I’ve posted this song before, for hunting season. I think I’ll make it a tradition — from the 70s, here’s Who Killed Bambi? Enjoy. Link to Video on YouTube, uploaded by a connoisseur of fine music and film. Lyrics: Gentle pretty thing Who only had one spring You bravely faced the world Ready for anything…

Here’s Georgia blues legend Barbecue Bob (Robert Hicks)’s We Sure Got Hard Times. Like blues songs traditionally, it’s written not to depress, but to uplift, listeners through an honest account of troubles (so as to put them in perspective and drive away sadness). The song is from 1930.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVR8lg1YLuc

Enjoy. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBxAC4ywaJ4

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJ4dpNal_k Enjoy.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I6xkVRWzCY

How ’bout some happy music for the end of the week?

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4TbrgIdm0E

Elvis Presley passed away thirty-three years ago today, and here’s a video of him performing Jailhouse Rock. Enjoy. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0Rz-uP4Mk

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbqp5uQXruI

Something from another era… Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7QSMyz5rg

From the finest musical ever made, a happy song after our stormy weather —