In 2005 I had just split with my long-time partner & my heart was broken. I heard that this new R&B band was playing Lee's Palace, a small club in Toronto, and I wanted to go but who wants to go to a concert alone. I hemmed and hawed for a week, then decided that maybe I better get used to enjoying life on my own. I'm so glad I went - what I saw turned me right around. Love, power, joy and about the best live act I ever saw. Thank you so much Sharon, Gabe, Neal and all the Daptone family for what you gave me.
No kidding if I don't have long to live, I'll give it my best to stay alive and live. I'm pretty sure she found someone to help her pass away too, as it should be. RIP
Call my family crazy but some are ready to go to prison to do the right thing..The pact is done. Fighting for the right to die with dignity may take decades. We are ready.
I only discovered her today. She was Amazing!!! I know she is not with us anymore but her music will live on and I count myself as one of her fans from today
I found her last year. This song is in the opening credits for The First Lady. Her rendition of this song is powerful and incredibly soulful. I hated to learn she is gone. I'm glad she left a lot of work for us to enjoy. RIP Ms. Jones.
I found this song on FB while looking for background music to a visual story. This is my first time hearing the fantastic Sharon Jones sing and her rendition of this classic. RIP
So saddened by her loss today. 2016 has been a horrible year for the passing of great artists we have lost this year. I saw Sharon and the Dap Kings a year ago last summer with the Tedeschi Trucks Band and the show was fantastic. RIP Sharon. You will be missed.
A beautiful rendition of a great Woody Guthrie song. The lyrics talk about all of America if you pay attention to the words. Love her energy thank you RIP.
Exactly: *All of us.* No matter what happens or who we are, where we’re from, we gotta keep that hope, that dream alive. We’ve been historically and in the present aspiring “….to form a more perfect union.” On the eve of the midterm elections let’s remember this land does belongs to us. Everyday all over this planet people are literally dying to get to the US. Criticize as much as ya want but try trading places with them, try living their lives.
First heard this track at the end of the ‘Knock Down the House’ Netflix documentary and instantly bought the album on record, cracking album! Such a shame I only discovered her after she’d passed away, her energy live must have been infectious to say the least!
This Land is your Land : the famous song of Woody Guthrie, who also composed The House of The Rising sun and he "created" Bob Dylan ......... On his guitar, he wrote : "This Machine Kills Fascists" ! DANY (France)
A great verse unless you have a place where people are constantly snooping and they constantly leave trash in and damage your forest. I'll keep putting up signs and prosecuting, thank you.
Wow, I've never heard Woody Guthrie's song sound like this! Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings are awesome! Thanks Ken Burns /Jackie Robinson for leading me here.
We are Viral!! Me too, KB-JR Docu and couldn't wait for the credits to roll to see who this was.... All I caught was 'Sharon' but turns out that's all ya need...Luvin' It!
