Langston Hughes Video!!

Wow. I do not know much about Langston Hughes, other than that he is a writer. This video was actually extremely soothing! When the piano played in the background, I actually found myself swaying along with the video.  "...and put my troubles on the shelf..." is my favorite line from this video.  The tone of the speaker's voice while the music played in the background was very monotone. There were only a few times that he actually changed his octave.  Hearing the piano play like that reminds me of when I was a little girl at my Grandparents house. My Grandpa was big into blues and jazz!  He loved Louie Armstrong and would play it all the time throughout the house!  I liked how the video was all black and white, since the date was in the early 1920's, it made sense to keep it that way!  "I got the Weary Blues!!"  When people back then said they had the blues, was it just to fulfill that kind of music? Or were people really blue, so to speak?  I enjoyed it though :) Very creative and very full of life for Blues!!