Playlist: Happy Birthday Dr. King!

January 14, 2011 11:36 AM

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Sorry for the slow week of posts, but the XRT Listener Poll Special required a lot of rehearsal. Thanks to everyone who came out to Craftsman Experience.

The combination of a packed house, lots of beer and wine, and a shiny assortment of state of the art power tools could have been disastrous, but nary a finger was nicked. Safety first. Get all the 2010 results on this very website.

I’ll be in for Lin Brehmer on Martin Luther King Jr. day, here’s some musical homework:

“Pride In the Name of Love” by [lastfm]U2[/lastfm]. They got a detail wrong, but that’s just a quibble with this stirring tribute about love in the face of death.
“Happy Birthday” by [lastfm]Stevie Wonder[/lastfm]. The master of Motown was one of the main advocates behind getting the national holiday for Dr. King passed.
“Abraham, Martin and John” by [lastfm]Dion[/lastfm]. Dion DiMucci, the pop doo-wop superstar had a hit with this atypical number (for him) about four assassinated American leaders. I saw him do this with [lastfm]Graham Parker[/lastfm] and [lastfm]Dave Edmunds[/lastfm] at an XRT show years ago with each singer taking a verse. Sadly, the list continues to grow.

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Hello Frank,
I’m the guy who spoke to you last night about Jerry Lee Lewis. Thank you for taking time to talk with me; you’re the coolest. I’ll burn you a copy of the CD I recorded at Sun Studios and send it to you. If you can leave me an address to send it to that would be cool. Anyway, thank you and your piers for a Grand evening and hope to see you soon. I’ll be listening to your show today from work so maybe you can say “Hello Mike” or something like that. Oh ya, don’t forget I would like to meet the “Lee Ette’s” someday!!!!! Take care and have a Great weekend. DOC
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Patty Griffin – Up To The Mountain

Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer Redemption Song (Bob Marley cover)

James Brown – Say It Loud-I’m Black And Proud

Eddie Vedder – The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Dylan cover)