The Ballroom
We Want Her Home in Austin!
RECEIVED Fri., Aug. 10, 2012
Dear Editor,
Re: “We Need To Bring This Woman Home” [“Postmarks,” Aug. 10]: Re: "The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson" [Music, Aug. 3]: If anyone wants to organize a benefit for Shirley [Ratisseau], I'm in! I'll give time, energy, and what little money I can to help her. We need to let her know we want her home in Austin and we appreciate all she has done for Austin and the blues scene worldwide! When I left Minneapolis, Minn., in 1974 in a Volkswagen van with assorted others, I was fortunate to land in Austin because a friend of a friend wanted a ride back here. He was a blues musician named Sonny (wish I could remember his last name, whatever happened to him?) who stayed on the couch at Shirley’s house. She mentored and helped more than her share of musicians. Let’s help her now!
Re: “We Need To Bring This Woman Home” [“Postmarks,” Aug. 10]: Re: "The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson" [Music, Aug. 3]: If anyone wants to organize a benefit for Shirley [Ratisseau], I'm in! I'll give time, energy, and what little money I can to help her. We need to let her know we want her home in Austin and we appreciate all she has done for Austin and the blues scene worldwide! When I left Minneapolis, Minn., in 1974 in a Volkswagen van with assorted others, I was fortunate to land in Austin because a friend of a friend wanted a ride back here. He was a blues musician named Sonny (wish I could remember his last name, whatever happened to him?) who stayed on the couch at Shirley’s house. She mentored and helped more than her share of musicians. Let’s help her now!
Laurel Francel
