Tuesday, January 6, 2009

"Gimme a Pigsfoot and a Bottle of Beer, Some Reefer, and a Gallon of Gin."

Who says you couldn't have a wild time in 1936? Not Besse Smith!



This is a completely gratuitous posting. I just like it.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    Quite a juxtaposition from the domes below! --(well, maybe on second thought, not so much!)

    --it's margaret

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  2. CounterlightJanuary 7, 2009 at 2:19 PM

    Such is the way my brain works sometimes, from Sufi mysticism to wild Saturday nights in Harlem in the 1930s.

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  3. The Religious PícaroJanuary 7, 2009 at 10:41 PM

    I listened to this last night, and today at school I couldn't get it out of my head!

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  4. johniebJanuary 9, 2009 at 5:25 PM

    One of my favorites. Sippie Wallace also did a fine version for Atlantic Records.

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