An entertaining
story in the LA Times today about Claude Johnson, the son of Robert Johnson, the famous blues singer who died in the late 1920's. The younger Johnson got drawn into a dispute over the estate that resulted from the older Johnson's newfound popularity. He managed to prove his paternity and suddenly found himself with a considerable amount of money that he is basically indifferent to. A very vivid picture of the lives of hard working, God fearing folks in the rural south emerges from the story. The best part of the story is the exchange at one of the legal proceedings between a hostile lawyer and an old woman who is giving eyewitness testimony regarding an "encounter" with Robert Johnson during her younger days.
Here's a sample, with the lawyer asking the questions:
Q: Well, let me, let me share something with you, because I'm really curious about this. Maybe I have a more limited experience. But you're saying to me that you were watching them make love?
A: M-hm.
Q: While you were making love?
A: M-hm.
Q: You don't think that's at all odd?
A: Say what?
But read it yourself cause the old lady really sticks it to the lawyer and it's hilarious.
