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Over the weekend Albert King’s 1923 birthday came and went. Here’s the great blues guitarist showing his versatility with a 1974 funk version of an ancient Mississippi blues standard, “Crosscut Saw.” Halfway through it, he slides into an earlier version that was a hit for him in 1966. Just a good way to wake up!
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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