This is a song about a bunch of downtown junkies waiting for some dope from uptown. In that way, this song is still relevant today, because right now somewhere lower than ludlow there's a bunch of downtown kids with the shakes waiting on the great-grandson of the Man from Harlem.
Cab Calloway: The Man From Harlem
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familiar with velvet underground?
a similar themed song from them:
I'm Waiting for my Man
my pops grew up across the street from cab calloway. i have old footage of him as a 5 year old playing with cab's daughter- who was his best friend.
thanks for the love for palmsout- we'd love to see a link to us up here.
peace homie, kep up the good work.
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