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Black Like Me
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Small Ensemble Drum Set, Electric Bass, Electric Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer - Level 2 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1855732
Composed by Emma Davidson Dillon; Fraser Churchill; Mickey Guyton; Nathan Chapman. Arranged by David Maddux. This edition: pdf. Country. 42 pages. David Maddux #1415275. Published by David Maddux (A0.1855732).Mickey Guyton wrote “Black Like Me” at a Warner Chappell song camp in March 2019, drawing on a lifetime of personal experience — from playground taunts to her father working twice as hard just to afford an old house and a used car. The title echoes John Howard Griffin’s landmark 1961 book, in which a white journalist darkened his skin to pass as Black and travel through the segregated South. Guyton posted the song to Instagram in June 2020 with no label permission and no promotional fanfare, saying simply: “People need to hear this.” It earned her the first Grammy nomination in history for a Black female solo artist in a country category. Maddux’s TTB arrangement deploys rotating soloists — the song’s confessional verses practically demand them — against a full-chorus refrain, building to a proud, defiant close. Challenging, necessary, unforgettable.
part-predominant rehearsal tracks and accompaniment track available at davidmaddux.com
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