Twinkie Clark Shows Why the Clark Sisters are Gospel Legends
Twinkie Clark performs two of her gospel compositions for Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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Twinkie Clark Shows Why the Clark Sisters are Gospel Legends
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Twinkie Clark performs two of her gospel compositions for Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Twinkie Clark demonstrates two of her gospel compositions -- the Clark Sisters' bluesy hit "Is My Living in Vain" and the classically-inspired ballad "My Soul Loves Jesus."
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Twinkie Clark Shows Why the Clark Sisters are Gospel Legends
Clip: Episode 3 | 2m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Twinkie Clark demonstrates two of her gospel compositions -- the Clark Sisters' bluesy hit "Is My Living in Vain" and the classically-inspired ballad "My Soul Loves Jesus."
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(bluesy organ music) ♪ Is my living in vain ♪ - All that's bluesy.
- Yeah, absolutely.
♪ Is my giving in vain ♪ - And I would give each sister a line.
♪ Is my praying in vain ♪ (bluesy organ music continues) - So, it has that bluesy sound.
- Yeah, it does.
- But it's still gospel.
- Yeah, clearly.
And I love the blues, but I could hear it right away.
(Twinkie Clark chuckles) - Twinkie Clark is doing some amazing things, not just with the sisters, but also as a solo artist.
(deep piano note) It's the rhythm.
It's the sound.
(gospel piano music) - "My Soul Loves Jesus," the arc of the song, it's just incredible.
♪ My soul ♪ ♪ Loves Jesus ♪ ♪ My soul ♪ - I love the way she painted the picture about her relationship with God, and then it's symphonic and starts this place, and by the end, the vocals were all there, and all of a sudden they just kind of drift away and it's just piano.
You can hear what's happening with her at Howard, from her classical stuff that she's starting to do now.
♪ It's my soul whoa oh ♪ ♪ My soul ooh whoa ♪ - So, it's almost like she's singing it, now it's transferring into her hands to play the same idea, how she's feeling.
♪ My soul ♪ (hopeful organ music) (hopeful organ music continues) - Bravo.
Bravo.
That's great.
- That's for you.
- Thank you.
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