worthless man blues
fiction
edward w pritchard
Mostly my favorite music genre continues to be Louisiana blues and most mornings driving to my work I listen to "Junko partner" by various musicians black, white and brown. Lately I listen a lot to Harry Connick Jr's super piano version of worthless man blues known as " Junko partner" on his tape "30". Junko partner comes out of Angola prison originally but they say it's roots were in Africa. In case you don't know Angola prison is a tough place to spend some prison time especially if you are black. Originally the land around Angola prison were slave pens where the entrepreneur slave trader Issac Franklin made his fortune. On a similar note I heard recently that the song "Penny Lane" by the Beatles which is a favorite of mine also has a
link to slave trading as millionaire James Penny of Liverpool England may been the source of the street name "Penny Lane ". There is a lot of sadness in the study of History. Sorry I learned it sometimes.
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