he sang: he didn't make gestures of any kind. Rather, he stood completely still, with his arms at his sides, and let his voice carry the message, and what a voice it was, strong and flexible, and he could do anything with it, even sing a few lines of Everyday in a near yodel.
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