Deeper Digs in Rock: The Band of Heathens

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English - January 03, 2019 17:20 - 58 minutes - 135 MB - ★★★★ - 240 ratings
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The Rock N Roll Archaeologist sits down with founding member, Ed Jurdi to discuss the origins of the band and their newest album, a re-imagining of Ray Charles’ 1972 political record “A Message from the People”.

Ed tells us given the current political climate in America, he and the band wanted to comment without being overt or preachy. They looked to Brother Ray for inspiration and decided since you can’t out genius the great man, perhaps you could recreate it for a new generation.