Video: Rev. Johnny L. "Hurricane" Jones at the Highland Inn Ballroom on 12.17.09

My interest perked with Ben Ratliff's marvelous primer on The Reverend Johnny L. "Hurricane" Jones in the New York Times . "Most preachers," the Rev. Johnny L. Jones explained in a recent interview, "get their power going up," or working to a climax during preaching or singing. "I moan at the end. Most of my power is given by coming down, after I've gone up." Now 74, Mr. Jones - also known as Hurricane - is a Bobby Bland-type singer, with a great gargly voice and a concentrated wariness that doesn't break, even [...]

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