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Muddy Waters
Today’s Artist
Muddy Waters 1913-1983 (70)
The blues had a baby and
they named it rock and roll.
Muddy Waters took the Mississippi Delta blues to Chicago, plugged in an electric guitar, and created the sound that became modern blues. Songs like I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man and Mannish Boy defined the Chicago blues sound. He influenced everybody from the Rolling Stones to Jimi Hendrix. More on Muddy Waters →
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Who Did It Better
play Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
'Cause everything's gonna be alright
Stevie Wonder 1973
Stevie Wonder
John Legend 2010
John Legend

Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing 0:30 is a calm hand on your shoulder when the world is shaking. Not a solution. A presence. Someone who will not panic even when the way is unclear.

That steadiness is rare. Knowing somebody is there who refuses to break makes the hard parts bearable. The worry shrinks. That presence becomes its own kind of answer when no answers exist.

Today’s Record
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
I gotta a girl who's always late
Anytime we have a date
Album art
Louis Jordan

Is he hers or is he not? Louis Jordan asks playfully. Confusion after someone leaves. Am I still loved? Big band swing made everybody dance to a question nobody wanted to answer. Some questions are better sung than asked directly with a straight face.

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Yesterday’s Track
Album art 1990
En Vogue
Hold On
When (when I) I had you (had you)
I treated you bad
She has been alone too long to risk losing this. He might walk away. She needs him to stay. Hold on when the night gets cold. Love worth having is worth fighting for when everything inside says give up and leave before getting hurt again.
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Today’s Theme
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You’re Kidding, Right
Thomas A. Dorsey was a blues pianist named Georgia Tom before he found God. He wrote bawdy blues songs, then turned around and invented modern gospel music. The same hands that played barrelhouse piano wrote 'Take My Hand, Precious Lord.'.
Soul in the Movies
Lean on Me 1989
Lean on Me Morgan Freeman's Joe Clark made 'Lean on Me' the anthem of Eastside High -- a song about community, delivered by Bill Withers with the steady certainty of a man who'd been carrying people his whole life. Lean on me when you're not strong. The film is about a principal who demanded community from students who'd never been asked before. Lean on me. The school did.
The Sunday Drop
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Image Credits

1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

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We are a music discovery project.
Muddy Waters
Today’s Artist
Muddy Waters1913 – 1983
The blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll.
Muddy Waters took the Mississippi Delta blues to Chicago, plugged in an electric guitar, and created the sound that became modern blues. Songs like I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man and Mannish Boy defined the Chicago blues sound. He influenced everybody from the Rolling Stones to Jimi Hendrix.
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Who Did It Better
play Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing 1973
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
'Cause everything's gonna be alright
Stevie Wonder John Legend

Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing 0:30 is a calm hand on your shoulder when the world is shaking. Not a solution. A presence. Someone who will not panic even when the way is unclear.

That steadiness is rare. Knowing somebody is there who refuses to break makes the hard parts bearable. The worry shrinks. That presence becomes its own kind of answer when no answers exist.

Today’s Record
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
I gotta a girl who's always late
Anytime we have a date
Is he hers or is he not? Louis Jordan asks playfully. Confusion after someone leaves. Am I still loved? Big band swing made everybody dance to a question nobody wanted to answer. Some questions are better sung than asked directly with a straight face.
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Today’s Theme
Soul-Jazz Grooves
Soloists who know when to step back and arrangers who know when to let the groove breathe. This is w......
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Soul in the Movies
Morgan Freeman's Joe Clark made 'Lean on Me' the anthem of Eastside High -- a song about community, delivered by Bill Withers with the steady certainty of a man who'd been carrying people his whole life. Lean on me when you're not strong. The film is about a principal who demanded community from students who'd never been asked before. Lean on me. The school did.
You’re Kidding, Right
Thomas A. Dorsey was a blues pianist named Georgia Tom before he found God. He wrote bawdy blues songs, then turned around and invented modern gospel music. The same hands that played barrelhouse piano wrote 'Take My Hand, Precious Lord.'.
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The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.

Free. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Image Credits

1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

Full attribution breakdown →

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