Transforming Today's World Magazine - JAN 2014 Special Edition Vol 5 Issue 3 | Page 74

“But their cooking oil
converted bus had
broken down in Jackson”
Selected to represent her hometown of Birmingham Alabama
by Magic City Blues Society at the I.B.C, was Die Dra the
Blues Diva. She had coaxed her talented friend Janelle Frost
to get off of the road and come join her. This was a difficult
task as Janelle had just lost her long- time partner and was
still experiencing the grief of that loss. But this skilled and
killer piano player was also a gifted writer…and we all know
gifted writers always have a song or two to contribute to a
new project! Die Dra’s friends, April Mae and her husband
Catfish, were also competing at the I.B.C. representing New
Jersey, and had agreed to meet the ladies for the blues fest.
But their cooking oil converted bus had broken down in
Jackson Tennessee and they found themselves camping out
at Mann’s Wrecker’s yard for two days!

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