Text by Bruce Gallanter (Downtown Music Gallery, July 8th, 2022)
“The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud” – Written by Al Kooper for the first album by Blood, Sweat and Tears, Child is Father to the Man
Father of my morning,
Once my child to the night
I see that you have minds to cop
And I can only watch the sickened sorrow
Text by Bruce Gallanter (Downtown Music Gallery, July 15th, 2022)
“Fables of Faubus” by Charles Mingus. From Mingus Ah Um (1959) and Presents Charles Mingus (1961)
Oh, Lord, don’t let ’em shoot us!
Oh, Lord, don’t let ’em stab us!
Oh, Lord, no more swastikas!
Oh, Lord, no more Ku Klux Klan!
Name me someone who’s ridiculous, Dannie.
Governor Faubus!
Why is he so sick and ridiculous?
He won’t permit integrated schools.
Then he’s a fool! Boo! Nazi Fascist supremists!
Boo! Ku Klux Klan (with your Jim Crow plan)
Name me a handful that’s ridiculous, Dannie Richmond.
Faubus, Rockefeller, Eisenhower
Why are they so sick and ridiculous?
Two, four, six, eight:
They brainwash and teach you hate.
H-E-L-L-O, Hello.
Text by Bruce Gallanter (Downtown Music Gallery, May 6th, 2022)
“Hickory Wind” written by Gram Parsons and covered by The Byrds for Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Recorded in March of 1968 & released later that year.
In South Carolina
There are many tall pines
I remember the oak tree
That we used to climb
But now, when I’m lonesome
I always pretend
That I’m gettin’ the feel
Of hickory wind
Text by Bruce Gallanter (Downtown Music Gallery, Friday May 13th, 2022)
“Funny Freak Parade” by Ultimate Spinach. From their debut album, released in 1968
Text by Bruce Gallanter (Downtown Music Gallery, April 22nd, 2022)
“Sitting on Top of the World” written by Walter Vinson & Lonnie Chatmon, rearranged by Howlin’ Wolf – Covered by Cream (1968) and The Grateful Dead (1967)
