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We usually commemorate birthdays here at PA, but some deaths are so epochal in their consequences that we honor those, too. Jimi Hendrix died on this day 45 years ago, at the age of 27. There's no telling what might have happened to rock music had he lived. Here he is with the Experience performing an indulgent solo-rific version of what was probably his most covered song--"Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)--in Stockholm in 1969, when the hourglass of his life was already approaching its end.

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Hank Williams--the original, not his right-wing son--was born on this day in 1923. Here he is with one of his most evocative songs, "Lost Highway."

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Another Chicago blues harmonica legend, Billy Boy Arnold, turns 80 day. Here he is performing "I Wish You Would" in Victoria, B.C, in 2006.

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Chicago blues harmonica player Snooky Pryor was born on this day in 1921. Here he is in New York in 1991 performing "Rollin' and Tumblin.'"

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Chicago blues singer/guitarist Joanna Connor turned 53 yesterday. Here she is covering the great Robert Johnson song (written by Son House) "Walkin' Blues."

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This is one of my all-time favorite songs - for many reasons. I used to say that if I ever started a new blog, I'd be inclined to name if "Beautiful Mess" because it captures so much of the reality and aspirations of what it means to do political blogging.

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Every now and then we need a reminder.

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The great British songwriter-singer-guitarist John Martyn was born on this day in 1948. Here he is with "Head and Heart" from the 1971 album Bless the Weather.

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Piedmont Blues musician Barbecue Bob was born as Robert Hicks on this day in 1902, in Walnut Grove, Georgia. Here he is performing "Mississippi Heavy Water Blues," a tune about the Great Flood of 1927,

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Otis Redding would have been 74 today. Here he is in 1966 performing "Shake" with Eric Burdon and the less famous British R&B singer Chris Marlowe.

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Patsy Cline was born on this day in 1932. Here she is on Tex Ritter's Ranch Party in 1957, singing "I've Loved and Lost Again" after performances by Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. Pretty amazing lineup for ol' Tex.

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As promised, for all those overworked and undercompensated people, especially those who don't even get Labor Day off, here's an alternative national anthem from the late Hoyt Axton, with Renee Armand on harmony: "Boney Fingers."

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Thirty-five years ago today, "Upside Down" by Diana Ross was the nation's number-one single.

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Forty-five years ago today, "War" by Edwin Starr was the nation's number-one single.

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Boogie-woogie pianist Meade "Lux" Lewis was born on this day in 1905. Here he is in a 1940s musical short--or "Soundie"--performing "Low Down Dog."

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On this day in 1934, Chicago blues guitar legend Freddie King was born in Dallas. Here he is performing the instrumental "San-Ho-Zay" on the syndicated TV show The !!!! Beat, recorded in his home town in 1966.

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Loosiana-born R&B singer Joe Simon is 72 today. Here's his 1970 hit, "Farther on Down the Road." I listened to the Eddie and the Hot Rods cover of this song for years before hearing the original.

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