Earlier today, I sat down with Monica Potts to talk about her latest piece in the Atlantic on the challenges in getting people vaccinated in her home state of Arkansas.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Big Bill Broonzy have had a much bigger impact on popular music than Levon Helm. You could also list two African American classical composers, whose music is being heard more ofter-Florence Price and William Grant Still.
Damn, that's a good point on Big Bill Broonzy! I don't know his stuff or Rosetta Tharpe's that well. Can you recommend a few songs and I'll put them on today's post?
and truth be told I just really love that version of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.
I think it is a bit ironic that states which emphasize personal responsibility somehow have a disconnect when it comes to taking responsibility for one’s own health by being proactive in the wake of a pandemic. How strong are these blinders? Apparently excruciatingly strong.
Because they have the narrowest possible definition of personal responsibility - one that only views it through the context of government mandates. In other personal responsibility is only a thing that matters if it's exercised in opposition to the government.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Big Bill Broonzy have had a much bigger impact on popular music than Levon Helm. You could also list two African American classical composers, whose music is being heard more ofter-Florence Price and William Grant Still.
Damn, that's a good point on Big Bill Broonzy! I don't know his stuff or Rosetta Tharpe's that well. Can you recommend a few songs and I'll put them on today's post?
and truth be told I just really love that version of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.
and I agree about Levon's singing and drumming-but he didn't write the song....
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Try Broonzy's Hey, Hey and Sister's Didn't it Rain-both on you tube...
I think it is a bit ironic that states which emphasize personal responsibility somehow have a disconnect when it comes to taking responsibility for one’s own health by being proactive in the wake of a pandemic. How strong are these blinders? Apparently excruciatingly strong.
Because they have the narrowest possible definition of personal responsibility - one that only views it through the context of government mandates. In other personal responsibility is only a thing that matters if it's exercised in opposition to the government.