August 28, 1963: Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech…

August 28, 1963: Over 200,000 people participate in a Civil Rights demonstration in Washington D.C., where Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech…

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R.I.P. Stevie Ray Vaughan: Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990)…

Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan

 (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990)…

Not much more needs to be said…

R.I.P. Stevie Ray Vaughan

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August 23rd of 1969: The Rolling Stones reach #1 with "Honky Tonk Women"…Three different versions of the song—BY THE STONES!-- would be forthcoming…

August 23^rd of 1969:

The Rolling Stones reach #1 with

 "Honky Tonk Women"…

The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards while on holiday in Brazil from late December 1968 to early January 1969, 




inspired by Brazilian gauchos at the ranch where Jagger and Richards were staying in Matão, São Paulo…

 Two versions of the song were recorded by the band: the familiar hit which appeared on the 45 single and their collection of late 1960s singles, Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)  




 


A honky-tonk version entitled
 "Country Honk"   with slightly different lyrics appeared on Let It Bleed 



 The concert rendition of the song featured on Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! differs from both the hit version and the country version, with a markedly different guitar introduction and an entirely different second verse, but is much closer to the single version than the album version…



 


Thematically, a "honky tonk woman" refers to a dancing girl in a western bar who may work as a prostitute…

 The setting for the narrative in the first verse of the blues version is Memphis, while 

"Country Honk"  sets the first verse in Jackson, Mississippi… 

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