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Today’s Music: Four Versions of “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out”

From 1929, a traditional version as performed by one of the ‘Queens of the Blues’ Bessie Smith: B.B. King (with little guitar but great piano) fries it up: Derek and the Dominos featuring Eric Clapton and Duane Allman take it … Continue reading

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