For no particular reason other than fitting my mood this morning, here’s Delaney & Bonnie (with Eric Clapton and Dave Mason) performing “Poor Elijah” (a tribute to Robert Johnson) in 1969. Amazing stuff.
Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.
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