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Topic:	Happy Blues for John Glenn (Lightnin' Hopkins)

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lou Chinal: [B]Thanks Joel.[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#ffffff" FACE="arial, helvetica">T O P I C     R E V I E W</font></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">Joel Katzowitz</FONT></TD><TD><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">Yesterday morning I was out for a walk, listening to my favorite "blues" station when I heard this bizarre song: Happy Blues for John Glenn. It was written and sung by Lightnin' Hopkins, a well known blues musician. Apparently he listened to Glenn's mission on the radio and was so overcome with emotion he created the song.<P><center><iframe width="400" height="300" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xMtsFABg7EM?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

Jurg Bolli

One of my all time favorite blues guys!

rjurek349

Love it, Joel, just love it! We had a chapter that didn't make it into the final cut of Marketing the Moon, looking at "moon music" and all the inspired songs from the program until that date -- even up to Duke Ellington's "Moon Maiden", sung live on TV for ABC on the night of the moon landing. There really is so much great music -- and this one has now rocketed up the charts to be one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing!

Joel Katzowitz

I'm glad you enjoyed it Rich!

I had never heard the song before and I was trying to make sense of the lyrics, which I never quite did. But it was pretty cool.

Lou Chinal

Thanks Joel.

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