{"id":35500,"date":"2017-03-06T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=35500"},"modified":"2017-03-06T09:00:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T23:00:02","slug":"travelling-today-so-enjoy-the-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=35500","title":{"rendered":"Travelling today so enjoy the music"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tI am travelling a lot today – from London to Brussels and then onto Maastricht. I have had some meetings in London and then tonight (Europe time) I will present the Third Joan Muysken Lecture<\/a> at the University of Maastricht, which honours their foundation professor in macroeconomics (and one of my co-authors). The talk will outline why the Eurozone should be dissolved forthwith. I don’t expect a sympathetic crowd. Tomorrow, I am giving a talk at the University on why mainstream economics has contributed nothing to the advancement of societal well-being. Rather, it has been a blight on progress. I expect a even less than sympathetic audience. Should be fun! I will try to post audio (at least) of these events. But for now … here is some music.
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For locals (or those near to Maastricht), the Monday evening event is a public lecture and all are welcome. It starts at 20:00 in the lecture hall TS53 (at the Tongersestraat Campus). The Tuesday lecture is closed to the public.<\/p>\n

For the next 24 hours I will not be able to closely monitor the comments section. So if your comment has a link in it please be patient and I will get to it in due course.<\/p>\n

To ensure this visit wasn’t a total waste of your time, here are some classic recordings … and modern versions of the same.<\/p>\n

A blues influenced choice today.<\/p>\n

One of the best – Robert Nighthawk<\/a> – playing slide guitar and singing I Need Love So Bad<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He was one of the original electric guitar blues players who influenced the next wave of players (like Muddy Waters and then the white players like the Rolling Stones).<\/p>\n

He was forced to earn a meagre living by busking on Maxwell Street, Chicago.<\/p>\n

This song was taken from CD set “And This Is Maxwell St” released in 1999. I urge you to purchase the 3-CD set if you appreciate this clip. It is well documented (a great booklet included) and helps support those who have revived these historic performances.<\/p>\n