THE COVID-19 BLUES CHALLENGE
THE COVID-19 BLUES CHALLENGE
It’s been a year with this pandemic and we’ve definitely got the Covid-19 Blues. If you’ve got the Covid-19 Blues, please join us in helping so many who are struggling. It’s easy! Just videotape yourself singing or dancing along with our song Covid 19 Blues or even holding up a photo of what or who cures your blues and you’ll automatically be featured in the remix and entered in a chance to
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LYRICS
1) Chorus
I got the COVID-19 BLUES
Cuz I’ve been payin’ my Covid dues
Everything that could go wrong, did
But I simply refuse to quit
I got the COVID-19 BLUES
They ain’t goin’ away
1) Chorus
I got the COVID-19 BLUES
Cuz I’ve been payin’ my Covid dues
Everything that could go wrong, did
But I simply refuse to quit
I got the COVID-19 BLUES
They ain’t goin’ away
5) Chorus
I got the COVID-19 BLUES
Cuz I’ve been payin’ my Covid dues
Everything that could go wrong, did
But I simply refuse to quit
I got the COVID-19 BLUES,
They ain’t goin’ away
7)Chorus
We got the COVID-19 BLUES
Payin’ our Covid dues
When we finally knock it down
And we’re startin’ to come around
And then the COVID-19 BLUES
They’ll be goin’ away
2) Verse 1
On a Monday morning…Covid came to town
And before you knew it, the country was shuttin’ down
This was bad and about to get worse
It’s a plague on the universe
And we thank all the heroes who
Bravely put other lives first
4) Verse 2
It’s been a year, and they’ve been workin’ on a cure
To say that we’re “out of the woods” is premature
Do what’s right, that’s the bottom line
Don’t ignore any warning sign
Sooner or later we’ll dance in the sunshine
6) Bridge
So many people are hurting and suffering,
Cant pay the rent but they say we’re recovering
Watchin’ the news it’ll get you confused
But this much I know…
Further apart we are closer together
Even this terrible storm we can weather
PROCEEDS FROM THIS SONG
GO TO JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA AND ACTORS FUND.
SPECIAL THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS DONATED THEIR TIME AND SERVICES TO THIS PROJECT IN ORDER TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA AND ACTORS FUND.
Jazz Foundation Mission Statement: Now in its 32nd year, the Jazz Foundation of America is a national non-profit providing compassionate, personalized, and discreet support to jazz, blues, and roots musicians in need, as a result of age, illness, or circumstance. Support includes emergency financial, pro-bono medical, rent and mortgage assistance, disaster relief, counseling, instrument repair and replacement, and much more. Additionally, (in non-Covid times), the JFA creates employment opportunities through its Jazz and Blues in the Schools and Gig Fund programs, thereby allowing audiences of all ages to experience this legacy music, live and free-of-charge, while also providing a much-needed source of income for these lifelong musicians.
JAZZ FOUNDATIONS’ COVID-19 MUSICIANS
Emergency Fund: https://jazzfoundation.org/covid19fund/
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to present our music community with some of the greatest challenges it has ever faced. Persistent economic uncertainty, dwindling work opportunities, and limited options for relief have devastated the lives of many working musicians. In response, the Jazz Foundation created the COVID-19 Musicians’ Emergency Fund to provide direct and urgent financial assistance for basic needs like food, rent, and utility bills to jazz and blues musicians and their families, reeling from the impact of the pandemic.
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THE ACTORS FUND:
The Actors Fund is a national human services organization that fosters stability and resiliency and provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan. Through offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, The Fund serves everyone in film, theater, television, music, opera, radio and dance with programs including social services and emergency financial assistance, health care and insurance counseling, housing, and secondary employment and training services.
Since March 18, 2020, The Actors Fund has provided more than $19 million+ in emergency financial assistance to over 15,000+ people who work in performing arts and entertainment. With shutdowns on Broadway and in film and television, theater, concerts, dance, music and many other areas of entertainment, the need is great and growing. This emergency financial assistance is helping our most vulnerable and those in financial crisis to cover basic living expenses, such as food, essential medications, utilities and more.
The Actors Fund’s phone and web-based services around career and life, health and wellness, and housing remain available to the entertainment and performing arts community. These services include: Artists Health Insurance Resource Center, The Career Center, The Dancers’ Resource, Housing Resources, Addiction & Recovery, HIV/AIDS, Women’s Health and Senior Services, Counseling and Emergency Financial Assistance and more. To make a tax-deductible donation to The Actors Fund, visit www.actorsfund.org.