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The dual impulse of revelry and repentance goes perfectly with the New Year -- we're reminded of it every New Years Day when our hangover inspires the solemn vow to, in the words of Nat Cole's classic, "Straighten Up and Fly Right." Here, we start at the party -- with Muddy Waters' mix of "Champagne & Reefer" and Jimmy Liggins' passionate, if simply-titled, "Drunk" -- and end the morning after, letting Sam and Dave sum up our condition with the soulful confession, "Blame Me."