Larkin Poe – Black Betty
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
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I prefer the Ram Jam version of “Black Betty” w/166 MILLION views.
I think I learned about Ram Jam from “Behind the Black”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE
My son and I saw these ladies at Ramshead in Annapolis back in 08 or so when they were still called The Lovell Sisters. We got to hang out with them after the show. What a great night.
Check out this version of them doing Eric Kaz’s “Blowing Away” while waling down a street in Brugata, Oslo, Norway. I was hooked from that day on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqJ4QVYqpjE
– Tom
Thank you very much.
One of the best (ad-hoc, on-the-fly) gigs I could ever imagine.
-Bob
Never could have witnessed it without your generous contribution to Humanity.