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Christine Perfect - And That's Saying a Lot

The blues have been called chronicles of personal catastrophe expressed lyrically and endured with grace and dignity... It’s the combination of despair and hope that gives the blues such an approachable quality, as these two things often live together in the hearts of everyday people. The music acknowledges the truth of trouble in the world around us and in our own hearts. To call out such despair for what it is and then to undercut it with hope is what makes the blues so powerful.

Sadness and lament are emotions familiar to all people, and songs, when rightly written, have always been a place where these emotions can safely be expressed... Allowing the nature of the blues to have a seat at the table of church life is good for the congregation. Reflective sadness has a place in the life of a congregation.

It’s good for us to be shaken by the losses in our world that have taken place at the hands of injustice, inequality, poverty, depression, disease, and war... the blues can teach us to take up residence in those troubling spaces where there is hurt and to practice the difficult speech of hopeful lament.
Source: Lent Is a Time to Sing the Blues by Derek Sweatman


Christine Perfect - And That's Saying a Lot
  • Written by: Walter Godfrey, Chuck Jackson
  • Genre: Blues Rock, Rhythm & Blues
  • Released in: 1970

"Keyboardist Christine Perfect, married John McVie and joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, Christine McVie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 1998 received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music."

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