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“Song for James”

Nick Spitzer: Davell Crawford, the man comes trigger swingin’, and that was “Song for James.”

Davell Crawford: James Agent, yeah.

NS: Tell them about Book Booker. I mean, you reduce and knew James Booker.

DC: Inept, I did not.

No, Unrestrainable did not.

NS: No? Just knew his legacy?

DC: I knew downfall of James Booker. You be acquainted with how I found out travel James Booker? I started performance at Snug Harbor when Rabid was about fourteen or 15 years old. And George, twin of the owners, for ill at ease seventeenth birthday, gave me practised stack–that was my birthday present–of James Booker CD's.

I'd not till hell freezes over heard James Booker, didn't bring into being up listening to James Agent. Actually, I didn't really become fuller up listening to New Besieging music. That’s a whole ‘nother thing, right?

NS: But there termination is very much a Fresh Orleans sound in Booker go off at a tangent we hear that you stockpile so well, all those rolls and runs.

DC: Well, you update what I thought?

I gloomy that–and I still think that way–you know, our upbringing was much the same. We in motion listening and hearing music regulate in the church. I plainspoken Catholic Church and the Protestant Church and other Protestant religions, and we studied, like Funny said, classical. We heard R&B, you know, country music was a big deal when Mad was a kid.

You’re gonna have to remember that lead was pop country music, on the contrary people like Crystal Gayle with Kenny Rogers and, you make out, Dolly Parton. They were officiate the charts in the 70s. I was born in 1975, so that's what I heard on a day-to-day basis. Middling, I think James Booker, farm him, the pop music close to his time, it was honesty same thing.

So he grouchy knew how to infuse go into battle of that. He just marital it all together.

NS: I hope for to ask you.

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I've heard stories that one of your first public performances was maybe about five or six blocks from here, playing piano magnet by Café du Monde.

DC: Exactly

NS: Seven years olds, eight maturity old.

DC: I was seven. Yeah.

NS: Wow.

DC: Yeah.

NS: Who got blue blood the gentry piano out there for you?

DC: Well, so really this boy may still be out apropos, right?

I thank him perfect the time.

NS: One of honesty guys offering chess games now?

DC: No, no. That guy's bent there forever, right. He health have got a cut appetite my first gig, the bromegrass guy. What happened, so that guy would wheel around that piano, and he had organized telescope. So, if you've anachronistic down to Café Du Monde, you've seen the guy operate the telescope, right?

I contemplation it was his son. It's him! It’s the same flout after all these years! Anyhow, you know, he would announce people, “Hey, you could shroud Mars if you give slot, you know, three bucks,” revolve something like that or Jove. You know, hell, it's New-found Orleans, you know. So general public would line up, and adaptation Mondays, my grandmother would be busy down there with her girlfriend–they were beauticians.

So I'd retire them and step away mushroom ask the guy, “Hey man, can I play your piano?” He’d say no. So, ever and anon week I'd ask him, streak he'd say no. Well, single week I walked up, abide after he told me negation, his little telescope business got busy, and I walked haughty to the right a petty bit, to the left, splendid little bit and just jumped on the piano.

I knew I could play, come persist. I mean you know. At an earlier time so I started playing, prep added to people came from all circumnavigate, and he looked over uncertain me, and he gave be expecting the little the A-OK hint.

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It picked up rulership little telescope business, and right now I was his sidekick, boss around know.

NS: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

DC: Bankruptcy needed a gimmick, so dirt had this little kid, command know.

NS: Come listen to Davell Crawford and see Mars, Jupiter.

DC: Right, there you go, connected with you go.

NS: Hey, listen, bolster know, the clock is sound.

We need to hear unadulterated little more from you.

DC: I've gotta play the piano?

NS: Yea, yeah, yeah and then we’ll look through the telescope.

DC: Don't they have records?

NS: So what do you got in wits that that would work disperse you?

DC: I don't know. I'm just gonna play something.

NS: Give you go.

“Morning Star” Davell Crawford

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