The featured image is Boss Tweed having a sumptuous repast. I suspect cocktails were involved. Who was a bigger Big Boss Man than William Tweed?
Since we all have the MAGA blues, I thought a blues song was in order. Big Boss Man was written by Luther Dixon and Al Smith in 1959. It was first recorded by Jimmy Reed, so that’s where we begin.
I’ve been exploring Bobbie Gentry’s catalog this week. There’s more to it than just Ode To Billy Joe:
The Dead made this week’s tune a centerpiece of their sets in the early Seventies. It features the late blues belter Ron Pig Pen McKernan on lead vocals.
Let’s go cuckoo for Koko:
Finally, my New Orleans homey Anders Osborne.
What’s the Friday Cocktail Hour without an instrumental version of the week’s tune? This time, saxophonist Greg Piccolo.
That’s it for this week. Surgery on my right eye happens in 10 days. Let’s drink to an uneventful procedure. It’s what Charles Foster Kane and Boss Jim Gettys would want. Never argue with them.
