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Hungry Blues

My google alerts on “Hungry Blues” sometimes turn up interesting things. Steven Taylor of the Fugs has written a song that is also called Hungry Blues. It’s very much in the spirit of the original song that my blog is named after. It’s not quite as good, but it’s a tall order to be asked to measure up to Langston Hughes and James P. Johnson. May the visions of both songs come to pass.


Steven Taylor Hungry Blues Poetry Project New Years Marathon from Thelma Blitz on Vimeo.

If you’re new to this blog or just have never checked out the song on my About page, here’s the Hughes/Johnson composition. More info about it is available on the About page (scroll to the end).

 
icon for podpress  Hungry Blues (Langston Hughes/James P. Johnson) [2:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

§ Posted by Benjamin T. Greenberg on April 12, 2009 at 11:00 am

§ Filed under Music, class and poverty, economic policy, hungry blues, old left/new left, podcast, race and racism, video and tagged , , , , , ,

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