DJ AM RIP

" The New York City Medical Examiner has determined that "acute intoxication" due to the combined effects of multiple drugs killed celebrity deejay DJ AM. "

(article)

Hmmm...
Y'all be careful out there...



Will Shade – “Better Leave That Stuff Alone” mp3

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Mackenzies Blues

Former child star Mackenzie Phillips said Wednesday her father, John Phillips, who was a leader of the 1960s pop group the Mamas and the Papas, raped her when she was a teenager and that her sexual relationship with him later became what she termed "consensual."

(article)

Lordy...I aint got but two things to say to THAT...
( sigh ) poor girl...

Rule #1- Don't be makin' love to your kin folk.

Rule #2- Don't!


That kind of blues makes other folks blues seem ordinary.
But that don't mean Bessie Smith aint gonna lay it on down for ya anyway...

Bessie Smith – “He Treats Me Like A Dog” mp3

Shake Them Tea Baggers On Down

"When you see, you know, those of you that are watching certain news channels on which I'm not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security," (Read more)

Obama said that about them "Tea Baggers" back in April. Still makes sense to me. They seem to be back again. Shakin' them Tea Bags around. As far as Health Care goes, I think The Prez is gonna have to Shake THEM on down...


Bukka White – Shake ‘Em On Down” mp3

The Best News In Blues So Far...

" It's latest form has taken shape nicely in Akin Babatunde's sweetly enthralling performance as the title character in "Blind Lemon Blues," an inspired, highly original tribute to blues singer and guitarist "Blind" Lemon Jefferson.

More than just a revue of Jefferson's countless country blues classics, this abstract narrative tells the story of his rise from a legendary street musician in Dallas to a top-selling recording artist who became a seminal influence on American popular music. "
(read more)

Now THAT'S what I call news. Give it up to the man! Akin Babatunde. Yeah boy, and that aint all, either. There is always some press about me out there for sure, if you've forgotten about me that quick.

And I aint always singin' about the sad blues.

Here's one for the ladies:

Blind Lemon Jefferson – “Piney Woods Money Mama” mp3

Curiosity Wrote Some Songs

" When God told Adam he could eat of all the fruits of the Garden of Eden, but not of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, he placed what has been called a “provoking object” in Adam’s eyes. The provocation was to go beyond the boundaries God had established and thereby set himself up a rival deity, a being with no limits on what he can conceive, a being whose intellect could, in time, comprehend anything and everything. "

From an article called Does curiosity kill more than the cat? (NY Times)

Now I don't know about all that. But what I do know is that curiosity wrote some incredible songs in my day. Have you ever been curious where your girl done slept last night? You ever wake up and wonder about these things in the morning? And you think about it for so long that by the time dinner rolls around you've written your self a fine little diddy that goes somethin' like this, here...


Leadbelly – “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” mp3





And if you heard this before, maybe it was that Kurt Cobain boy who done it unplugged.
And he's somebody ya take advice from as far as curiosity goes. He went ahead and found nirvana instead of being curious about it.
Ok now...do your self a favor....and write more songs about your curiosity. And if you can't sing 'em your self...there are plenty of folks who can.

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Obama 's House Is A Wobblin'

If it aint one thing it's another up on that hill...

" President Barack Obama sternly warned Wall Street Monday against returning to the sort of reckless and unchecked behavior that threatened the nation with a second Great Depression. "» Full Story on Yahoo! Finance

I'm wondering how long it's gonna be until Wahington stops wobblin'...

Duke Ellington – “Washington Wobble” mp3

Health Care Reform

My reply to all of this bizness about health care reform is comin' from the folks who aint got none...
Blind Lemon Jefferson – “One Dime Blues” mp3

Gobama...

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