Pilar de La Hoz - Reverend Lee (Tribute to Diane Schuur)

Pilar de La Hoz , is a Peruvian singer versatile showing her talent in languages as Portuguese, English and her native language Spanish. The music is born with her, her attractive and sweet voice and a unique personality makes her a real Star of the Peruvian folklore and the Latin jazz.


The song you are listening to now is definitely the outstanding performance on the album, HOZADIAS . "Reverend Lee" was originally written and performed by Gene McDaniel's in the early 1970s (read a story about him on the Wire). But de La Hoz's version makes all the difference!

This song tells the tale of a southern pastor struggling with lustful thoughts (in a dream) and, ultimately at least, winning the battle. Here lust is personified as a young woman, "Satan's daughter". The association of women with Satan and notions of the woman as temptress unfortunately have a long history in western civilization, which you can read a bit about here (including a reference to Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused").
Here are some of the lyrics from "Reverend Lee":

Reverend Lee, he went to the water
And he prayed to the Lord about old Satan's daughter
It seems in a dream, child, while he lay sleepin'
She climbed in his bed, starts rubbing and weepin'
Oh, she was twistin' and turnin'
She was beggin' and pleadin'
lovin' and burnin', pantin' and breathin', haah haah
. . .
Reverend Lee, he lifted his arms high
Said, "Heavenly father, take me home to the sky."
He said, "Lord please don't test me, not down where she touched me."
"Oh, my mind is so hazy, Lord, my body is hungry", oh yeah.
God rolled the thunder, then hurled the lightnin'.
He seemed to be angry, oh, so it was frightenin'.
Thunder grew louder, louder, darkened conditions
Just then a voice said, "God cannot be petitioned."
Just then the devil emerged from the water, and he said in a dry voice,
"Your God will not barter."
Reverend Lee ran screamin' from the water
He was hotly pursued by old Satan's daughter
"Reverend Lee", she said. "Reverend Lee, Reverend Lee . . . oh do it to me".
"Reverend Lee do it to me" (by Eugene McDaniels; Longport, BMI).

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