[LAU] [OT] talkin about the weather

[David]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:13:44 -0400
Dave Phillips <dlphillips at woh.rr.com> wrote:

> Last week was really amazing here in Findlay OH USA. We suffered
> through an incredible storm with 90 mph winds, then had no power and
> 100+ degree (F) heat every day for the next seven days. I have an
> entirely new appreciation for 1) the people who went through Katrina
> and 2) the humble electron.
> 
> Anyway, I found some blues songs relating the effects of floods - 
> Charley Patton's High Water Rising and John Lee Hooker's Tupelo are
> two great examples - and I found one that at least mentioned disaster
> by fire (Muddy Waters' You Can't Lose What You Never Had), but I
> didn't fnd any that dealt with extreme hot weather. Anyone know of
> any such songs ?

Dave,

I think this will do :
http://uncensoredhistoryoftheblues.purplebeech.com/2011/09/show-54-1930-drought.html

And I'm sure you'll enjoy the site as a whole.

Cheers.

-- David