BORN IN THE RAIN ON THE PONTCHARTRAIN
By Mike Lander on
We review thousands of photos weekly. Sometimes alarm bells go off as a photo illustrates to us a particular theme from literature, music or elsewhere with obvious clarity. You know it when you see it. The photo’s relevance to an issue makes an evident connection.
Presented here is “Out on the Pontchartrain“; New Orleans (1959). If you enjoy listening to Southern Rock we suggest “Hurricane” by the Band of Heathens. The chorus is as follows:
“I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
Underneath the Louisiana moon
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
The come around every June
High black water a devil’s daughter
She’s hard, she’s cold and she’s mean
But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water
To wash away New Orleans.”