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18. Feb. 2024 · Letter From New Orleans: Celebrating Soul Queen Irma Thomas. An appreciation of the Soul Queen of New Orleans by her longtime collaborator Scott Billington.
- Scott Billington
Irma Thomas – The Soul Queen of New Orleans captures the essence of Irma Thomas in story and song. This documentary film traces Irma’s humble beginnings from Ponchatoula, Louisiana all the way to her role as New Orleans Soul Queen Ambassador. Along with her greatest hits and her compelling biography, we’ll hear from some of music’s top ...
- An Ordinary Life For Irma Thomas
- From Fired to Famous
- A Gift from God
- Connection Through Gospel Music
- Gospel Music to Irma
- Sail with Irma Thomas
- Jazz Fest
- Familial Influences
- Irma Thomas on Dealing with Sickness
- God's Word Through Gospel
Meg: How did you get your start in music? Irma: I got into this business by being fired on the job for singing.The first time I got fired for singing I was working the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift as a dishwasher at a local white restaurant during segregated times. My boss who was white told me to stop singing that nigger music. When I thought he wasn't...
The second time I got fired I was a waitress at a nightclub that was a predominantly black nightclub but it was owned by a white owner. I would get up and sing with the local house band, which was Tommy Ridgley and the Untouchables. It got to the point where the folk were coming in asking for the singing waitress. My white boss did not appreciate t...
Irma: Ironically it wasn't something that I thought I could make a living at so I didn't aspire to be a performer. This is not something that I endeavored to do because I never thought you could make a living at singing. Even though growing up I knew there were entertainers who were entertaining, as a child you don't understand the financial aspect...
Meg: Can you tell me about your connection with Gospel music? Irma: I'm an avid church person and I grew up in the church. As a young black child in the south especially, all children were given things to do on various Sundays — either you read a little piece or you sang a little song, you did something in the church as an upfront person. All the k...
Gospel music is our way of saying thank you or getting something off your mind or relieving yourself of whatever situation you may be in and getting a bit down or even a bit happy for. That's what gospel music is for and that's what it does. That's why when people hear gospel music they don't quite understand these strange feelings that they get. W...
I want them to get on the same ship and sail with me because it's a good feeling. It's a combination of happiness and sadness all rolled into one. It depends on where your mind is at the time you're hearing it and it's a wonderful thing. I love it, I revel in it and if I could've made a living at doing just that I would have but that was not the wa...
Meg: While at Jazz Fest, I attended your tribute to Mahalia Jackson, an amazing performance. I know that tribute is an annual event — how did it come about? Irma: In 2006, after Katrina, Quentin Davis, who is one of the producers for the Jazz and Heritage Festival, said, 'Irma how would you feel about doing a tribute to Mahalia Jackson?' I said, 'N...
Meg: I believe at the time of that first Mahalia tribute performance your mom had just died? Irma:My mother had passed away that March. I played Jazz Fest the first weekend I think it was in April. I really hadn't had a lot of time to really let go. One thing I can remember is my mom did get a chance to see her only child perform. So beyond that th...
Meg: My mother has been seriously ill for some time now. Irma:I understand what you're going through. You probably have this "I want to help but I don't know what to do" feeling, that helplessness. It's your mom and you feel that empathy for what she's going through but in your own way you have no way of helping, all you can do is just be there. We...
Irma:Let me explain something to you that I pass on to people. When you were blessed and you were given thoughts to pass on to people, people come into your life for a reason. We never understand why some people will walk up to us and say certain things and we kind of give them a strange look. But later on down the line it'll come back to you that ...
30. Aug. 2007 · Singer Irma Thomas, better known as the Soul Queen of New Orleans, surely counts as one of the performers who defines the city. We last spoke with her in February, just after she won her...
Irma Thomas 2008. Irma Thomas (* 18. Februar 1941 in Ponchatoula, Louisiana als Irma Lee) ist eine US-amerikanische Blues -, Soul - und Gospel - Sängerin. Sie gilt als die Soul Queen of New Orleans . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Biografie. 2 Sonstiges. 3 Diskografie (Auswahl) 4 Weblinks. Biografie.
Irma Thomas turned 80 this week. The obligatory references to her classic single “Time Is On My Side” are still appropriate. Like Aaron Neville, who notched his 80th in January, the Soul Queen of New Orleans is in good health, good spirits and good voice.
NEW YORK, NY.- Singer Irma Thomas has long been known as the Soul Queen of New Orleans, a title that feels both richly deserved and far too provincial. Her songs never topped the Billboard pop chart, but they did climb it. And even today, they’re covered by bar bands and in blues jams across the country.
