Great News! William Bell's single "Strange Fruit Is Still Hanging" is an official entry in this year's GRAMMY nominating process!

Recording Academy voting members can officially vote for nominees now thru October 15th & we'd sincerely appreciate your consideration when submitting your nominations.

"Strange Fruit Is Still Hanging" is up for nomination in the following categories:

SONG OF THE YEAR - "Strange Fruit Is Still Hanging"

BEST JAZZ PERFORMANCE - "Strange Fruit Is Still Hanging"


LISTEN TO "Strange Fruit Is Still Hanging" HERE!

Thanks for your consideration & support!

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Grammy Award winning vocalist  & songwriter William Bell and former James Brown guitarist Robert Lee Coleman will each be awarded The Harriet Tubman Medal of Freedom Award in the Rotunda of The Tubman Museum in Macon, GA  on Friday, August 15th @ 2PM. 

The Tubman Museum is located at 310 Cherry St, Macon, GA 31201

There will be a meet & greet, live music and refreshments provided as well.

 

For More Info:
 https://tubmanmuseum.com/
(478) 743-8544

Sponsored by Gus Arrendale & Springer Mountain Farms. 

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Must See Documentary Official Trailer

The Take Me to the River YouTube Channel presents
William Bell
LIVE with the Take Me to the River All-Stars
at Red Rooster 2024

Hosted by
Director Martin Shore 
The legendary GRAMMY winning singer-songwriter William Bell joined Take Me to the River All-Stars at the 2024 Red Rooster festival, and we are now proud to present just one of amazing songs we recorded at the festival.

This week the Take Me to the River YouTube channel presents William Bell Live with the Hi Rhythm Section doing his classic song "Born Under a Bad Sign".

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Many of the great voices and songs are dying! Roberta Flack just died (80 years old)
 

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Staton brought in her longtime friend and STAX Records legend, William Bell read all about it

And that is what inspired William Bell to make his addition to the protest song canon, “Strange Fruit is Still Hanging.” “Strange Fruit is Still Hanging” is a blues number that begins with Bell making a reference to George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police and comparing it to a lynching.
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