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Transcript: Bettye LaVette's Journey To The National Stage
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- January 23, 2009
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DAVE DAVIES
NPR Fresh Air
01-23-2009
Bettye LaVette's Journey To The National Stage
Host: DAVE DAVIES
Time 12:00-1:00 PM
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DAVE DAVIES, host:
This is Fresh Air. I'm Dave Davies filling in for Terry Gross. During last Sunday's pre-inaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial, one of the most stirring performances was given by one of the day's least well-known performers.
(Soundbite of song "A Change Is Gonna Come")
Ms. BETTYE LAVETTE: (Singing) I was born by the river in a little bitty ol' tent Lord, just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, long, a long time coming But I always believe that a change was gonna come...
DAVIES: That's Bettye LaVette singing the ...
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