Name: Bluesman of the Mind
Duration: P00H02M42S
Description: Cornel West describe a bluesman in the life of the mind, in doing so he quotes Theodore Adorno “The condition of Truth is to allow suffering to speak” For Dr.West, bluesman of the mind, jazzman in the world of ideas.

Bluesman of the Mind

from Blues Spake Zarathustra by Richard Carlson

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Cornel West describe a bluesman in the life of the mind, in doing so he quotes Theodore Adorno “The condition of Truth is to allow suffering to speak” For Dr.West, bluesman of the mind, jazzman in the world of ideas.

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Blues in the dark night of soul
a cry from the dark.
reckoning with the soul of a bluesman,
born between feces and blood
born to know thyself
born under a good sign of

bluesman, bluesman

Desire in the face of death
a cry from the heart
that outlasts the worm in woven blades of grass
endure the raw stinky stuff of history
yet allow suffering to sing out
the condition truth demands
answer sorrow with a song & shout

bluesman, bluesman

Blues evolves, thats jazz
another a mode of being in the world
fluid, protean, eschews
totalizing either/or... views

bluesman, bluesman of the mind (9)

Corpses decompose.... thats philosophy
I talk rhythm timbre tones
improvise thru blood and bone
pondering on the mysteries
I allow suffering to speak out
the condition truth demands
wrestle with death in the shadow of doubt

bluesman, bluesman

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from Blues Spake Zarathustra, released November 24, 2010
Music/Lyrics by: Richard Carlson

Vocals, Slide Guitar: Richard Carlson
Harmonica: Cheryl Arena

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