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Far too many of you dying: ‘What’s Going On’

Sing Out! Posted on Nov 21, 2016 by Ken BiggerFeb 3, 2017
Cover image for 'What's Going On' (Motown Records)

“Local draft board No. 4 in a district surrounding State and 35th streets, containing 30,000 persons, of whom 90 per cent are colored, registered upward of 9,000 and sent 1,850 colored men to cantonments. Of these 1,850 there were only … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Aretha Franklin, Carl Sandburg, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Sam Cooke, veterans, Vietnam War, What's Going On

Interlude: Bob Dylan, Voice and Word

Sing Out! Posted on Apr 4, 2013 by Ken BiggerJan 4, 2015

Bob Dylan, 1978 “You can do anything with your voice if you put your mind to it. I mean, you can become a ventriloquist or you can become an imitator of other people’s voices. I’m usually just stuck with my own … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Ballad of a Thin Man, Bob Dylan, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), Sam Cooke, Steven Rings

Ain’t gonna tell you no lies

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 31, 2012 by Ken BiggerJan 5, 2015

    “As our American culture advances, it may be that classes will take up the Frankie songs as seriously as a play by Molière or a Restoration comedy or the Provençal ballads of France….While the Frankie story deals with … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, Ed McCurdy, Frankie and Johnny, H.M. Belden, Josie, MacEdward Leach, My Lady in the Guinea-Blue Gown, Sam Cooke

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