The King Remix
TNS – The King Remix is a shortened version of TNS – For the Children of the Dream, released in celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King.
As it turned out, the mix was too long to download, one of my rookie mistakes. Also, once I showed my sister what I was doing, she urged me to expand my King idea into mixes that included speeches of Malcolm X, Medgar Evers and whoever else’s recordings that were available. I liked her idea. However, Black History Month just happens to be the shortest month of the year, and time is getting tight. So, should I run out of time getting other posts up, I want this one to stand.
I dedicate this entire section, all the mixes that I intend to include for Black History Month, to my mother, Ethel Mae McKenzie White. Long before black history was taught in the schools (you remember, textbooks that included only Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver), my mother taught us at home from volumes of The Negro Heritage Library, and with the speeches of Dr. King and Malcolm X on vinyl. Long before James Brown recorded “Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)”, she had us saying it to ourselves so we could repeat it in public (back when being called “black” was considered and insult). She had a take-no-prisoners ‘pride, don’t hide’ attitude that she passed on to her children, and that I hope I’ve passed on to mine.
TNS – The King Remix includes “I Have A Dream” and “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” in their entirety. I also included Kirk Franklin’s “My Life Is In Your Hands” from the soundtrack of “Get On The Bus”, a movie about another march on Washington, D.C., the Million Man March.
Playlist
- We Shall Overcome - The Montgomery Gospel Trio, The Nashville Quartet, and Guy Carawan – We Shall Overcome, Songs of the Freedom Ride [5:35]
- We Shall Overcome – Martin Luther King, Jr. – We Shall Overcome [2:27]
- How I Got Over – Mahalia Jackson – Mahalia Jackson’s Greatest Hits [5:23]
- Take My Hand, Precious Lord – Mahalia Jackson – Gospels, Spiritual, & Hymns [4:15]
- Living in the Promiseland – Willie Nelson – Essential Willie Nelson [3:22]
- I Have a Dream (Washington, D.C. 8/28/63) – Martin Luther King, Jr. – Greatest Speeches of All Time, Vol. 1 [6:11]
- A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke – The Man and His Music [3:14]
- We’re a Winner – The Impressions – Anthology 1961-1977 [2:24]
- People Get Ready – The Impressions - Anthology 1961-1977 [2:38]
- I’ve Been to the Mountaintop – Martin Luther King, Jr. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Tapes [20:41]
- Wake Up Everybody – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes – The Essential Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes [7:32]
- What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye – Anthology [3:58]
- Patience - Anika Noni Rose – Dreamgirls [Original Soundtrack] [3:34]
- My Life Is In Your Hands – Kirk Franklin, God’s Property – Get On The Bus [5:36]
- America, the Beautiful – Ray Charles [3:36]
Happy February!
Wow—
February is going to be a busy month!
First of all, it’s Black History Month; and I want to post mixes similar to last month’s King Mix. Also, two of my sons (born 15 years apart) celebrate their birthdays on the sixth; our wedding anniversary is the tenth; and the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Collaboration Event coincides with Valentine’s Day four days later. Add the work week deadlines; the new floor we’re putting down; new goats born on the farm (first in five years) and the repairs to the dairy that their arrival has made a priority, February feels like a short month that needs to be longer.
Although my music favorites lean toward Detroit and Memphis, my mother’s daughter in me wants to add a little gospel and historical speeches; the mom in me wants to post a few favorites of the birthday boys; and the bride in me remembers what made our wedding reception rock. I had two more mixes in mind for Cupid’s Hunt; but if I have to time to post only one of them, it will be “First Dance”, a mix of my first dances and the first dances of some of my friends.
So, while the polyurethane dries on my bedroom floor, and with my favorites on TNT playing in the background; hubby and the kids sleeping; and various pets and livestock making their night noises outside; the night shift-er in me is wide awake, busy around the house and chuckling at the memories attached to all these tunes.
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JBethune
The Night Nurse
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