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re: It's Lynn Kellogg
Posted by: TheOtherOne 07:25 am EST 11/24/20
In reply to: re: It's Lynn Kellogg - Chromolume 09:09 pm EST 11/23/20

I think they alternated who sang the song in the early days of its run, so maybe there was some question as to who would actually record the album version. Whatever the reason it is clearly Lynn's version on the album, and its inclusion came as a nice surprise to those of us who'd only known the show from its abridged vinyl recording.
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re: It's Lynn Kellogg
Posted by: jbronsto 06:33 pm EST 11/24/20
In reply to: re: It's Lynn Kellogg - TheOtherOne 07:25 am EST 11/24/20

I think that the confusion continued about this song because original cast member Lori Davis in her book “Letting Down My Hair” speaks about Melba Moore singing the song and how amazing it was and that the band seemed to play a different accompaniment for her with cool woodwind and brass things. She appeared to be referring to when Melba went on for Lynn and/or briefly replaced her in the role of Sheila. They don’t appear to have alternated who sang the song but when people were out or not able to sing parts of their role but still decided to go on for their scenes, songs were sometimes re-distributed without regards to character. There was apparently a performance that all of the black cast members missed in solidarity after one of the cast members died when some wild substations happened also.
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re: It's Lynn Kellogg
Posted by: TheOtherOne 09:03 pm EST 11/24/20
In reply to: re: It's Lynn Kellogg - jbronsto 06:33 pm EST 11/24/20

Might that have been after Lamont Washington died in a fire? A very sad part of the production's history.
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re: It's Lynn Kellogg
Posted by: blue70 09:47 pm EST 11/24/20
In reply to: re: It's Lynn Kellogg - TheOtherOne 09:03 pm EST 11/24/20

Apparently, the cast was not given permission to attend his funeral.

Listen to the short Story Corps story at the link.
Link Story Corps - Original Cast Member of Hair, Mary Lorrie Davis, on the Groundbreaking Broadway Musical
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re: It's Lynn Kellogg
Posted by: TheOtherOne 10:18 pm EST 11/24/20
In reply to: re: It's Lynn Kellogg - blue70 09:47 pm EST 11/24/20

Dear Lord, how shameful is that?
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