By contrast, this James commercial was a delicious fruit smoothie, set to the Impressions' song "Keep on Pushing, " an exquisite civil-rights anthem now used to convey a message of personal fulfillment.
At 27, Watkins brings refreshing youth and innocence to a song sung from the perspective of a grizzled barge-worker: Only "a fruit jar full of iced tea" and "a half a day off with pay" provide relief to a lingering heat wave.