RIP Shirley Lewis, Boston's Queen of the Blues

WE LOST OUR BELOVED SHIRLEY LEWIS ON Sunday, MAY 5, 2013.

She is STILL the regal Queen of the Blues

Shirley Lewis at BCAT
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(Left to right in picture: Joe Viglione, Shirley Lewis, Little Joe Cook and Richie Sarno)

Richie Sarno writes "God Bless You and Rest In Peace Shirley."

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Shirley Lewis is still the regal queen of blues

By Bill Copeland on March 17, 2011

Shirley Lewis recently turned 74 and her singing career is still going strong. She is still the regal queen of the blues. Raised in a musical family, she has been singing since she was four. She feels that the biggest misconception of her talent is that everyone now only knows her as a blues singer.

“I’m not a blues singer. I’m a singer. I’m a singer that sings blues,” she said. “I believe that music comes from the heart, not from the head. I believe that everything you sing, whether it’s rhythm and blues, blues, jazz, funk, punk, whatever you call it, all that stuff. If it doesn’t come from the heart, it isn’t enjoyable to me.”

http://www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/2011/03/shirley-lewis-is-still-the-regal-queen-of-blues/



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