
Rissi Palmer
8/26/2021 | 27m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Rissi Palmer fills the hall with her own sound: country and blues with jazz and soul.
Rissi Palmer started in the music business on a traditional path, but quickly found her own way, developing her own southern soul-country sound. Mixing together country and blues with jazz and soul, the stories she spins always lead back to perseverance.
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Rissi Palmer
8/26/2021 | 27m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Rissi Palmer started in the music business on a traditional path, but quickly found her own way, developing her own southern soul-country sound. Mixing together country and blues with jazz and soul, the stories she spins always lead back to perseverance.
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["Sweet Sweet Lovin'"] ♪ Mhm, hey, ay ♪ Na, say na-na-na-na ♪ Na-na-na-na ♪ Na-na-na-na-na ♪ One more time ♪ Say na-na-na-na ♪ Na-na-na-na ♪ Na-na-na-na-na ♪ I get my bacon from my butcher, get my eggs from the farm ♪ ♪ Get my strength from my daddy, smart mouth from my momma ♪ ♪ Get my word from the preacher, my money from the bank ♪ ♪ But all of my good home training, got my granny to thank ♪ ♪ When I need kissing and hugging ♪ ♪ Get my sweet, sweet loving from you ♪ ♪ I do, hey ♪ I sure do ♪ Get my sweet, sweet loving ♪ Sweet, sweet loving from you ♪ I like the touch of your hand on the small of my back ♪ ♪ Feel your lips on my neck, I don't know how to act ♪ ♪ You make me wanna be faithful, stay honest and true ♪ ♪ No one else can do me quite the way that you do ♪ ♪ Cause when you call, I come running ♪ ♪ Get my sweet, sweet loving from you ♪ ♪ I do, hey ♪ I sure do ♪ Get my sweet, sweet loving ♪ Sweet, sweet loving from you ♪ I, I, yeah ♪ Everything I want ♪ Yeah, you give it to me babe ♪ Yeah ♪ Most precious thing to me, yeah ♪ ♪ The satisfaction guaranteed ♪ I find peace in your arms, yeah it feels like home ♪ ♪ Wherever you are is where I belong ♪ ♪ You give me kissing and hugging ♪ ♪ Get my sweet, sweet loving from you ♪ ♪ Yes I do, ooh baby ♪ Sweet, sweet loving y'all from you ♪ ♪ Yes I do, yeah ♪ I get my sweet, sweet loving ♪ Sweet, sweet loving ♪ Sweet, sweet loving from you ♪ I do ♪ Get my sweet, sweet loving ♪ Sweet, sweet loving ♪ Sweet, sweet loving from you ♪ I get my sweet ♪ I get my sweet ♪ I get my sweet ♪ I get my sweet ♪ Yeah ♪ Loving from you, yeah ♪ I get my sweet, sweet loving ♪ Sweet, sweet loving ♪ Sweet, sweet loving from you, yeah ♪ ["Little Black Boy, Little Black Girl"] ♪ Little black boy, little black girl ♪ ♪ What will become of you in this world ♪ ♪ You're so much more than what people see ♪ ♪ No one can limit what you can be ♪ ♪ Baby girl you're so much more than flesh and face ♪ ♪ You're a queen by blood ♪ You've got natural grace ♪ Don't you let them doubt you or leave you behind ♪ ♪ You carry the future in your beautiful mind ♪ ♪ Little black boy ♪ Little black girl ♪ What will become of you in this world ♪ ♪ You're so much more than what people see ♪ ♪ No one can limit what you can be ♪ ♪ Little boy remember that there is a plan ♪ ♪ You've been given a purpose, you'll be a great man ♪ ♪ There are those who will fear your sun-kissed skin ♪ ♪ Just remember the light you carry within ♪ ♪ Little black boy ♪ Little black girl ♪ What will become of you in this world ♪ ♪ You're so much more than what people see ♪ ♪ No one can limit what you can be ♪ ♪ So keep your head up ♪ Keep your head up ♪ Little black boy ♪ Little black girl ♪ What will become of you in this world ♪ ♪ You're so much more than what people see ♪ ♪ No one can limit what you can be ♪ ♪ Little black boy ♪ Little black girl ♪ What will become of you in this world ♪ ♪ You're so much more than what people see ♪ ♪ No one can limit what you can be, yeah ♪ ♪ So keep your head up ♪ Keep your head up ♪ Ooh, baby ♪ Keep your head up ♪ So keep your head up ♪ Keep your head up ♪ Keep your head up ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ Don't you let 'em knock you down, no ♪ ♪ Little baby, ooh ♪ Keep your head to the sky, yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ Don't you let 'em knock you down, yeah ♪ ♪ Keep your head up ♪ Head, yeah ♪ Ooh [audience clapping] - So, my family, my mother's family, is from a small town in Georgia called Summerville.
