Merigail Moreland

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Text originally from http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/08/365-days-234---.html "Clearly, she was born to sing". That's what a close friend said upon hearing the last few of the songs I'll be sharing today. It captures my thoughts perfectly. The first time I heard the voice of Merigail Moreland, about 15 years ago, I had no way of knowing who she was. The next time I heard her voice, I had a name to go along with the voice, but nothing more. I wanted to know more, and I wrote as much during the previous 365 days project. I am definitely the type who likes to get to the bottom of a musical mystery. And now, as a result of the previous project, I know much more of Merigail's story, in all it's bittersweet glory. As I wrote in the project, each fall, for about 18 years, I used to go to a wondrous sale called "The Mammoth Music Mart" in Skokie, Illinois. In the early ‘90's, in a bin of 78's, I found an unlabeled acetate, and grabbed it quick, like I always do with such finds. Later, I was happy to find that it contained, on one side, a jazzy sort of guitar backed song, sung by a male chorus, apparently called "Backfire". But it was the other side, a song which could only have been called "Reputation", which really grabbed me. A young girl sang the song along with a couple of men, one of whom took the lead for one chorus, accompanied by more nice guitar playing. After awhile, the song drifted into the back of my brain. Then, at least five years later, I was again at the sale

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