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Thread #18624   Message #187018
Posted By: Stewie
29-Feb-00 - 05:16 PM
Thread Name: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Blues
Subject: RE: Roosevelt and Blues
Pete

Oops, you're quite right - I put my foot right in it there. 'Roosevelt' sprang to mind and I didn't bother to check the lyrics or the recording date. Poole's version was recorded in 1926 - well before FDR - and, of course, related to the 1901 assassination of President William McKinley. My apologies. Fortunately, the Baker 'Whitehouse Blues' does relate FDR.

--Stewie.