Remembering Melanie

Farewell to a little sister of the sun

Front cover of Melanie’s album “Photograph.” Photo by Noel Holston (Author)

I’ve had the good fortune to see a goodly number of “name” music acts over the years, from Ray Charles to Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt to Booker T. and the MG’s.

I heard Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. in a sports arena and Tony Bennett in a room not much bigger than my den.