Marie's Crisis

Length 09:41
Licensor Kevin T. Allen
Producer(s) Kevin T. Allen
Formats Debut (not aired nationally), Documentary, Essay
Topics Family, Music, Religious
Produced December 10, 2006
Added to PRX December 13, 2006
 

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Summary:

A relationship between Man, Father, God, and Piano Bar.

Tones:

Intimate, Personal, Unconventional

Language:

English

Description:

The story of Jim who has been playing piano at the famously infamous Marie's Crisis for the past 19 years. Trained at an early age by his extremely religious father to embrace music "Soli Deo Glorio" (only for the grace of God), Jim has grown up to form his own, more tolerant, type of church at the local piano bar.

His father could never approve of a musical career that wasn't religious. Yet Jim states, "what I do does good...it helps people get through things" and although a Christian's main mission may be to proselytize, "you can't really do that without having a drink with the town whore."

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