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What's Going On

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

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Released: Aug 2006
Label: Shout! Factory
The strained voice of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin opens the album, pleading with the federal government to "Get off your ass and do something, and let's fix the biggest crisis in this country." Delivered while New Orleans was still underwater, the Mayor's words give way to the bluesy swell of horns that uneasily reconstruct the familiar melody of "What's Going On." But this version is dark and brooding, channeling the elegiac, Vietnam-era Marvin Gaye classic into bloodshot catharsis. The rest of the album, a song-for-song redux of Gaye's classic, is equally great.
- Sam Chennault
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - What's Going On 2006-09-29
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    What's Going On - Featuring Chuck D
    What's Going On - Featuring Chuck D
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    What's Happening Brother - Featuring Bettye Lavette
    What's Happening Brother - Featuring Bettye Lavette
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    Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)
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    Save The Children
    Save The Children
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    God Is Love - Featuring Ivan Neville
    God Is Love - Featuring Ivan Neville
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    Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Featuring G. Love
    Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Featuring G. Love
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    Right On
    Right On
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    Wholy Holy
    Wholy Holy
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    Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Featuring Guru
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