He Is My Story

The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes

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Pub Date Aug 28 2012 | Archive Date Jan 03 2013

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Michael Corcoran, former music critic and columnist for the Austin American-Statesman, has spent years unearthing revelatory details on the life of Arizona Dranes, a mysterious woman behind the music that set the mold in 1926 for rockin’ singer/ pianists with six “test records” that have stood the test of time. Until now, very little has been correctly reported about Dranes other than the facts that she was blind, from Texas, had a piercing Pentecostal voice and was the first recording artist to play piano in the secular styles of the day, while singing words of deep praise.

Michael Corcoran, former music critic and columnist for the Austin American-Statesman, has spent years unearthing revelatory details on the life of Arizona Dranes, a mysterious woman behind the...


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