FANS WANT TO KNOW: WHO IS THE VOICE?

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FANS WANT TO KNOW--WHO IS THE VOICE?

by Jack D. Sypal
Dateline: Bethany, December 17, 2017, 01:06:08:19:28--No beach party/
fashion show/wine tasting contest would be complete without entertainment, so this gala affair concluded with a blues band review. From down in the tunnels, Johnny Dunker brought some bands that covered some of the oldies, goldies and delivered their own cutting-edge sick compositions. Elijah and the Golden Chariots, Old Mose and the Israelites, Alvin Tostig and the Levites, Errol Priest and the Temple Scribes, and Perry C and the Fringe all performed to the crowd’s appreciation.

Throughout the night, band followed band, each seeming to surpass the performance of those who had come before. At the end of the evening, amid resounding applause, all of the lights went out, and the crowd was held in utter darkness. In the midst of the darkness, a solo voice began to sing an old blues tune with new words.

The lights slowly rose, the bands remained on stage looking at one another in confusion. “It was eerie,” Perry C said describing the moment. “We were all on stage taking our bows when the lights went out. We went from total light to total darkness just like that, and then this voice started singing. It was just this voice coming out of nowhere.”

An Israelite said, “At first we thought it was one of us on stage singing. You know, just a song to keep people calm, but when we looked around no one was singing. We just stood there and listened for a while, and then we heard the refrain coming ‘round again.”

One of the Fringe singers chimed in, “Yeah, it took a couple of verses of the song, but we finally started to get it, so a few of us started joining in. Eventually the guys picked up their instruments, and everybody started playing. It was amazing.”

A Levite continued, “It was really strange. We all knew the tune, and the words sounded familiar, but they were different. Then when the refrain, ‘Life is the blues/And the blues is the walk of life’ came around that second or third time, we knew we had to join in. It was compelling.”

When the song was done, the audience started chanting “Who are you? Who are you?” trying to determine if it was one of the band members, but all the band members were on the stage. Among those interviewed later, most agreed that there is likely a new voice with a new song that just appeared in the darkness and saved the day until the lights came on. Whether it was planned or an accident, most reported that it was a truly moving, life-changing experience.

Correction SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER by Marc Yul Angelou, December 10, 2017, 01:01:08 dateline should be Jordan River not Chicago.