A New Meaning for Mississippi Goddamn

Alabama’s gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi, goddamn

Nine Simone’s “Mississippi Goddamn” has a new meaning now…

While the gains we made during this election were impressive, Scott Colom, Angie Nixon, and Gina Hinojosa were the closest to my heart and impressed me the most. My folks are from the Geechee corridor of the SE corner of Georgia/NE corner of Florida, and I have relatives in Mississippi and Texas. I lived in Texas for many years, and Mississippi is a place I know well. Now for Angie 2028!

Nina first performed and recorded “Mississippi Goddamn” at Carnegie Hall in 1964.

Nine Simone Live 1964

 

 

Miles and Billie in the Tenderloin

Miles and Billie in the Tenderloin

“This mural is a fusion between the history of the Black Hawk Jazz Cafe, BLM, and the ancestral roots of the Ohlone peoples and my ancestral Mochica culture.” –Adrian Arias

Billie Holiday sang at the Black Hawk Jazz Cafe on her final West Coast club tour. Miles Davis recorded two live performances there on April 21 and 22, 1961.