dave.
January 17, 2014 (Michelle Obama’s 50th Birthday)
The first time Allan Harris, Doug Wimbish, and the other 21st Century Freedom Riders played together, it was at the WLRN (PBS) studio, downtown Miami, and coincidentally it was Michelle Obama’s 50th birthday. The band was in town to play the Miami Design Preservation League’s annual ART DECO WEEKEND on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach. Being that the festival was on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, Harris and Wimbish decided to play songs whose content was somehow related to the African American fight for equal religious, financial, and racial justice for all.
The hour-long set aired on WLRN’s Arts Beat, Ed Bell’s Friday at Noon, live broadcast.
Arts Beat
Ed Bell Introduction
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“Inner Fear”
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“My Foolish Heart”
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Ed Bell (talk)
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Ed Bell and Allan Harris (talk)
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“Fly Me To The Moon”
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band introduction
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“The Very Thought Of You”
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Ed Bell (talk)
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“The World Is A Ghetto”
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Allan (talks)
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“Change Is Gonna Come”
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Happy Birthday Michelle, we’re glad you’re our First Lady.”
— Allan Harris
Allan Harris (guitar/ vocals/ narration)
Doug Wimbish (bass guitar)
Jesse Jones Jr. (alto saxophone)
Howie Schneider (piano)
Keith LeBlanc (drums)
the bridge
CROSS THAT RIVER (1850-2020)
(Live)
CROSS THAT RIVER (1850-2020)
HARLEM RENAISSANCE (ESCAPING SLAVERY)
LIVE (2014) @ WLRN MIAMI
LIVE (2014) @ OCEAN DRIVE
LIVE (2015) @ OCEAN DRIVE
LIVE (2015) @ POMPANO BEACH
LIVE (2016) @ HARTFORD
CoLors*…
This is a Voyage into Sound.
inst. of change THE ELECTRIC GUITAR
the players
INSTRUMENTS OF NOISE
take it to the bridge
THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN BLUE
THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN. BLUE (ALT)
the bridge
@ WLRN (MIAMI)
dave.