A Legend In His Own Minefield

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1976: Lord, I Had Dem Bicentennial Blues

1976: Lord, I Had Dem Bicentennial Blues

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John Mendelssohn
Jan 07, 2015
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A Legend In His Own Minefield
A Legend In His Own Minefield
1976: Lord, I Had Dem Bicentennial Blues
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It dawned on me at the beginning of 1976 that composing an anthem for America’s 200th birthday might prove just the get-rich-quick scheme I’d been looking for since being invited no longer to be an employee of ABC Records. The result was a sarcastic toe-tapper in which the singer confessed, “Lord, I got dem Bicentennial blues, clear down to my Bicentenn…

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