6/28/2023 0 Comments Songbirds by Heather Augustyn![]() ![]() They sacrificed family and home for a life in the spotlight, or they brought their babies with them on the road. They endured harassment and received little or no pay to perform as backup or alongside or in front of the male musicians. In a music world that was rougher than rough, where men took monikers of royalty and machismo like Duke and King and Lord where boastful ringleaders fired guns into the air after descending a throne carried by their legions of followers, bandoliers crisscrossing their chests, ermine on their shoulders where violent gangs stormed dances to "mash up," breaking sound system equipment and smashing bottles of beer on brick walls, how was a little girl with a sweet song in her soul to have a chance? Some Jamaican women found a way. ![]()
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