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Ask American Profile 1 Q Who sang “Down in Louisi ana where the black trees grow, lived a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau”? Where can I find that song? —Priscilla Milam, Point. Texas Country singer-songwriter Bobby Bare had a 1974 hit single with “Marie Laveux,” a song about real-life 19th century Louisiana voodoo queen Marie Laveau written by songwriter, author, cartoonist and poet Shel Silverstein. It's on a new two-disc CD, Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies , a col lection of 30 Silverstein-written songs recorded by Bare in the 19705. a* MarisaTomei got her stArt on TV’s As The World Turns. n |>- t i t? J* t Available NOW at \ fC' IkbllH V * WAL-MART I 4fUr4TrsT -HtTS l ''"''j: £ I . W , J" \\ | &apifolnasl)V’i(lc . tom I ( P\o l \J (a 1 Cr y C cj bCa cj ■— ———- ke (1 ift(ri>.<rt rtc 1 I - - - Includes 12 video HITS! iKijr Louisiana voodoo queen Marie Laveau was immortalized in song by Bobby Bare (below) and others. . X Y, At. • : iliM Lullabys, and ’ Lies Vilr tH LEGACY _ EDITION j***: JM I miss seeing actress MarisaTomei. What can you tell me about her? —-fames Broun. Farmington. Utah You can see Tomei in the movies Wild Hogs , the recently released Before tlx Deiil Km/us You're Dead and the upcoming War. Inc. She made a brief return to television last year on t the FX network series Rome Me. The ■Hfe- Oscar-winning actress was raised in Flatbusli, N.Y., and dropped out of Boston University for a role on As tlx World Turns. She then moved to Hollywood for the TV series k A Different World before begin ning her film career. At 42, she has had several serious relationships, but never married. ■ 1 */Jy *■ Kat Kraft, Lynn Lowrey, Jenna i am Sanz-Agero and Jan Kuehnemund j mm- rock as the band Vixen. J r Q In the 1980 s there was an all-female group called Vixen. Whatever became of them? —Melissa Bell. Gilbert. W.Va. Vixen, which had a 1988 heavy-metal hit single with "Edge of a Broken Heart” and toured with Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi, Kiss and Deep Purple, continues rocking with founder Jan Kuehnemund at the helm of a new group of female musicians. The re-formed Vixen released a 2006 CD called Live and Learn , available on the website www.vixenrock.com. In 2004, the group was featured on the VH-1 series Bands Reunited. Did the movie Papillon film at Devil’s Island? I have pictures I took there while I was serving in the U.S. Air Force, and some of the scenes from the movie look very familiar. —-Joseph McCord. lonia. Mich. The 1973 movie Papillmt starred Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoff man in die true story of Henri Charriere, a prisoner who survived and eventually escaped die brutally harsh conditions of so-called Devil s Island off the northeastern coast of French Guiana in Stxith America. It was filmed, however, in Hoilywcxxl-ffiendly Jamaica, tile site ofdozens of otiler movies over the years, iixluding 20,000 leagues Under the Sat. Club Paradise. Cocktail and the James Bond romps Dr. No and Live and Let Die. * Cover photo by Tracey Attlee ■ Want to know more about a celebrity or public figure? Send your questions to: Ask American Profile, 341 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 400, Franklin, TN 37067 or e-mail us at askus@americanprofile.com. The volume of mail received prohibits us from giving personal replies—through e-mail or other means. m Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoff man starred in Papillon.