Category Archives: Video

‘Stormy Monday’ Double-Dip

Posted on September 26, 2011 by admin

No blues tune has been as abused by mediocre blues bands as T-Bone’s Walker’s signature 1947 hit, “Stormy Monday”. That said, his ‘blues box’ guitar solo and vocal styling on this cut inspired such greats as B.B. King, Freddy King, … Continue reading →

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“The Thrill is Gone” by B.B. King and…Luciano Pavarotti (?)

Posted on September 25, 2011 by admin

I’m not sure what inspired this combination, but a hat-tip to Pavarotti for trying and B.B. for letting him try. Still think it’s weird, though.

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What is a Corporation?

Posted on September 23, 2011 by admin

Clips from the documentary film “The Corporation” (2003).

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‘Strange Fruit’ by Billie Holiday

Posted on September 22, 2011 by admin

They used to do it with rope; now it’s done by lethal injection. Same difference in the end. R.I.P. Troy Davis.

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Troy Davis is Dead, a Victim of Our System of ‘Justice’

Posted on September 22, 2011 by admin

Perhaps Troy Davis’ execution will become the cause that finally ends the Dark Ages of state-ordered executions in this country; of course, I thought that about the seven men (of fourteen total) released from death row in Illinois. When half the … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Warren, Our Progressive President in 2016

Posted on September 21, 2011 by admin

After she’s done beating the pants off of that sports-bar lunkhead Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) in 2012, Elizabeth Warren, if she keeps talking like this, is going to talk herself into the presidency in 2016. Jeepers, she’s like Harry Truman, … Continue reading →

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Lightnin’ Hopkins in the Early ’60s

Posted on September 21, 2011 by admin

Texas bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins (b. Sam John Hopkins in 1912) doesn’t get a lot of notoriety these days, but listen to the guitar licks and the rhythm on this video and you can hear the same patterns used by modern rock and blues … Continue reading →

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“Rag, Mama, Rag” by Blind Boy Fuller

Posted on September 20, 2011 by admin

Blind Boy Fuller (b. Fulton Allen) was a contemporary of Robert Johnson and popular in his day, but he never received the adulation and respect Johnson has. Here he is playing “Rag, Mama, Rag” recorded in 1935.

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“Monday Morning Blues” by Mississippi John Hurt

Posted on September 19, 2011 by admin

Who is Mississippi John Hurt, you ask? Man, you got to be ‘learned up’ on the King of Three-Finger Delta Blues Pickin’ who influenced a whole passel of later guitar players, such as Dave Van Ronk, John Fahey, Leo Kottke … Continue reading →

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The Last Words of Lee Hays

Posted on September 18, 2011 by admin

Shortly before he died in 1981, Lee Hays, the poet and writer, and bass voice of The Weavers folk group, composed his own last testament. Here it is: In Dead Earnest By Lee Hays If I should die before I … Continue reading →

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