“Mary Don’t You Weep”
Elliott Chavers feat. Lisa Sinkford
From the Hi Desert Records CD
Elliott Chavers Plays and Sings Electrifying Gospel
www.cdbaby.com/cd/chavers3
Originally recorded in 1997 and released two years later, “Mary Don’t You Weep” is a two-part, nearly thirteen-minute slow jam session based on the Caravans’ classic version of the quartet standard.
Elliott Chavers, former bandleader at L.A.’s 5-4 Ballroom, honks his tenor sax like it’s 1954. The remarkable Lisa Sinkford, “L.A.’s best kept secret,” delivers a stunning vocal that is one part gospel, one part blues, one part jazz and two parts preaching.
After Chavers and Sinkford conclude the “story of two sisters,” you not only have a rekindled appreciation for the story of Mary, Martha, Lazarus and Jesus, but you feel as if you’ve gone back five decades in musical time to hear it.
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WRITTEN: SUNDAY, MAY 12TH, 2002
FOR MR. FRED HAMMOND
“MOTHER’S PRAYER MENU”
BREAKFAST WITH JESUS, AND MY FAMILY TO START THE DAY OFF RIGHT. WALKING IN, GOD’S, DEVINE AND PERFECT WILL SHIELDED FROM THE
HAND OF THE ENEMY ON EVERY SIDE; LEAVING NO STONES OR CORNERS
UNTURNED FOR HIM TO COME IN.
LUNCH WITH , THE HOLY GHOST , FOR COMFORT AND STRENFGTH AS WE
ALL PASSED THROUGH THIS LIFE; FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH,
CONQUERING OUR HOME IN GLORY SOME DAY.
DINNER WITH , THE HEAVENLY CHOIR , , BECAUSE WHEN THE PRAISES
GOES UP THE BLESSINGS COME DOWN. FOR NO GOOD THING WILL ,
THE LORD , UPHOLD FROM ME AND MY FAMILY AS WE WALK UPRIGHT
BEFORE , HIM SERVING HIM WITH OUR WHOLE HEART DILIGENTLY.
A SNACK WITH , GOD , BEFORE I TURN IN FOR THE NIGHT, BECAUSE I
NEED HIS STRONG HAND TO PROTECT ME AND MY FAMILY, AS WE
SLEEP THROUGHTOUT THE NIGHT, LIKE A SHEPHERD WATCHING
HIS SHEEPS.
BY: MS. VERLIE M. . SMITH
COLUMBIA , SC
p.s.: I also lost my ,Mohter Margaret “Bit” Smith , on December 13th, 2008. She was my
prayer warrior partner and my bible scholar. I surely missed my mother cooking those
“black berry dumplings and home made mashed potatoes.