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Once in a while a musician comes along with impeccable technique, deep understanding of the jazz repertoire, an innate tendency to swing and the rare ability to communicate the heart and soul of a tune to listeners. That musician is Beegie Adair.
About her music Adair says, “Falling in love with jazz is like falling in love with a person, except with jazz you never get over it.” About Beegie (say B-G) Adair, what do others say?
Jazz great Helen Merrill salutes her “inventive jazz sense, her wonderful sense of time and improvised melody.”
Christopher Louden of Jazz Times magazine says Adair is “an accomplished artist with a delicate touch.”
The Los Angeles Times calls her music “Elegant.”
Entertainment News writes, “Beegie Adair is one of the finest piano players in the world.”
Intrigued? So are thousands of jazz fans, who agree with critics about Adair’s sophisticated and listenable jazz performances, and who have made her recordings among the biggest sellers in the jazz world.
Citing George Shearing, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Erroll Garner among her influences, Adair has recorded 24 CDs, ranging from Cole Porter standards to Frank Sinatra classics to romantic World War II ballads. Her 6-CD Centennial Composers Collection of tunes by Rodgers, Gershwin, Kern, Ellington, Carmichael and Berlin became an instant collectible classic when it was released in 2002.
Kentucky born and raised, Adair lives and records in Nashville – something of a surprise to people who associate the city solely with country music. In fact Nashville lives up to its “Music City” nickname by hosting a vibrant jazz scene, in which she has been a leading light for decades. A sought-after studio musician in her early days there, Adair accompanied such legendary performers as Chet Atkins, Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash – and also worked with Lucille Ball, Dinah Shore, Mama Cass Elliott and Peggy Lee.
Her guests on Improvised Thoughts, Beegie’s radio talk/music show on the local NPR affiliate, included such greats as Tony Bennett, Joe Williams, Marian McPartland, Benny Golson and Helen Merrill. She has guested on McPartland’s Piano Jazz show and has performed with Nat Adderley, Bill Watrous, Lew Tabackin, Terry Clarke, Urbie Green and Jim Ferguson, among many others.
When she’s not in the studio or appearing in clubs and concert halls around the country, Adair wears a variety of hats, from adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University to teacher and mentor at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. Recently she co-wrote and scored an innovative theatrical production, Betsy, which in April 2006 premiered off-Broadway in New York.
She has recorded eight projects for Village Square Records in Nashville; her most recent CDs are Sentimental Journey, a popular collection of World War II-era songs, and a solo piano recording, Quiet Romance.
She performs solo and with the Beegie Adair Trio, whose members include drummer Chris Brown, a veteran of the Maynard Ferguson ensemble, and bassist Roger Spencer, who has played with the Les Brown Band, Ray Conniff, the Page Cavanaugh Trio and Pete Jolly. They are, she says, “my main guys. They’re so tuned into the way I visualize music that it’s effortless to play with them.”
In clubs and concert venues from Los Angeles to New York, Beegie and her “main guys” win kudos from audiences and critics alike who appreciate her unique take on classic jazz. She fell in love with the music a long time ago, and indeed she’s never gotten over it -- a love affair the jazz world is much the better for.
Georgia On My Mind
Beegie Adair Lyrics
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That I'd be playing solitaire
Uneasy in my easy chair
It never entered my mind
And once you told me I was mistaken
That I'd awaken with the sun
And ordered orange juice for one
You had what I lack, myself
Now I even have to scratch my back myself
Once you warned me that if you scorned me
I'd say a lonely prayer again
And wish that you were there again
To get into my hair again
It never entered my mind
Once you warned me that if you scorned me
I'd say a lonely prayer again
And wish that you were there again
To get into my hair again
It never entered my mind
The lyrics to Beegie Adair's "Georgia On My Mind" suggest a story of lost love and missed opportunities. The song begins with the singer reflecting on how they laughed at someone's prediction that they would be playing solitaire, but now they find themselves alone and seemingly abandoned. The line "Uneasy in my easy chair" conveys a sense of restlessness and dissatisfaction with one's current situation. As the song continues, the singer recalls past conversations with their lost love, including one where they were told they would awaken with the sun and order orange juice for one. The line "It never entered my mind" emphasizes the singer's naivety and inability to see the end of the relationship coming.
The lyrics also suggest a sense of regret and longing. The line "You had what I lack, myself / Now I even have to scratch my back myself" implies that the singer took their partner for granted and now misses the support and companionship they provided. The warning "if you scorned me / I'd say a lonely prayer again / And wish that you were there again / To get into my hair again" highlights the depth of the singer's attachment and their hope that the relationship could be rekindled.
Overall, the lyrics to "Georgia On My Mind" convey a sense of loss and heartache, as well as a desire for reconciliation and closure.
Line by Line Meaning
Once I laughed when I heard you saying
I used to laugh when you said that I would end up playing solitaire, all by myself.
That I'd be playing solitaire
That I would be alone, with no one else to share my time with.
Uneasy in my easy chair
Feeling uncomfortable, even in a comfortable chair, because I was all alone.
It never entered my mind
I never even considered the possibility that I would end up alone like this.
And once you told me I was mistaken
You once told me that I was wrong about something.
That I'd awaken with the sun
That I would be up early in the morning.
And ordered orange juice for one
I would only need to order a single glass of orange juice for myself, since there would be no one else with me.
It never entered my mind
I never even considered the possibility that I would end up alone like this.
You had what I lack, myself
You possessed the qualities or attributes that I do not have, and now that you are gone, I am left with only myself.
Now I even have to scratch my back myself
I now have to do even the simplest of tasks on my own, without anyone there to help me.
Once you warned me that if you scorned me
You once told me that if you rejected or disdained me, I would feel very lonely.
I'd say a lonely prayer again
I would pray alone, with no one to share my thoughts or feelings with.
And wish that you were there again
I would long for your company again, because being alone is so difficult and painful.
To get into my hair again
Even though you used to bother me or irritate me, now I miss those times because I am so alone.
It never entered my mind
I never even considered the possibility that I would end up alone like this.
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Written by: LORENZ HART, RICHARD RODGERS
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