Sunday, March 12, 2006

Harry Belafonte

In Bob Dylan's memoir, Chronicles, Volume One, he waxes on about the scope and force of Harry Belafonte in his hey-day. My impression of Belanfonte has been that he's kind of a cool cat, musical, black... but that's about all I know. Then I start thinking about his famous daughter, Shari Belafonte--I can even picture her in my mind. But why do I know her? I can't think of a single thing she's contributed to the culture, or even how she makes her living--So how do I know her name? And why can I see her close-cropped, grey-flecked hair?

By the way, is Harry still with us? From Dylan's take on him, I'd sure like to sample some of his music and movies.

1 Comments:

At 3/13/2006 11:51:00 AM, Blogger johnvano said...

He's almost 80--so the shaking is likely due to Parkinsons ;-)

Thanks for the update, A--sounds like you might be able to give me a bit of a HarryBelafonte edumakation!

 

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