Alec Baldwin’s scene in “Glengarry Glen Ross” (1992) wasn’t in the original play. He asked Mamet, why the re-write?
“He said, ‘These men are gonna commit a crime and they’re not criminals .. I need to put the vice on them.’”
Baldwin, born today in 1958.
“There is no end to this music. This music yu a-gon’ put it up in ya house, on a placard, as one of the vehicles that help to free the people from this chain and bondage, of oppression.” #bobmarley
Happy birthday to Taj Mahal, born on this day in 1942 in Harlem, New York. Here he is singing "Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day" on the German music program Beat-Club in 1970.
Remembering Hound Dog Taylor, born 105 years ago this week in Natchez, Mississippi. Here he is in 1967 performing “Shake Your Moneymaker” with Little Walter on harmonica, Dillard Crume on bass, and Odie Payne on drums.
Missing live music and all of you. This was our last set of live music from @okeechobeefest in early March, looking forward to the next! https://t.co/PLZ1ezkEHp
Remembering Clyde Stubblefield, born on this day in 1943 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Here he is playing “Cold Sweat” with James Brown at the Boston Garden in 1968.