Songs for Today: All Saints Day
Lord Kitchener, The Dominos, Mary Lou Williams, Monkees, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Flash and The Pan, Elton John, Mickey Newbury, Game Theory, Tom Waits, Shins, Brian Setzer, Justin Townes Earle
It’s November 1, which is All Saints Day, when all saints known and unknown (more on that later) are supposed to be honored. I am a secular Catholic, so I am going to honor some of the known ones by concocting a selection of music that mentions saints. Feel free to add more in the comments.
In 1954, Lord Kitchener, the grand master of calypso, released t…
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