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FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Goin’ to Mississippi’ Magic Slim and the Teardrops (2002)

Morris Holt (August 7, 1937 – February 21, 2013), known as Magic Slim, was an American blues singer and guitarist. Born at Torrance, near Grenada, Mississippi, the son of sharecroppers, he followed blues greats such as Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf to Chicago, developing his own place in the Chicago blues scene. With his band the Teardrops they played in the dim, smoke-filled juke joints popular in Chicago in the 1970s onContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Goin’ to Mississippi’ Magic Slim and the Teardrops (2002)”

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Rock Steady’ Tim Akers & The Smoking Section

Rock steady baby!That’s what I feel nowLet’s call this song exactly what it is Step n’ move your hipsWith a feelin’ from side to sideSit yourself down in your carAnd take a ride And while you’re movin’Rock steadyRock steady babyLet’s call this song exactly what it is(What it is -what it is – what itContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Rock Steady’ Tim Akers & The Smoking Section”

France’s Expensive 2014 Train Bungle

We just have bought a new train fleetThe country’s joy and prideAppears we have a problem thoughCan’t squeeze past, seems too wide…. 2,000 trains ordered. Too big for 1,300 stationsWrong measurements given to manufacturer. Calculations based on 30-year-old station widths. No-one bothered to verify. 1,300 stations needed altering Estimated damage value $68 million Don MatthewsAugustContinue reading “France’s Expensive 2014 Train Bungle”