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3 months ago
Sam Cooke - Blowing in the Wind (HQ)
Sam Cooke - Blowing in the Wind with better sound
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6 months ago
''Jimi Hendrix Killed Eric Clapton''
A short clip from first episode ''Birth of Rock'' from the BBC documentary ''Seven Ages of Rock''.
It tells us how Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) arrive...
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@NOLA2828 It's scary how good Jimi was. The guy in the video put it best. Hendrix was a force of nature.
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7 months ago
The Soul Stirrers - Nearer To Thee (Sam Cooke)
I am posting this as a tribute to legendary Gospel outfit The Soul Stirrers and also to showcase Sam Cooke's Gospel singing roots and talents befor...
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@KrfNYC2 Sam Cooke and David Ruffin had better voices than Marvin. I love Marvin. But, David Ruffin could sing circles around him.
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1 year ago
MALCOLM X: THE HOUSE NEGRO AND THE FIELD NEGRO
The Complete Malcolm X on DVD: http://malcolmxfiles.blogsp...
"Back during slavery, when Black people like me talked to the slaves, they didn'...
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@mestresombra Hmm...Malcolm's parents were Garveyites. MLK grew up in a relatively suburban household. The KKK is/was its strongest in places like Indiana--not necessarily the South. Malcolm advocated violence as a tactic, whereas King embraced non-violence as a philosophy. There's a difference.
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@Sizzle1247 Yes. Sam was a very conscious Black man. Well versed in Black history. He had a fairly large library of books on Black history. He was also close to Ali and Malcolm X. Sam was ahead of his time.