Songs for May 12
Barbara Dane, Burt Bacharach, Walter Wanderley, Al Jarreau, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, James & Bobby Purify, Billy Swan, Itsuroh Shimoda, Traffic, Billy Squier, and Beastie Boys
Good morning people of taste. It’s May 12, and the sublime Barbara Dane with her big, big voice was born this day in 1927. She is a singer, guitarist, producer and political activist who worked with everyone from Louis Armstrong to Lightnin’ Hopkins to The Chambers Brothers.
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