Durn, I get no audio from the first selection. The second selection pleases me. However, a song being "country" doesn't guarantee it's good.
Who's heard Little Richard sing "Shake a Hand"?
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Durn, I get no audio from the first selection. The second selection pleases me. However, a song being "country" doesn't guarantee it's good.
This is a historic document!
These completely human contacts appear in the middle of America's worst treatment of a Black minority.
The song is a American Union song sung on picket lines and union gatherings all over America.
The fact that he is singing to Scottish miners demonstrates the universality of the movement. But it also shows us the unity between the races that will be necessary for the common man to win that struggle. This song is said to have inspired Bob Dylan's "I dreamed I saw Saint Augustine." Which has a strong spiritual resemblance.
Sorry I could not find the original, but this seems to have it's own appeal
I choose this cut from the movie Michael.In which I first heard the song "Pie" which enumerates every kind of pie there is!
My favorite scene is one in which the Arcangle Michael takes on a bull heard to head. I laughed until I cried! ":O}
The first one played...but without any sound, which kinda hurts our efforts here, don't it! ":O}
But "leave the pieces" played well and is right up my musical alley, so Spiel away! spiel away! ":O}
Clean, oh hell yeah. But tragic as well.
Not a big fan so I may get a few things garbled. I believe it was was Jan who had a severe almost fatal accident.Leaving him with permanent head injuries. He had difficulty speaking. This was an achievement he wasn't suppose to speak at all.
After several years he gained an awkward and stumbling intelligibility. Those years were spent in isolation.
Feeling once more himself he wanted to return to performance. So he contacted Dean, who could not say no.
The first night out they packed a rather large "house" and things were everything Jan had hoped for.
Then things went wrong...it became obvious that they were lip sinking the song.
Feeling cheated the booing overwhelm them and they could not continue.
Jan took the mic.
When they quieted he spoke. He explained his difficulties with speech since the accident which was made apparent by his difficulties in talking to them.
Then he said something I feel was wonderful.
He said he wasn't trying to cheat them. It was just that he had missed them all so much. Had missed their encouragement. and being able to please them. That he thought is would be alright if Dean was to sing and he lip sinked his part. He said Dean hadn't wanted to do it but he did so for Jan's sake. Then he apologized.
He finished by saying "I'm sorry,after having such a difficult time I just wanted to see you all again."
They went nuts! the cheers and applause went on and on. Then they finished the concert.
"To understand all is to forgive all."
What I whant to know is how to get frogs to r-r-ribit to the beat! Not to mention the crickets!
David has power over the lower forms of life. In short he MADE them do it.
Black people in Britain are seen as less of threat than they are here. Interestingly, they had slavery but renounced it in around 1850. I am so sad that in our South they made it an institution. And the North too! We are still a VERY racist country some 150 years later.
Joan Baez sang "Joe Hill" at Woodstock. The silence from the crowd was deafening. If only we knew that the Labor movement would be more critical than ever some 2 till 50 years later. I'm so glad that Ms Baez performed that song!
I'm not a fan either, but my family moved to LA in 1964, so it's a personal historic marker.
I didn't know this history. Thank you!
I surely know the first three notes. What a classic! The great thing about Booker T. and the MG's was that (Donald) Duck Dunn, on bass and Steve Cropper on guitar were in the band and both were of the Caucasian persuasion. If you'll pardon the way I put it.
Cropper and Dunn were in the original Blues Brothers band. I hope they are both still alive and Booker T is too!
Sadly Duck Dunn is no longer with us. And I don't know Booker T.'s last name. Hope he's doing very well.
Another hit of their's. Must say I find the accompanied video quite pleasing.
Even the VU meters work in this video!
Since I became a Washingtonian by transplant I've replaced the single (repeated) lyric of this song with something with more
of a local flavor... wait for it... Tacoma!
Never liked tequila way back when I consumed alcohol. Avoid Cuervo, it isn't a good brand. imho.