This morning on my way to work I was playing my Nina mix of favorites and the drive was delicious. The heavy, overcast, rainy midwest March morning was a perfect backdrop for her sultry, soulful classics.
I had the good fortune to see Nina Simone in concert sometime around about the mid-nineties. Third row seats. She was brilliant and difficult (classic Nina). She threatened to leave the stage and in fact quit in the middle of a song because the crowd wasn't feeling the music (in her defense, she was in Minnesota).
Well Nina, in case you ever doubted this fan, I was feeling your music then and I feel your music now. All the time. You carry me through. You are, after all, the high priestess of soul. Of my soul.
I hoped to post a video of a live performance of my most favorite of her songs - Feeling Good. None were to be found, so here is the best I could do.
But I did stumble upon this gem -- a rare live performance of Here Comes the Sun, Barcelona, 1988.
Feeling you, Nina.
I loved Nina...from way back when.
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