FYI, Inauguration Lincoln Memorial concert/HBO/about to re-air, 6pmCT.

I missed the first hour, so here goes.

:hi:

Denzel before:) We Are One!

I kid! :D I thought the lady singing with Bon Jovi resembled her. She's got a great voice!

And in my circles, the Blues and Soul circles, she is only legendary. It is GREAT to see her performing at this event. And Bon Jovi performed with her. And I suspect he was honored to do so.
By the way, Yes we can!

I love her voice and what she does with it.

last week and was thrilled to hear Bettye LaVette(first time I've heard her too) and Jon Bon Jovi sing it tonight.

http://www.last.fm/music/Sam+Cooke/_/A+Change+Is+Gonna+...

"The song, very much a departure for Cooke, reflected two major incidents in his life. The first was the death of Cooke's eighteen-month-old son, Vincent, who died of an accidental drowning in June of that year. The second major incident came on October 8, 1963, when Cooke and his band tried to register at a "whites only" motel in Shreveport, Louisiana and were summarily arrested for disturbing the peace. Both incidents are represented in the weary tone and lyrics of the piece, especially the final verse: "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long/but now I think I'm able to carry on/It's been a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Change_Is_Gonna_Come_ (song)

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