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Friday Nite Videos -- January 22, 2015

A short compilation of hard times music. Run DMC Hard Times. Ry Cooder No Banker Left Behind. Josh White Hard Times Blues. Willie Nelson Summertime. Charlie Palloy Buddy Can You Spare a Dime.

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Run DMC Hard Times
An unauthorized tribute to Run DMC done to the images of the financial panic of 2008.

Ry Cooder No Banker Left Behind
From Ry Cooder's album Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, illustrated with images from the 2008 Great Recession. 

Josh White -- Hard Times Blues
Josh White ('the father of American fold music'), performs his Hard Times Blues (1942).

Willie Nelson -- Summertime
Willie Nelson shares his redition of Summertime (Ira and George Gershwin), the title track of his upcoming album.

Buddy Can You Spare a Dime
Charlie Palloy and his orchestra (1932) perform Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (Yip Harburg and Jay Gorney).