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According to Tom Schnabel of KCRW, [3] he was told that Nina Simone's "See-line Woman" was a 19th-century seaport song about sailors coming into port (such as Charleston or New Orleans) and prostitutes waiting for them, lined up along the dock, hence the term 'sea line' (a line of women by the sea) or alternatively, "see-line" (women standing ...
She is the subject of Nina: A Story About Me and Nina Simone, a one-woman show first performed in 2016 at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool—a "deeply personal and often searing show inspired by the singer and activist Nina Simone" [124] —and which in July 2017 ran at the Young Vic, before being scheduled to move to Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre ...
Nina Simone – vocals, piano John Chiodini, Al Schackman – guitar John Clayton , Buell Neidlinger , Christopher Hanulik, David Young, Jim Hughart , John Peña, Margaret Storer, Steve Edelman, Susan Ranney – bass
Nina Simone – piano, vocals on all tracks, and arranger on track 10; Rudy Stevenson – flute on track 9; Lisle Atkinson – percussion on track 9; Bobby Hamilton – drums on track 9; Horace Ott – arranger and conductor on tracks 1,5,7,8,10,11,13; Hal Mooney – arranger and conductor on tracks 2,3,4,6,12; unknown orchestra
The song "Sea Lion Woman", recorded in 1939 by Christine and Katherine Shipp, was performed by Nina Simone under the title "See Line Woman". According to the liner notes from the compilation A Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings, the correct title of this playground song might also be "See [the] Lyin' Woman" or "C-Line Woman". [46]
American experimental band Xiu Xiu covered "Four Women" on its 2013 Nina Simone tribute album Nina. The song inspired the 2016 play Nina Simone: Four Women by Christina Ham. In the play, Nina meets the first three women (she is the fourth) at the site of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, and they become the characters in her song.
Nina Simone's life as a recording artist can be divided into three phases: early period (1957–64, corresponding to her albums with Bethlehem and Colpix); middle period (1964–74, corresponding to her albums with Philips and RCA); and late period (1974–2003, corresponding to her time either without a recording contract or with a multitude of different contracts).
"Go Limp" is the penultimate track on Nina Simone's 1964 album Nina Simone in Concert, and is an adaptation of a protest song originally written by Alex Comfort during his involvement with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. [1] The melody and part of the chorus is taken from the folk ballad "Sweet Betsy from Pike".