Leon Russell
A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall”

Joe Walsh and the Eagles
“Life’s Been Good to Me”

Freddie King
“Have You Ever Loved a Woman”

Tom Paxton – “I’m Changing My Name to Fannie Mae”

Tom updates his classic. Boy, some things don’t change, do they? Will Rogers made jokes about “trickle down” economics… Meanwhile, here’s a good fan video of Arlo Guthrie on Precious Friend covering Tom’s original:

Dedicated to our “in the toilet”, George Bush economy.

Lena Horne - Stormy Weather

Brooks and Dunn
“Only in America”

Van Morrison
“Wavelength”

Elvis Costello
“Watching the Detectives”

Jimi Hendrix
“Hey Joe”

Curtis Mayfield
“It’s Alright”

Marvin Gaye – “His Eye Is On the Sparrow”

This version is the one from Marvin Gaye: A Musical Testament 1964-1984. There’s another version out there that’s better known and smoother. It’s great too, but I like the rawer edge to Marvin’s vocal in this version. To me, it’s always expressed the fervent yearning of someone desperate to believe, but plagued by doubt. He’s trying to convince himself. Identity is often not a static thing, but defined by tensions like that. Societies and political movements can be like that, too. Here’s to all that yearning and striving, and to one hell of a week.

Dinah Washington
“What a Difference a Day Makes”

Curtis Mayfield & Taylor Dane
“People Get Ready”

Get ready baby, tomorrow is the beginning of our time. It’s going to be a long hard road, but we’re going to get to where we need to be with the leadership of Barack Obama. I’ll share with you what I shared with Bat and Buck today. Earlier today the local campaign office called and said they were sending over papers and door hangers I needed to beat the street for Obama today. Two kids (in their 20’s) show up with the materials. They were from Boston. They drove down here to help in the Miami area…..on their dime. They are still out there now, knocking on doors. When Obama wins this election, we should be ever grateful to the kids that have helped make this happen. It is so very encouraging to see the passion of our youth in this political campaign. And when Barack Obama is our next president, people who voted for him will not just like him, they will love him……and what he stands for. I can’t tell you how refreshing that thought is. So…….thank you to all you young whipper snappers who have worked so tirelessly and endlessly and given so much of yourselves to help make this happen. We not so young ones do so appreciate it!!! Now on the other end of the spectrum, I took my 84 year old Mom out in her wheelchair today to go door to door with me. I haven’t seen her so happy in some time. She felt so very proud to be a part of this. And that meant more to me than I can tell you. So you see…… with support of people from 18 to 90, we are gonna make this happen!!!!!

The Allman Brothers
“Midnight Rider”