I googled OC6 on the Arno river and found you!
The reason being we were going through some phorographs of a trip to italy
in 2009/10 and there at the base of one of the photos on the side of the
river with the Pont de Vecchio behind was an OC6
Fishes at the Mugnone river, Florence, Italy
Fishes at the Mugnone river, Florence, Italy.
Deep River - Sybil Smoot & Florence Gospel Choir
Live - Mondovi, italy directed by Nehemiah H. Brown. www.fgcschool.com.
I listened to many of the renditions of this posted on youtube and this has
BY FAR the most emotion. This is what I expected to hear when I searched
for "spirituals". And as far as "not hard at all", try putting your soul
into it and see how easy it is! Thank you Sybil
Her emotion and concentration are overwhelming. Tears are pouring out of my
eyes. I too have listened to several different postings of this spiritual -
and this one simply blew me away. Thanks for posting this recording. I wish
I could have heard it live.
She has an out of this world voice, Awesome velvety dark alto timbre. She
should go try out for the female barbershop quartet known as "Sweet
Adelines" she would be a superb bass.