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May 6, 2022Liked by Charles Bowen

Wow! The whole band really wailed on that one. Am sorry to hear of Doug’s bout with Covid, but it didn’t seem to hurt his playing any. Vezzy and Danny are great ! I was somewhat familiar with this song but didn’t know all these stories behind the lyrics. Thanks for sharing ❤️

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Aw, thanks, buddy. It really was a rocking evening!

Here's a little footnote you might like. About a decade or so after Handy wrote his song, another of our heroes, Tampa Red (Hudson Whitaker), came out with another version of the "easy rider" yarns that we've been working on:

http://1937flood.com/audio/podcasts/floodcast578.mp3

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