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STAY WOKE: Vital Lessons From Black Musical History (w/ Samuel James)

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High Water Everywhere by Charlie Patton

There's a song called High Water Everywhere by Charlie Patton. It's the story about a guy who is trying to escape this flood, right? But what I think a lot of people don't know is that in 1927, it was the biggest flood the country had ever seen. And so, this song is a documentation of the struggles that happened in this flood. The lyrics are like, the water don't overtook the town, drove part, poor Charlie down the line. If you don't understand and you're sort of listening for a first person narrative, like what you're hearing, it's just a guy like running around Mississippi, going to Vicksburg. Maybe it's the

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