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Strange Fruit Song Lyrics Women's T-Shirt featuring the digital art Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit Lyrical Cloud by Susan Maxwell Schmidt

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Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit Lyrical Cloud Women's T-Shirt

Susan Maxwell Schmidt

by Susan Maxwell Schmidt

$34.99

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Our Bella / Canvas t-shirts are made from a 50% cotton / 50% polyester blend and are available in five different sizes.   They're stylish, soft, and incredibly comfortable.   Machine wash with cold water, and tumble dry on low heat.

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Strange Fruit Lyrical Cloud

A word cloud in neutral tones comprised of the most pertinent words appearing in the lyrics of Billie holiday's... more

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"Strange Fruit Lyrical Cloud"

A word cloud in neutral tones comprised of the most pertinent words appearing in the lyrics of Billie holiday's classic blues masterpiece "Strange Fruit." As far as protest songs go, this piece is probably one of the most important ever written. Recorded in 1939 by Lady Day, it was originally a poem written to protest against the racism that permeated the American south. The song, which details the horror of lynchings, has been credited with starting the Civil Rights Movement. Holiday's own label refused to record the song, fearing retaliation. Eventually it was recorded by Columbia and went on to sell over 1 million copies, becoming Holiday's biggest hit. Personally, I would love to see it re-released as a reminder about just how bad things can get, given the current climate in the country.

Part of my Lyrical Cloud series, paying tribute to the most important and iconic vocalists and songs in modern musical history. Though my main image app...

About Susan Maxwell Schmidt

Susan Maxwell Schmidt

My mind lives in a rather strange world of its own, in a state which I tend to refer to as "delightfully twisted." Through my art, which I am vehemently determined to continue to create with as little outside influence as possible, I work tirelessly to interpret the concepts my mind creates in a moment-by-moment barrage of ideas that always seem to come faster than I can realize them in a tangible form. Though my artwork over the past 40 years has evolved from my early days of shooting on film to manifesting itself in many different forms of more contemporary media, from the delicate transparency of digital watercolor, to the no-holds-barred starkness of noir digital photography, to even the fanciful abstract-turned-conceptual properties...

 

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