MLK

Martin Luther King Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January, making it January 17th this year.  His actual birthday was yesterday, January 15th.  I thought I'd would split the difference and post a few musical reminders.

     First, the great Mahalia;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmR1YvfIGng

     And Malvina Reynolds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvC4xq32AX8

     With apologies to many of the current residents of Mississippi, here's Phil Ochs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IFbJU0VWhE

     I remember hearing the Staples Singers in the 1960's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7_b_jyRVRc

     I just like the fact that this song is now being sung by a sixth grade girl; to me, that gives it as power as when Joan Baez sang it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDPYyA4LM8A

      I was privileged to watch one of the last performances by Odetta.  Her voice rang true then as it did here in 1965:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW99bjzYojo:

     The man himself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VjiwPRilQc

     May his dreams come true...