New Black Lives Matter Playlist

I tried multiple things to feel better during this time of racial injustice, I emailed one of my African-American friends, asking how he was doing, I've been reading statements from baseball players like Andrew McCutchen, who has some good ideas on how to get racism out of the police force, like you're fired if you say the "N" word, and I've bought MP3s from African-American artists and LGBTQ+ artists to the point I went overbudget and now have almost nothing.  None of it was a permanent solution.  So last night, I made a playlist on Spotify of several African-American musicians that have made an impression on me through my life.  Slash is on here, I don't know if some people will "count" him because of his interracial parents, but I do.

1.)    Fire-Jimi Hendrix

2.)    Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix

3.)    Foxy Lady-Jimi Hendrix

4.)    Voodoo Child (Slight Return)-Jimi Hendrix

5.)    Little Wing-Jimi Hendrix

6.)    Day Tripper-Jimi Hendrix

7.)    Sunshine of Your Love-Jimi Hendrix

8.)    Watch This-Slash, Duff McKagan, Dave Grohl

9.)    Promise-Slash, Chris Cornell

10.) Crucify the Dead-Slash, Ozzy Osbourne

11.) Anastasia-Slash, Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators

12.) Sweet Child O’ Mine-Guns N Roses

13.) Rocket Queen (Live)-Guns N Roses

14.) Slither-Velvet Revolver

15.) Steep Climb-Eric Gales, Zakk Wylde

16.) With A Little Help From My Friends-Eric Gales, Beth Hart

17.) Boogie Man-Eric Gales, Gary Clark Jr.

18.) This Land-Gary Clark Jr.

19.) Low Down Rolling Stone-Gary Clark Jr.

20.) Gotta Get Into Something-Gary Clark Jr.

21.) Come Together-Gary Clark Jr.

22.) Strange Fruit-Bettye LaVette

23.) Put A Woman In Charge-Keb’ Mo’, Rosanne Cash

24.) Red House-Jimi Hendrix

25.) I Want You (She’s So Heavy)-Eric Gales Band

26.) Sunshine of Your Love-Pinnick Gales Pridgen

27.) Taxman-Doug Pinnick, Steve Lukather, Tony Levin

28.) Going Down-Freddie King

29.) Shake-Gary Clark Jr.

30.) Whatcha Gon’ Do-Eric Gales

31.) I Just Want To Make Love To You-Muddy Waters

32.) Call It Stormy Monday-T-Bone Walker

33.) Three O’clock Blues-B.B. King

34.) Hey Jude-Wilson Pickett

35.) Thus Is My Home-Keb’ Mo’

36.) Sweet Little Angel (Live)-B.B. King

37.) How Blue Can You Get?-B.B. King

38.) Blues Coming On-Joe Louis Walker, Eric Gales, Dion

39.) The Thang-Joe Louis Walker, Jesse Johnson

40.) Key To The Highway-B.B. King, Eric Clapton

41.) Seven More Steps-Joe Louis Walker, Albert Lee

42.) The Thrill Is Gone-B.B. King

43.) Southern State of Mind-Darius Rucker

44.) It Won’t Be Like This For Long-Darius Rucker

45.) Life’s Too Short-Darius Rucker

46.) Diamonds-Megan Thee Stallion, Normani

47.) Motivation-Normani

48.) Blackbird-Billy Preston

49.) Get Back-Billy Preston

50.) Eight Days A Week-Billy Preston

51.) We Can Work It Out-Stevie Wonder

52.) Eleanor Rigby-Aretha Franklin

53.) Keep A Knockin’-Little Richard

54.) Good Golly Miss Molly-Little Richard

55.) I Saw Her Standing There-Little Richard

56.) Lucille-Little Richard

57.) Day Tripper-Booker T & the MGs

58.) Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard/She Came In Through The Bathroom Window-Booker T & the MGs

59.) Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End/Here Comes The Sun/Come Together-Booker T & the MGs

60.) I’ve Got A Feeling-Billy Preston

61.) A Hard Day’s Night-Dionne Warwick

62.) Hope Is Just Ahead-Dionne Warwick, Billy Ray Cyrus

63.) I Say a Little Prayer-Dionne Warwick

64.) What the World Needs Now (Is Love)-Dionne Warwick

65.) Heart of Gold-Bettye LaVette

66.) Johnny B. Goode-Chuck Berry

67.) You Never Can Tell-Chuck Berry

68.) Carol-Chuck Berry

69.) Hey Ya!-Outkast

70.) Can You Get To That-Funkadelic

71.) Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Of The Sucker)-Parliament Funkadelic

72.) We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)-Tina Turner

73.) Boss Bitch-Doja Cat

74.) Fall Down-will.i.am, Miley Cyrus

75.) Old Town Road-Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus
76.) I Ain't Drunk-Albert Collins

This was the first thing I did that actually felt like I did something about what's been going on, and I hope it leads to a better future for everyone in this country.