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Song Of The Day: Aug. 19, 2018
‘People get ready, there’s a train a’comin’…’ Curtis Mayfield writes a Gospel song for the ages:
Song Of The Day: Aug. 18, 2018
Written by Steve Goodman, sung by Arlo Guthrie. Definitely in the conversation for best train song ever:
Song Of The Day: Aug. 15, 2018
The King took this blues tune by Junior Parker, and turned it into one of the most iconic early rock ‘n roll songs ever. Bringing ‘race music’ into the rock vernacular is one of Elvis’ most singular accomplishments: To give you a sense of how transformational Presley’s version was, here is the original:
Song Of The Day: Aug. 14, 2018
Wow. I had never heard this early demo version of Tom Waits’ Train Song. It just blows me away:
Delaware GOP No Longer Has An AG Candidate
Not surprising since I doubt that anyone can remember they had an AG candidate. For the record, her name is/was Peggy Marshall Thomas. In announcing that she was dropping out, she asked “the media to ‘respect her privacy’.” No problem, Peggy. The R’s have until Sept. 4 to name someone to replace her on the […]
Song Of The Day: Aug.13, 2018
A week of train songs? How about a month? Let’s start with a week and see where this train takes us. Leadbelly as channeled through Little Richard and Fishbone kicks off our journey:
Song Of The Day: Aug. 12, 2018
Boz always had a gift for the hook. Especially a blue-eyed soul hook. We close out Boz Week with one of my faves:
Song Of The Day: Aug. 11, 2018
Boz wrote some great ones, and he knew great ones when he heard them. Like this Allen Toussaint-penned classic:
Tom Carper In His Own Words: Why He Should No Longer Be Senator
When Tom Carper ran against Bill Roth in 2000, he made age the issue while claiming that age was not the issue. Of course, age wasn’t the issue, said Carper. Energy was. Don’t believe me? Read this piece on that race from 2000. Won’t take you long to find the money quote. Here’s how Tom […]
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