I was trolling around YouTube yesterday and came across this performance by Bruce Springsteen. It’s a scorching live version of the title track from his 1995 LP featuring the out -of-this-world guitar work from Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine. It’s from a 2008 tour. Now you know the Boss is one of my faves and this is one of the reasons why. That he can take a quiet folk song and turn it into a full blown rocker is one thing. But as a long time champion of the disenfranchised folks of the world…it’s the song-writing that, to me, is mind blowing. In 1995 he writes a song based on a 1939 novel (Grapes of Wrath) and using a Woody Guthrie song as inspiration, Springsteen updates the themes and situations to what was happening in his time. And there are still people like Tom Joad out there today. This song is just as incisive and meaningful today as the day it was written…hell, as the day the first “Tom Joad” headed out of the Dust Bowl.
Here is the original if you want to compare the two…
Paul McCartney is coming out with a new album on which he plays all the instruments. “McCartney III” is a sequel to his self-made 1970 album “McCartney,” and the 1980 follow-up “McCartney II.” The former Beatle says “McCartney III” was a result of working on film music during the quarantine and having time to work on unfinished songs. McCartney said he completed each piece of music just for the fun of it, and had no idea it would end up being an album. McCartney III comes out December 11th, and is available for pre-order now.
A new Jerry Garcia album is coming out. “Garcia Live Volume 15” is a previously unreleased live set featuring the late Grateful Dead singer with keyboardist Merl Saunders and saxophonist Martin Fierro, recorded in 1971. The jazzy set includes a 12-minute version of the David Crosby track, “The Wall Song,” which can be heard now. “Garcia Live Volume 15” comes out December 4th.
Happy Birthday to Mountain guitarist Leslie West who turns 75 today. This is an underated song from an underrated early 70’s band.
If you are using Spotify or Pandora you should realize that the artist is getting ripped off. Buy the actual LP or CD from the artists website if you want them to get paid
According to CNBC, artists can expect to earn between $0.006 to $0.0084 per stream to the holder of music rights. However, according to some data from Information is Beautiful, it puts that number even lower at $0.00437 per play. 1000 streams would translate to roughly $4.37
It was on this date in 1962 that President Kennedy announced an air and sea blockade of Cuba. The Cuban Missile crisis was as close as World War 3 ever came. We didn’t really know how close until years later…Research the name of Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov…the man who saved the world…and that’s not hyperbole.
The Packers had 13 players on their injury report yesterday including David Bakhtiari who was out with a chest injury. They also signed linebacker James Burgess off the Falcons practice squad while placing CB Parry Nickerson on IR.
Marquette mens and womens basketball shut down for two weeks after positive COVID-19 cases.
Covers Of The Day
On this day in 1965 the Rolling Stones released Get Off My Cloud…here are a couple of covers…
Quotes Of The Day
“Let me be absolutely clear: Amy Coney Barrett will dedicate the next several decades on the Supreme Court to fighting tooth and nail to destroy LGBTQ rights.”-Charlotte Clymer
“I get this president wants full credit for the economy he inherited and zero blame for the pandemic he ignored. But you know what? The job doesn’t work that way. Tweeting at the television doesn’t fix things.”-Barack Obama
“We literally left this White House a pandemic playbook that would have showed them how to respond before the virus reached our shores,” fmr. Pres. Obama says, discussing Trump admin.’s Covid-19 response. “They probably used it to…prop up a wobbly table.”-Barack Obama
“President Obama knows @JoeBiden will be a REAL Commander in Chief who would NEVER ignore bounties on our troops. A leader who will stand up to our foreign adversaries instead of constantly buddy up to them.”-Vote Vets
Nice to see a President who can speak clearly…
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