Good evening! Hi! Hello! How are y'all? Gonna ask you to do one thing for me tonight, that's all...

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There are times when I suspect that the entire purpose of the existence of the United States of America is to create the strange set of events that led to the career of Aretha Franklin. Now is one of those times.

I would also like to thank the Internet for letting me download the entirety of Don't Fight The Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin Live at the Fillmore West 1971 which is out of print from Rhino Handmade and costs $250.