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Stegiel's avatar

My slogan at the time was "Death Before Disco."

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KW NORTON's avatar

The deep bluesy nuts and bolts of American music tell us much if we care to listen. The universal language.

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Charles Clemens's avatar

A friend of mine sponsored a Blues Festival way up in Alpena, Michigan ten years ago. He met Buddy Guy and they enjoyed some medicine together.

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Stegiel's avatar

That would have been fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLsdZE6CE5Y

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Charles Clemens's avatar

Great video. From the opening chords, I thought it was going to be Midnight Rambler. I'd never heard Champagne and Reefer before. Thanks.

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RedhorseVA's avatar

Some excellent choices. I’d road trip with ya!

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KW NORTON's avatar

Good post, thanks. Demonstrates some of the center of the narrative mix that helped feed into the newer music enriching the music world in recent years. The music is beginning to come back around:

https://kwnorton.substack.com/p/saving-country-music?r=boqs0&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Stegiel's avatar

I admit I greatly miss the music of the 70's.

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Richard Seager's avatar

Was disco the end of us?

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KW NORTON's avatar

Nope, but not a good sign of the trending narrative mix, lol.

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