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19 January 2014

How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?

I've just discovered this song from 1929 - link to info and lyrics

Written by Blind Alfred Reed, here is the original:



There have been several covers, including from Ry Cooder and my personal favourite, at a live performance in London in 2006, a powerful rendition by Bruce Springsteen. 

 

Comments welcome :-) 

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3 comments:

  1. BP2/3BPs5 February 2014 at 07:29

    There is another great version of the same song by Michael Chapman that can be heard on Spotify

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  2. The BPc15 October 2014 at 09:48

    I played the Springsteen video a couple of days ago and loved it. Just went to play it again and saw that "This video has been removed by the user."

    Gutted!

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  3. BeeBopaLula17 October 2014 at 07:56

    sorted, thanks for letting me know.

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