Bhupen Hazarika - "We're in the Same Boat, Brother"

[levdt]

Nice touch having the photo of Bhupenda with his brother (Jayanta I believe?). He was a true humanist and it is highly appropriate that he should cover one of Leadbelly's songs. People like that recognise no boundaries, no limitations on the power of human creativity. Hopefully others will carry on his legacy.

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@levdt Thanks. Actually that's my grandfather with him in both pictures who was Bhupenda's closest personal friend since the early 1940s. He was family to us.

[dasbk2]

Nice song; I have heard Lead Belly's too, but Bhupenda sang it in his own style which I feel much better than original.

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@dasbk2 The word "better" isn't part of my musical lexicon but I love both!