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Fontella Bass: Travellin'

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It's been a while since the public has heard from Fontella Bass, but in case a reminder is needed, she had a huge hit in the 1960's: “Rescue Me." What many of the people who remember that hit may not know is that Bass was married at the time to the immortal Lester Bowie, and she followed him to perform for several years in France. She was an integral member of the St. Louis-based Black Artists Group during its founding ...


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