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Fancy
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Small Ensemble Drum Set, Electric Bass, Electric Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer - Level 2 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1855749
By Reba McEntire. By Bobbie Gentry. Arranged by David Maddux. This edition: pdf. Country. 92 pages. David Maddux #1415287. Published by David Maddux (A0.1855749).In the summer of 1969, legendary FAME Studios producer Rick Hall challenged Bobbie Gentry to write something to rival her landmark “Ode to Billie Joe.” Two weeks later, she handed him “Fancy.” Gentry herself called it her strongest statement for women’s liberation — a Southern Gothic rags-to-riches narrative about a girl from a New Orleans shanty whose dying mother sends her into the world in a red satin dress with a single instruction: don’t let me down. Reba McEntire’s 1991 cover became a signature anthem, landing in the country Top 10 and inspiring elaborate concert staging for decades. This TTBB arrangement for Heartland Men’s Chorus brings the full dramatic arc to life — a commanding solo voice carrying Fancy’s story, with the chorus embodying mama’s desperate, haunting refrain.
part-predominant rehearsal tracks and accompaniment track available at davidmaddux.com
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