Singer and songwriter Gene McDaniels, who died Friday after a short illness, wrote the fifties hit Hundred Pounds of Clay and Compared to What for pianist Les McCann and saxophonist Eddie Harris.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Gene McDaniels 1935 - 2011
Singer and songwriter Gene McDaniels, who died Friday after a short illness, wrote the fifties hit Hundred Pounds of Clay and Compared to What for pianist Les McCann and saxophonist Eddie Harris.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Compared to What
From 1969, pianist Les McCann and saxophonist Eddie Harris performing Gene McDaniel's Compared to What with the lyric that continues to resonate to this day:
The President, he's got his war
Folks don't know just what it's for
Nobody gives us rhyme or reason
Have one doubt, they call it treason
We're chicken-feathers, all without one nut. God damn it!
Tryin' to make it real — compared to what? (Sock it to me)
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