Willie Egan - I Can't Understand ItIf ever an artist was undeserving of obscurity, it was Willie Lee Egan, a Louisiana rocker in the style of Fats Domino and Smiley Lewis. Until recently, nobody seemed to know if he was still living, which is not surprising, since even during Willie's heydays in 1955 56 his excellent records were poorly distributed and he never cracked the national R&B charts. Adding to the confusion, his name was spelled correctly on only three or four records, and

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and hold onto the hope that it'll keep happening that way for the rest of my life

in a little-known set of four sonatas which

They are joined by acclaimed tenor Christoph Genz in the role of the Evangelist and Egbert Junghanns as Jesus

Ivey's solo material is much more straightforward yet still travels through a wide spectrum of classic folk

The band made a mark with their left field mix of music

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and all the grandstanding effects that violinists usually indulge in

until the war unexpectedly ended and the Hero Training Program he was in was shut down

Written in 1913 for the diva Aino Ackté

Santa Fe Opera in July and August