Music

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    Things-LosMuertosEdit

    November 3, 2024 /

    By Joy Lynn Clark 11/3/2024 Since the lapsteel is out on lease, I decided to use the dulcimer version, special acknowledgement to Metallica. Things I love shiny bling. Jewels, gems, golden rings. We gon show em how we running this Take their chiefs chain and roll up in his whip Now the ground is thawed its spring Bet the old graves still have bling We gon show em how we running this Getting money insane now we  got a grip We need these things, slaves to these whips and chains We need these things, for the pain there is no cure We need these things, slaves to these whips and…

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    Things

    June 17, 2024 /

    By Joy Lynn Clark 06/17/2024 I wrote this song sixteen years ago as I was watching the tale of the “infamous” Burr Oak Cemetary scandal https://daisyfriday.net/burr-oak-on-the-colored-side/ unfold on the local Chicago news. I still had not known that I had ancestors buried there but I was asking around. As I heard the story, my mind drifted off about vampires, zombies, and grave robbers. Things is part of a larger work that I was going to make a, “rock opera”. I never managed to finish it but, there are a few more tunes. I also arranged the original duet to a solo. I never got my settlement. Below is a palatable,…

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    The Same Name Cover Band

    March 11, 2024 /

    March 11, 2024 By Joy Lynn Clark Back in February I went to a live music venue not far from my place called Banners. I had gone there right when I first arrived in Lexington to see a cool jazz band in the past. This time however the place was packed with colored folks as well as what I normally encounter in Lexington. It almost seemed as if the entire black UK alumni Association was there and half of them had on the blue and everything! Even though I am a Flame, Go Wildcats! I asked the bartender to place my order and he replied, “would you like to start…

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