When I was a little girl, I would spend my summers there.
I would get dropped off in June and picked up in August.
I think I maybe only put shoes on to go to the grocery store and go to church.
It was just a really beautiful, amazing time and I cherish that time.
That's where I fell in love with music, that's where I started singing, and it's a place that I go back to in my mind when I wanna be with my mother, and my grandmother, and my great-grandmother.
This is "Summerville".
["Summerville"] ♪ Running barefooted through the summertime ♪ ♪ White sheet drying on that old clothes line ♪ ♪ You'd say child wash your feet ♪ ♪ Before you come inside to eat ♪ ♪ I'd show up at the start of June ♪ ♪ August always came too soon ♪ As we pulled away in our four door ♪ ♪ You'd stand crying on your front porch ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ Highland Avenue ♪ Ooh ♪ I left too soon ♪ It took 20 years, a few left turns ♪ ♪ To get me back to where you were ♪ ♪ When love was still ♪ In Summerville ♪ Shed a tear, crack a smile ♪ When I let my mind wonder down that country mile ♪ ♪ Where love is real ♪ In Summerville ♪ You take a hambone and flat green beans ♪ ♪ Turn a bare cupboard into a feast ♪ ♪ If you didn't have nothing, you couldn't tell me ♪ ♪ You always had my cherry ice cream ♪ ♪ You raised us all on kisses and hugs ♪ ♪ Jesus and switches stretching money ♪ ♪ You knew God and you gave him to us ♪ ♪ We had you so we knew love ♪ Oh, ooh ♪ Highland Avenue ♪ Ooh ♪ I left too soon ♪ It take 20 years, a few left turns ♪ ♪ To get me back to where you were ♪ ♪ When love was still ♪ In Summerville ♪ Shed a tear, crack a smile ♪ When I let my mind wonder down that country mile ♪ ♪ Where love is ♪ In Summerville ♪ There's an overgrown field where your flowers grew ♪ ♪ And there's a house but there's no you, you ♪ ♪ Highland Avenue ♪ Ooh ♪ I'm missing you ♪ It took 20 years, a few left turns ♪ ♪ To get me back to where you were ♪ ♪ When love was still ♪ In Summerville ♪ Shed a tear, I crack a smile ♪ When I let my mind wonder down that country mile ♪ ♪ My heart is still ♪ In Summerville ♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na ♪ ♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na ♪ My heart is still ♪ Oh in Summerville ♪ One day I'm coming home ♪ I love you, I love you ♪ Yeah ♪ No matter where I go ♪ My heart is still ♪ Oh, in Summerville ♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na ♪ na-na-na-na-na-na ♪ Oh my heart is still ♪ In Summerville ♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na ♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na ♪ Oh my heart is still ♪ In Summerville [audience clapping] ["Good Night"] ♪ Mhm ♪ The sun is yawning, going to bed ♪ ♪ You've been busy, little sleepy head ♪ ♪ Stars are sparkling and the moon is bright ♪ ♪ Everything everywhere is saying goodnight ♪ ♪ All is well ♪ All is right ♪ Sweet child close your eyes and say goodbye ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ Say goodnight ♪ Your dreams are waiting, sunny and sweet ♪ ♪ Even your teddy bear has gone to sleep ♪ ♪ Just one more story, one more page ♪ ♪ Then we'll close the book on this wonderful day ♪ ♪ All is well ♪ All is right ♪ Sweet child close your eyes ♪ And say goodnight ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ Say goodnight ♪ I say, ooh, ooh ♪ Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah ♪ All is well ♪ All is right ♪ Sweet child close your eyes ♪ And say goodnight ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ Say goodnight ♪ The sun is yawning, going to bed ♪ ♪ You've been busy, little sleepy head ♪ ♪ Stars are sparkling and the moon is bright ♪ ♪ Everything everywhere is saying goodnight ♪ [audience clapping] - Thank you ["Speak on It"] ♪ Mhm, yeah ♪ Everybody's stressed out about the state of things ♪ ♪ 'cause when you lookin' 'round it gets you wondering ♪ ♪ How'd it get so bad ♪ How'd it go so wrong ♪ But if you don't like the game ♪ ♪ Then you don't have to play along ♪ ♪ You don't have to get crazy ♪ You don't have to be obscene ♪ But if something strikes you funky ♪ ♪ Stand up and say your piece ♪ You gotta speak, speak on it ♪ Use your voice to make righteous noise ♪ ♪ And then you gotta keep, keep on it ♪ ♪ Oh, put it in the air make it loud and clear ♪ ♪ Good people everywhere ♪ Speak