24.4.09

only chains we can stand...

Eyes on the Prize

(Traditional)

... songs to live by ...




Mavis Staples




Bruce Springsteen,
The Seeger Sessions Band, Live in Dublin

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A song that sings itself ... that is wrapped with history ... that is a breath of something more than words.

Lines from Gary Snyder's "I Went into the Maverick Bar" echo through me:

That short-haired joy and roughness—
                America—your stupidity.
I could almost love you again.

1 comment:

Pris said...

Painful to watch that first video. I remember those times so clearly. Thanks for posting both videos.