Monday 20 January 2020

Martin Luther King Jr. Day


This post is not about some recently deceased artist, but a man who was assassinated more than half a century ago, but inspired many people and especially many artists I love and admire.
As it is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US today and it is more important than ever to remember the "King of Love", how Nina Simone called him.


Here Muddy Waters and his great band play tribute to the great man:

There quite a few tributes by famous Blues, Jazz and Soul artists:





But of course we are celebrating his birthday 
and not his assassination as Stevie Wonder reminds us:





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