Tag "I Know why the Caged Bird Sings"

Panthers: Gladys Knight, Etta James and Chaka Khan

by Jennifer Cairney ‘This is what panthers would sound like…if panthers could sing.’ Maya Angelou uses this phrase to describe a character in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and it fits these three to perfection. Sleek, powerful and more than a little bit scary their performances are unmarred by the fact that one of them totally disagrees with the lyrics they are singing, one of them is dressed as