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  • Muddy Waters & Martin Luther King, Jr.

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    Posted on April 4th, 2009sherryGeneral, History, Politics and Activism, Pop Culture, The Arts

    Muddy Waters was born this day in 1915. Here he is at Newport in 1960 doing Got My Mojo Workin. Sound reproduction is awful. The video shows two performances. Be sure to stick around for the second, about 4:10. It’s an eat-your-heart-out-Elvis performance. Backup band includes James Cotton (harm and dance partner), Otis Spann (piano), and Pat Hare (guitar).

    Today is also the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination in Memphis in 1968. Unions have not always been the enemy. Dr. King died for, among other things, supporting a union and the dignity of labor. His speech, clips begin about 5 minutes in, resonates today.

    Although these two videos may seem disperate in subject matter and mood, they represent the breadth of the cultural gifts with which the African-American community has gifted us.

2 Responses to “Muddy Waters & Martin Luther King, Jr.”

  1. Hope From MLK the Night Before He Died « Windows Toward the World April 4th, 2009 at 10:58 am

    [...] for another great King video see Sherry Chandler’s blog [...]

  2. Dan the Music Master April 6th, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    What an absolute treat seeing the footage of the one and only Muddy Waters. Amazing.

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