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Gotta get down to it -- Dennis Hartley
https://digbysblog.net/2026/01/28/gotta-get-down-to-it/
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."
-- Victor Hugo
On April 7, 1968-just 3 days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Nina Simone performed this song in New York:
Simone's bassist Gene Taylor had composed it right after Dr. King was killed; the song (and Simone's emotional performance) is all the more remarkable for being at once so timely, and timeless.
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Simone's bassist Gene Taylor had composed it right after Dr. King was killed; the song (and Simone's emotional performance) is all the more remarkable for being at once so timely, and timeless.
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