The Songbook of Benny Lament by Amy Harmon

Author:Amy Harmon [Harmon, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: 154202353X
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Published: 2021-03-16T00:00:00+00:00

The Barry Gray Show

WMCA Radio

Guest: Benny Lament

December 30, 1969

“If you’re just joining us on WMCA, you’re listening to The Barry Gray Show. I’m here with Benny Lament, and we’re talking music, murder, and one of the biggest stories of the decade, for a number of reasons.”

“Esther and I had the deck stacked against us, that’s for sure,” Benny Lament says.

“There are a lot of layers to your story, layers folks may not know about. It wasn’t just the obvious challenges of love and color.”

“The obvious is easier to deal with, because you can prepare. It’s when you don’t know who’s a friend and who’s a foe that things get complicated. When you don’t know who’s pulling for you and who’s plotting against you.”

“Were you ever scared?” Barry Gray asks.

“I was. Always,” Benny Lament answers. “Not of the music. Not of the work. But I was afraid of the things I couldn’t control.”

“Why?”

“My father told me once that men are put on earth to protect and provide. If a man can’t protect and provide it’ll make him mean . . . or it’ll drive him crazy. I thought that was just an excuse until I loved someone so much that I would do anything to protect them. I understand now.”

“You were worried you couldn’t protect or provide?”

“I’m big. And I’m ugly. But some battles are bigger than one man.”

“Bigger than one man and one woman?”

“Way bigger. But Esther said something once that I’ve never forgotten.”

“What’s that?”

“She said if you want people to change, you have to show them what it looks like.”

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