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   Shannon Williford said on 4/26/2006 @ 10:51pm PT: [Permalink]

   I gotta thank you for postin’ this Brad.
   Also thanks to Ross Falzone, who played guitar and recorded "Election Reform" for me over at his place.
   If y’all wanna hear some great protest music as well as kick-ass modern rock, check out Ross’ latest rekkid. It’s powerful stuff!

   shw

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   Dredd said on 4/26/2006 @ 12:23am PT: [Permalink]

   Cool. Shannon reminded me of a certain song:

   "Nashville Cats, play clean as country water
   Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew
   Nashville Cats, been playin’ since they’s babies
   Nashville Cats, get work before they’re two"

   (Lovin Spoonful).

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   Jeff J. said on 4/26/2006 @ 1:08am PT: [Permalink]

   Great song Shannon!

   Jeff J.

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   KestrelBrighteyes said on 4/26/2006 @ 1:46am PT: [Permalink]

   Nice work Shannon! (That’s some wicked harp playin too)

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   Jo-Joy said on 4/26/2006 @ 3:14am PT: [Permalink]

   I’m sorry this is off topic. I don’t want to take anything away from Shannons suberb perfommance. I thought someone may ind this interesting. It was very interesting to me, but I am a nurse ,so….

   Percentage of Uninsured Americans Rising
   By THERESA AGOVINO, AP Business Writer

   Tue Apr 25, 10:48 PM
   NEW YORK – The percentage of working-age Americans with moderate to middle incomes who lacked health insurance for at least part of the year rose to 41 percent in 2005, a dramatic increase from the 28 percent in 2001 without coverage, a study released on Wednesday found.

   Moreover, more than half of the uninsured adults said they were having problems paying their medical bills or had incurred debt to cover their expenses, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based private, health care policy foundation. The study of 4,350 adults also found that people without insurance were more likely to forgo recommended health screenings such as mammograms than those with coverage, and were less likely to have a regular doctor than their insured counterparts.

   The report paints a bleak health care picture for the uninsured. "It represents an explosion of the insurance crisis into those with moderate incomes," said Sara Collins, a senior program officer at the Commonwealth Fund.

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   Joan said on 4/26/2006 @ 5:40am PT: [Permalink]

   Thanks for a great song, Shannon! I passed it along for folks to enjoy. Keep ’em coming!

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   Larry Bergan said on 4/26/2006 @ 10:17am PT: [Permalink]

   Great job! Reminded me of Canned Heat.

   Jo-Joy – I live here in a red state, but we do have a world class cartoonist at the Salt Lake Tribune who has a couple of Bush-unfriendly titles out there. "Clueless George Goes To War" and "101 Ways To Survive Four More Years Of George Bush".

   One of the 101 ways to survive is to sign up for the Bush health plan, and shows of family of four with hands clasped in prayer saying "Please God don’t let anything happen…"

   I recently got laid off my job of 25 years and will be joining the uninsured this next week!

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   Roger Drowne EC said on 4/26/2006 @ 12:41pm PT: [Permalink]

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   bluebear 2 said on 4/26/2006 @ 1:37pm PT: [Permalink]

   Shannon-That’s Sweet! Thanks!

   Jo-Joy along the lines of your insurance topic: Study: ‘Land of opportunity’ a myth

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    Bill in BR said on 4/26/2006 @ 5:40pm PT: [Permalink]

    Yeah Shannon! Been seeing and knowing this man for a good long time and he’s gone and done it once again. I’d rate this one up there with some of his other classics such as Decon Poisoning(another true story song), Cal Daniels(yet another true BR Blues tune), and Chicken Peace. So, this one gonna be on the next Stew rekkid or what? Now ya’ll go and check out Delicious Blues Stew.

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    The Old Turk said on 4/27/2006 @ 4:48am PT: [Permalink]

    Nice work gentlemen,…

    Shannon and Brad THX for the sharing.

    Off topic,… sorta,… but another rat-race diversion,..

    This is interesting,…

    Just over the boarder,… up in Canada an eagle was building a nest,… someone
    installed a web cam the next tree over,.. 40ft away,… the web cam has been watching the nest,.. then three eggs,.. then the eggs just hatched yesterday,…
    if you are lucky and watching at the right time you can see the eagle take flight
    and run an errant to (Shaw’s) for some baby formula and disposable diapers and return to the nest,… web cam on 24/7.

    Eagle nest web cam : Link

    As the little ones mature,.. mothers food runs should increase in frequency.

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    Patrick Dodd said on 7/9/2006 @ 11:32am PT: [Permalink]

    Nice work Shannon,thanks for e-mailing me and letting me know about your music. As one who writes nothing but social justice music, it has often felt well, issolating over the last couple of decades. Much less so today. Thanks again. If political songwriters can get their act together in this climate, we may be able get some real work done, and have a good time in the process.

    Patrick Dodd
    

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    Patrick Dodd said on 7/9/2006 @ 11:37am PT: [Permalink]

    Should we start a web site for this sort of music? One that interlinks to A.A. and Political Blogs?