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Professor Thomas A. Moore got his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas Tech in 1976. He has been a professor in the ASU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry since 1976. He is also the director of the ASU Center for Bioenergy & Photosynthesis.
Tom visiting Blind Lemon Jefferson's gravesite in Wortham, Texas, to make sure it has been kept clean.
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Jefferson is generally credited with being the father of Texas Blues.
Additional information in The Handbook of Texas Online.
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean*
by Blind Lemon Jefferson
Well there's one kind of favor I'll ask for you
Well there's one kind of favor I'll ask for you
There's just one kind of favor I'll ask for you
You can see that my grave is kept clean
And there's two white horses following me
And there's two white horses following me
I got two white horses following me
Waiting on my burying ground
Did you ever hear that coffin sound
Did you ever hear that coffin sound
Did you ever hear that coffin sound
Means another poor boy is under the ground
Did you ever hear them church bells toll
Did you ever hear them church bells toll
Did you ever hear them church bells toll
Means another poor boy is dead and gone
And my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
And my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
And my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold
Now I believe what the Bible told
And there's one last favor I'll ask for you
And there's one last favor I'll ask for you
And just one last favor I'll ask for you
You can see that my grave is kept clean
*The song has been covered by many musicians including: Bob Dylan, B. B. King, The Grateful Dead, John Hammond and more.
But wait, there's more:
Play some more music: public domain MP3s http://www.africanafrican.com/negroartist/mp3/blind%20lemon%20jefferson.htm
06-Aug-2010
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