Klarwein had painted the piece in 1963. He titled it The Annunciation, deriving its symbolism from the biblical story in which the archangel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will be giving birth to Jesus. The nude black Virgin Mary was a girlfriend of Klarwein's...
Roger Hawkins, Muscle Shoals Drummer on Aretha Franklin Classics, Dead at 75. Hawkins was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2008. Aretha Franklin "Respect" , Wilson Pickett "Land of 1000 Dances" , Percy Sledge "Whe...
