Reading my friends’ facebook profile updates, this sounds appropriate today. Shannon and I can’t decide if the Boomtown Rats are more punk or more new wave.
“Abraham, Martin and John” by Bon Jovi (Dion)
Here’s a song you’d never expect to hear from John Bon Jovi, a reverential treatment of the Dick Holler tune made famous by Dion in 1968. This was released in response to the assassination of Bobby Kennedy.
More on Dion and artists who have covered his music…
