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Maya Miller, See That My Grave is Kept Clean, 2007 |
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SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN BY BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON, 1928 REMIX: MAYA MILLER, SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN, 2007 This is one of Blind Lemon Jefferson’s most popular songs and was covered by Bob Dylan on his debut album. The song echoes the confusing circumstances of Blind Lemon Jefferson’s own eventual death as rumours spread that he froze to death after being disoriented during a snowstorm. Miller’s line drawing style captures the haunting ghost-like quality of the song and its relationship to Jefferson’s own death. In a graveyard scene a tormented human head is merged with a white horse, as the lyrics describe “I got two white horses following me. Waiting on my burying ground.” The drawing gives us the sense that we can hear the “coffin sound” and the “church bells tone”. Maya Miller is a Brooklyn, New York-based artist and musician. She is a member of noise bands Double Leopards and Religious Knives and runs the Heavy Tapes imprint which released her publication ‘Notebooks’ a collection of 113 drawings. |
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