Bobby “Blue” Bland died yesterday in Memphis at the age of 83, so it’s only appropriate to play his performance of “Stormy Monday.”

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Bobby “Blue” Bland died yesterday in Memphis at the age of 83, so it’s only appropriate to play his performance of “Stormy Monday.”
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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