"... nobody can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell..."

And nobody can sing and play Dylan's "Blind Willie McTell" like Mick Taylor (with even a touch of "Layla" thrown in at 5'36").


Blind Willie McTell was born on May 5, 1898 (and passed away on August 19, 1959).

Poor Wittle Mittens Needs a New Theme Song

I suggest Jelly Roll Morton's "Whinin' Boy Blues" (performed here by Jorma Kaukonen):

In case you missed it here's one of the latest examples of Poor Little Mittens whining that Big Bad Barack is making his inevitable ride to the White House on his White Horse unnecessarily difficult: "Romney Blames Obama for His Campaign Challenges" in the New York Times Caucus Blog.

How to Write a Right-Wing Blog Post.

How hard is it to be a right-wing blogger these days? I can write one of their posts for them.
How dare the President of the United States waste his time having an obvious ball hanging out with Mick Jagger, B.B. King, Trombone Shorty, Warren Haynes, Booker T Jones, Jeff Beck and friends singing "Sweet Home Chicago"?

If the President of the United States is to sing in public, it should not be a song first recorded by a man who famously sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads in Rosedale, Mississippi. Has this been reported with an appropriate amount of bile by Rush Limbaugh and Fox News yet? What's taking them so long? Were they watching the Daytona 500 last night rather than PBS's presentation of "Red, White and Blues" from the White House?
If the President of the United States must sing (and he really shouldn't), then it should not be a song by Al Green or Robert Johnson. It should be Francis Scott Key's "Star-Spangled Banner" (with his/her hand glued to his/her heart), or Irving Berlin's "God Bless America," or Katherine Lee Bates' "America the Beautiful":

It's even better if it's sung off key like a real American (and like everything else that comes out of Mitt Romney's mouth).


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(It's not too late for GOPper BLOGgers [or music lovers] to watch the entire "In Performance At the White House" here if they need to acquire more evidence to discredit our singing President.)