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Originally Posted by Tom Ames
I would more than quibble with "strongly." I should have encountered him more than once simply by accident. Perhaps I did and didn't take enough notice for it to embed in my long-term memory, so maybe you are right. Hard for me to believe though. I'm still puzzled by it.
i want to be clear this wasn't directed at you, although it can be interpreted that way.
i hadn't heard about Nina Simone until only a few years ago, just as surprising as you not hearing about Gil considering my interests.
strong voices like theirs have a tendency to be muted by other interests who don't like what's being said, in their case the same people they are singing about.