on, speak on ♪ Speak on, speak on ♪ Listen ♪ Your brothers getting beat ♪ Your sisters held to the ground ♪ ♪ If you say what you see, we can turn it around ♪ ♪ Don't let nobody tell you, silence can kill ♪ ♪ If no one will defend them baby let them know you will ♪ ♪ You gotta speak, speak on it ♪ Use your voice to make a righteous noise ♪ ♪ And then you gotta keep, keep on it ♪ ♪ Oh, put it in the air, make it loud and clear ♪ ♪ Good people everywhere ♪ Speak on, speak on ♪ Speak on, speak on ♪ Listen ♪ You gotta think on it ♪ Then pray on it ♪ Then speak on it, don't sit on it ♪ ♪ Work on it ♪ March on it ♪ Stay on it ♪ Don't stop, don't quit ♪ You gotta think on it ♪ Then pray on it ♪ Then speak on it ♪ Don't sit on it ♪ Work on it ♪ March on it ♪ Stay on it ♪ Don't stop, don't quit ♪ You gotta speak, speak on it ♪ Use your voice to make a righteous noise ♪ ♪ And then you gotta keep, keep on it ♪ ♪ Oh, put it in the air, make it loud and clear ♪ ♪ Good people everywhere ♪ Yeah, think on it, pray on it, speak on it ♪ ♪ Don't sit on it ♪ Work on it, march on it, stay on it ♪ ♪ Don't stop, don't quit ♪ You gotta think on it, then pray on it, speak on it ♪ ♪ Don't sit on it ♪ Work on it, march on it, stay on it ♪ ♪ Don't stop, don't quit ♪ You gotta speak, speak on it ♪ Use your voice to make a righteous noise ♪ ♪ And then you gotta keep on it ♪ ♪ Oh, put it in the air, make it loud and clear ♪ ♪ Good people everywhere ♪ Speak on, speak on [audience clapping] - Thank you.
Y'all have been an awesome audience.
This is our last song, so we gonna take you to church.
Y'all ready to go to church for a second?
Here we go.
This is called "Revival" this is the title track for my new album, here we go.
["Revival"] ♪ Trapped in darkness ♪ Waiting for the light ♪ Cold and heartless ♪ Something ain't right ♪ No more empathy for our fellow man ♪ ♪ People they look at me like they don't give a damn ♪ ♪ You should fall on our knees ♪ Say I'm your vessel ♪ Lord pour me full ♪ Oh, we need a revival ♪ Lord you said just what you're gonna do ♪ ♪ Oh, we need a revival ♪ How'd we get so confused ♪ Lord we're lost without you ♪ Whole wide world is starving for the truth ♪ ♪ Oh, no hope is left yeah it's life or death ♪ ♪ Oh we need a revival ♪ Let the cymbals ring ♪ Lift your voice and sing ♪ Oh, dance and shout ♪ Let your burdens down ♪ Raise your hands, yeah, to the sky ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ Said I'm your vessel ♪ Lord pour me full ♪ Oh, we need a revival ♪ Oh, lord you said just what you're gonna do ♪ ♪ Oh, we need a revival ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ How'd we get so confused ♪ Lord we're lost without you ♪ Whole wide world is starving for the truth ♪ ♪ Oh, no hope is left ♪ Yeah, it's life or death ♪ Oh we need a revival ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ Raise your hands to the sky ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ Said I'm your vessel ♪ Lord pour me full ♪ Oh we need a revival ♪ Oh, lord you said just what you're gonna do ♪ ♪ Oh we need a revival ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ How'd we get so confused ♪ Lord we're lost without you ♪ Whole wide world is starving for the truth ♪ ♪ No hope left, yeah it's life or death ♪ ♪ Oh we need a revival ♪ We need a revival ♪ Lord we need a revival ♪ We need a revival ♪ We need a revival ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ Eh ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ Come on ♪ Ey ♪ Do not stop ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ No hope left in this life or death ♪ ♪ Oh we need a revival ♪ We need a revival ♪ Lord we need a revival ♪ We need a revival ♪ We need a revival ♪ Ooh, yeah [audience clapping] - Thank you so much.
I'm Rissi Palmer, this is my band.
If you like what you heard tonight, please go to Rissipalmermusic.com.
Thank you so much for the North Carolina Museum of Art, come hear North Carolina.
Thank you so much y'all, have a good night.
♪ I said weed your seeds, yeah ♪ And when we rise up, no weapon can stop us ♪ ♪ No war can block us ♪ No it can't stop love ♪ I said weed your seeds - Quality public television is made possible through the financial contributions of viewers like you, who invite you to join them in supporting PBS NC.


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