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Colors …
This is a Voyage Into Sound
inst. of change (ELECTRIC GUITAR)
the players
INSTRUMENTS OF NOISE.

The Original Color of Sin (BLUE)

Truth Be Told

“Mississippi Goddamn”
Nina Simone
1964 — Early Cry for Civil Rights
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BLACK ROCK COALITION

CBGB, the Downtown New York City club that spawned so much of the Punk, Nu Wave, and Avant Rock N Funk … all the music being brewed at the time. 

Electric Purgatory — A Rock N Roll story as old as Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix. Too Rock for Blacks, Too Black for the Money.
There Goes The Neighborhood
Funkadelic (1970)
Mother’s Finest (1972)
The BusBoys (1980)
Body Count (1990)

Colors …
This is a Voyage Into Sound
inst. of change (ELECTRIC GUITAR)
the players
INSTRUMENTS OF NOISE.

The Original Color of Sin (BLUE)

Truth Be Told

“Self-Evident”
Ani DiFranco
2002 — So Much Shouting So Much Laughter   
((( Witness )))

CBGB (NYC)

After a number of false starts and wrong steps, Vernon Reid his band Living Colour found their way at CBGB, the Downtown New York City club that spawned so many of the most popular bands in the early 1980s. The Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Television, King Missile …

 

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