Just a few random links to music, I'm feeling kind of old school so not much from after the 70s unless its a cover-
Black Crowes covering "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down"
pretty good cover, can't match the original though- the feeling of loss in this song, my goodness; I am very glad we lost the war, but it just really destroyed so much down here. Southerners are unique among Americans in that we can say we lost a war and are genuinely pleased that we did (since we don't really count 1812 or Vietnam for some reason). I think it is vital to still identify with the Confederates in at least acknowledging that slavery was a part of our history. I went through so many triumphalist, "America is always right" social studies classes growing up that would brush over stuff like this- "after all the Union won, slavery wasn't a part of the real America, we've always been the good guys." We need to take responsibility for having this in our past. And while I'm on the subject, all the Confederate flag wavers at LSU are really putting their anger in the wrong place. They shouldn't be angry at blacks for being offended, they should be angry at the white supremicists and Kluxers who co-opted the flag into being a racist symbol rather than a cultural or regional one. Of course when you yell, "Go back to Africa,"at people you kind of betray yourself as not really being a good Southerner, and just being a hateful racist instead anyway. Dang it, couldn't even stay off the soapbox for one whole post.
Which of course brings me to this next Bob Dylan song "With God on Our Side". Talks about this myth of America's goodness and our history of co-opting God to our cause. Any Christian artist that covered this might get banned from Christian radio and Lifeway, which is a shame- the Church has a prophetic duty to speak truth to the country.
And here's a Johnny Cash and Dylan duet on "Girl From the North Country"- nothing really to say about it, I just really like it. And here's a cover of it by Conor Oberst (the Bright Eyes guy) and some other folks- got to love that steel guitar, takes awhile to get started though.
The Band again- "Acadian Driftwood"- without a doubt the greatest song by former Dylan backup musicians about the Acadians fleeing to Louisiana. None others really even come close. Oh and the French part at the end is something about arriving back in Acadia
Louis Armstrong- "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans"- if you don't smile a little bit when Louis hits his solo after the last verse, I don't know what to say you. Go find another blog to read.
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood back together- "Presence of the Lord"-it's a shame Blind Faith only lasted one album and six months or so, they could've been great.
Allman Bros.- "Statesboro Blues"- I tried to find the Family Guy clip where the Gregg Allman poster comes alive to give Peter advice in the Toad episode, but I couldn't, oh well.
Elmore James-"Dust My Broom"- great acoustic blues on the slide.
And finally to go really old school and drop some of that hot cello music all the kids are talking about these days on you- Dvorak-Cello Concerto. Do me a favor and click a link, it just might change your life.
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