Roll Away the Stone: Cartoons for Easter!

Plus takes by Leon Russell, Bob Dylan, U2, Merle Haggard and Woody Guthrie. Or as Gram Parsons put it, "You better love me--Jesus Christ!"

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Marking the day, a dozen “holiday” cartoons below, but first, a little Leon Russell with his classic “Roll Away the Stone.”

Roll away the stone
Don't leave me here alone
Resurrect me and protect me
Don't leave me laying here
What will they do in two thousand years?

Then, three covers of Woody Guthrie’s “Jesus Christ.” Merle Haggard:

U2:

Very, very early (rough audio) of Bobby (Zimmerman) Dylan:

Easter Toons