Good Music from the Old Days
Here’s an old spiritual from about 1930, sung by a group of field hands in Georgia. Everything about this song is beautiful, even the mistake the banjo player makes (0:31) that interrupts the song a bit.
The Ordinary American Challenges NBC
Here’s an idea for you big wigs at NBC. If the creative staff of Saturday Night Live isn’t feeling inspired on a particular week, or if you don’t have enough money to pay them to perform every week, that’s OK. Instead of showing a rerun from three weeks ago, however, how about digging into last year’s archives for an episode that isn’t so fresh in our minds? I know I’m pushing it here, but you might even show a memorable episode, that was well-received by loyal viewers.