[Publius]

Even Lincoln loved "Dixie."

I saw the late Jester Hairston, who played the elderly Rollie in "Amen" on NBC, conduct a choral performance of the song that was hair raising. Hairston was a choir director by trade, not an actor as such.

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You ain’t just whistlin’ Dixie, FRiend!

[Fiji Hill]

I saw the late Jester Hairston, who played the elderly Rollie in "Amen" on NBC, conduct a choral performance of the song that was hair raising. Hairston was a choir director by trade, not an actor as such.

On two occasions, in 1961 and 1976, I attended a Jester Hairston lecture on sacred music at the churches that I attended. On both occasions, he had the audience singing along. He was a very effective teacher and knew his subject thoroughly.

I also saw him in the 1960 movie The Alamo.