And of course I can't listen to First Take's opener "Compared To What" without spinning up Les McCann & Eddie Harris's spirited reading of the song at the Montreux Jazz Festival on June 21, 1969.
(BTW lyrics like "The President, he's got his war/Folks don't know just what it's for" just sound soooo dated and out of place in 2026. Not... )
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