[Dixielandjazz] Precious Lord

[Phil O'Rourke]

> I just received a tear jerker store about how Tommy Dorsey wrote
> Precious Lord.  Did he write it?  Is the story about his wife & child
> dying true?  This is all new to me....

Jim
This tune was written by Thomas A Dorsey, a.k.a. Georgia Tom. The is a lot
on the net about him under either name.
he was a blues singer before he found religion. He was definitely no
immediate relation of the Dorsey Brothers.

Phil O'Rourke
Australia