anthony: some time ago something crawled, or slithered, or grew like a fungus. something that started small, got bigger, lurched like a swamp thing out of the mud and moist earth and humid nights of the delta. then, it took over the world. so next time some smart ass foreigner, horrified by our latest ham-fisted foreign policy blunder wonders out loud, what good is america? well, you can always pipe up that the blues, rock n roll, r&b, and soul all came out of this place one state mississippi. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la geno: right now we re in the middle of downtown jackson. farish street. anthony: it is a street with a lot of history. what did it used to be like back in the day? geno: the street was packed with folks. folks all over, they
anthony: how does the joke begin? three men in a bar? but it s not a bar. imagine the bronx a corner bodega, or maybe a luncheonette, a diner, three men, strictly by coincidence, find themselves in the same place at the same time. sitting at the counter is afrika bambaataa. across the room is melle mel. door opens, and who walks in? dj kool herc. three men who created the musical style that s become the soundtrack to, well, the whole wide world. do they all nod at each other? lament how all of them got screwed over, cut out of the big money? or just laugh at the absurdity of it all? hip-hop it came from nowhere else. it could have come from nowhere else but the bronx. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony: this is the br
As soon as Blind Venetians walked into the basement of Holden Hall carrying a double bass, a trumpet, a keyboard and bongos, I knew they meant business. More than a jazz, funk and fusion quartet from the Lansing area, they’re a group of musicians who are in love with their music. Jazz is easy to.
the red bean, oh man, that looks kinda good too. yeah, a little bit of that. neck bones floating around somewhere? woman: they are, they re right here. anthony: okay, yeah i ll have some of those. little rice and gravy on there, yeah thanks. and uh, oh i dunno, a piece of fried chicken there, if you got a thigh that would be great. john t. edge: okra s perfect. anthony: yeah it is. oh man, that s good. willie simmons: now here in the south if you want to, you can throw your fork away and just grab the neck bone. anthony: oh yeah, i ll be working on that. once willie simmons: we forgive you and don t hold it against you for doing it. anthony: i could eat this okra all day long, man. it s good. willie simmons: and i wanna know what you think about those greens and butter beans. anthony: oh man, they re nice. man, that s tasty. do you think the right people get the credit for southern cooking as we know it? willie simmons: i do. anthony: you think the right peopl