When Paul Pena wrote "Jet Airliner," he didn't think he'd ever fly to the center of Asia. I wrote about the fascinating man at https://tnocs.com/from-jet-airliner-to-tuvan-earthquake-the-astonishing-journey-of-paul-pena/

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Today in Labor History October 11, 1944: The Soviet Union annexed the Tuvan People's Republic, which had been an independent socialist republic for the previous 23 years. “Tuva or Bust,” (1991) is a book by Ralph Leighton about his attempt to travel to Tuva with his friend, physicist Richard Feynman. They became intrigued with getting to the remote destination in the middle of Central Asia and spent a decade trying to do it. Feynman died of cancer shortly before their visas finally arrived. The bumper sticker “Tuva or Bust” was featured in the film “Genghis Blues,” about San Francisco blues singer Paul Pena’s trip to Tuva to perform in their national Throat Singing competition. Pena was a blind rock and blues musician from San Francisco who taught himself Tuvan throat singing by listening to it on shortwave radio. Feynman made major contributions to the fields of Quantum Mechanics and superfluidity and won the Nobel Prize in 1965.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_xlbCq0WTw

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Paul Pena:
🎵 I’m Gonna Make It Allright

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https://open.spotify.com/track/3yWDzBjajZaOWpytQTcUox

Today in Labor History October 11, 1944: The Soviet Union annexed the Tuvan People's Republic, which had been an independent socialist republic for the previous 23 years. “Tuva or Bust,” (1991) is a book by Ralph Leighton about his attempt to travel to Tuva with his friend, physicist Richard Feynman. They became intrigued with getting to the remote destination in the middle of Central Asia and spent a decade trying to do it. Feynman died of cancer shortly before their visas finally arrived. The bumper sticker “Tuva or Bust” was featured in the film “Genghis Blues,” about San Francisco blues singer Paul Pena’s trip to Tuva to perform in their national Throat Singing competition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_xlbCq0WTw

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What's remarkable is how old and recent this song is. It might as well be written in stones. It's a shame our digital past is so poorlly preserved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYc06l2gGo

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How STEVE MILLER Covered A Downer Ballad And Created A 70s Classic; PROFESSOR OF ROCK Investigates

https://bravewords.com/news/how-steve-miller-covered-a-downer-ballad-and-created-a-70s-classic-professor-of-rock-investigates

#stevemillercover #jetailiner #paulpena #classicrock #70sclassic #resilience #redemption #legendaryrockstar #gangsteroflove #charttopping #classicrockhits #professorofrock