Saturday Song Open Thread - Ain't Nobody's Business

Hey, it's songday. I pick a song that I believe warrants it and publish an assortment of the covers of that song by various persons and or groups. Pick a few that are new to you and have a listen. It is also, of course, an open thread to talk about anything you feel like. Hey its Saturday, so kick back,...

Today's song is: Ain't (or Tain't) Nobody's Business

Originally by Anna Meyers and Original Memphis Five, but I can't find a recording

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Sara Martin

Bessie Smith

Lena Wilson

Alberta Hunter ((SCRATCHY))

Mississippi John Hurt (Nobody's business but my own)

Ink Spots

Jimmy Witherspoon

Lowell Fulson

Billie Holiday

Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra (Nobody's business but my own)

Dinah Washington

Jimmy Rushing

Otis Spann

Della Reese

Fats Waller

Bobby Bland

Abby Lincoln

Blinky

Nina Simone

B. B. King & Ruth Brown

Abbey Lincoln & Eric Dolphy

Hank Williams Jr.

Carmen McRae

Ardis

The Susan Tedeschi Band

Dianne Reeves

Melanie freaking Safka ((Nobody's business but my own)

Cher

Eric Clapton

Natalie Cole

Etta James, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan (live BB King & Friends)

So, the thread is open, the floor is yours'.

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Thanks, today's essay gave me instant ear worm straight outta the lint trap, different song:

I shouldn't say why I know it by heart, probably. Hint: It was early 80s, barely remembered. ;-D It's funny what stays in my long-term memory banks. I like Melanie Safka's version, simple and sweet, goes on and on and on. Hank Williams yeah. Woo! BB King Friends, I think I'm gonna like 'em all. Thanks a lot.
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Here is some GO news for a change gives me hope, oh noes: Housing development proposed along Lovers Lane in Ukiah

“We had no housing for our staff,” said Doug Guillon, who came to Ukiah to build the new Sears location on Airport Park Boulevard with his construction company based in Chico, and fell in love with the building that housed the former restaurant about a block north.

“It took us several months longer than we intended to open the restaurant because there was nowhere to put our staff from Chico,” said Guillon, explaining that it was very important to have trusted employees from Crush’s Chico location training the staff in Ukiah.

“But they were sleeping in the hotels or on each other’s couches,” he recalled. “And we still have that problem. One of our chefs now is still staying at the hotel here. And one of our bartenders drives home to Lake County every night because that’s where she could buy a home.”
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There's more at the link about costs and such, it's only a proposal but OMG! Finally a landlord and business owner who has the guts to respond. These are the people who can help actually solve the issue, which is not enough houses, since forever. Duh. Let's see how far they get without lobbyists and speculators(banks) sabotaging progress. Good luck!

Peace

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@eyo

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

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Islamic State has released dozens of prisoners held in jails in the districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul that remain under its control, residents said on Saturday.

The release of the prisoners on Friday is another sign that the militants are being overwhelmed by the U.S.-backed Iraqi offensive that started on Oct. 17 to dislodge them from Mosul, their last major city stronghold in Iraq.

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to keep our MIC humming along?

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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.

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@earthling1

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

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Here are a few of some wildlife cams I'll confess to watching...
This Golden Eagle nest cam is neat, it will be great when young are present..
http://www.goldeneaglecam.com/
Here are a few more you may want to have in the rainy day arsenal...
http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/50/West_Texas_Hummingbirds/
(they have had some mega-rare stuff on this cam)
http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/all-cams/
(the Laysan Albatross nest is very cool to watch over the months)
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals-and-experiences/live-web-cams
(I watch the bay cam to 'bird' Monterey Bay a bit)
http://explore.org/live-cams/player/great-horned-owl-cam
(scroll down to see lots of options)
http://sabalpalmsanctuary.org/feedercam/
(Green Jays are regular at the Sabal Palm cam)
http://tucsonaudubon.org/go-birding/tucson-audubons-paton-center-for-hum...
(often a good hummer cam - AZ is hummingbird heaven)

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

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@dystopian
for the wildlife cams. There are two cool otter cams, one at moss landing and one at elkhorn slough:
http://www.elkhornslough.org/ottercam/ needs flash

http://seaotters.com/live/ ditto
http://www.seaotters.org/ottercam/ ditto

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --