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Day's Dawning: An Interview with Singer Devorah Day

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FRANZ A. MATZNER,
Franz A. Matzner

Franz A. Matzner

Columnist since 2002

Franz Matzner has contributed interviews and coverage from the Kennedy Center since 2002.

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Published: October 6, 2003

DD: That is exactly what I wanted. I love drummers, but I do not feel very comfortable singing with very many of them. Gene Jackson I have worked with before. He's an excellent drummer. I feel comfortable with him'but not for this. I needed a bassist to be the focal point as far as I was concerned in the music because the bass strikes me more as a heartbeat. It is more of an embrace to me than drums are, and I need to feel embraced when I work. So I had Booker T there, and he is my brother, and Kid Luck'as kooky and off-the-wall as it sounds it was just one big group hug.

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