Sonny Landreth, Louisiana native and one of the best slide guitar players on the planet, teamed up with Mark Knopfler for "Blue Tarp Blues", a strong statement about the incompetence and greed that were the hallmarks of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
This isn't much of a video, but I wanted to post the studio version (as opposed to a live version), as the lyrics are easier to understand, and this is what I found on YouTube.
Air Force One had a heck of a view
Air Force One had a heck of a view
Lookin' down on the patchwork
Of the blue tarp blues
I went a walkin' through the water
Sprung a leak in my shoe
I went a walkin' through the water
Sprung a leak in my shoe
Well that hole in my sole
Give me the blue tarp blues
I got the blues
I got the blue tarp blues
There's a crack in the ceiling
And the system too
There's a crack in the ceiling
And the system too
But we got full coverage
Of the blue tarp blues
I got the blues
I got the blue tarp blues
No it wasn't the weather
That sank me and you
It was a bad mix of
Politics greed and fools
That levee of lies couldn't
Hold back the truth
We are in deep but not out of reach
Throw me somethin' mister
I'm gonna fly my colors
And watch for you
I'm gonna fly my colors
And watch for you
Like a flag of hope
Above the blue tarp blues
I got the blues
I got the blue tarp blues
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Thanks for the tune. I wonder if you know of New Orleans musician Spencer Bohren? Try his eponymous website and download some tunes . ( Check out "Have Mercy" from his '91 album "Present Tense") He lost a lot of his earthly possessions in Katrina. Newest album "Long Black Line " is a reference to the water line left by the flood. He is a masterful lap steel player and I had the pleasure of meeting him and spending a good part of a weekend about two months after Katrina. Bet you'll like it.