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The other night my son Alex took me—this was my Christmas present—to see this guy at a small concert hall on the north side of Chicago (Old Town School of Folk Music). We’d last seen him together 20 years ago, in 1992, at a little club not far from where we live (FitzGerald’s). Alex wasn’t even five years old. It was an early evening set, part of a big Fourth of July festival. The night was stormy. The power went out. He played by candlelight.
Alejandro Escovedo, singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader
“Anchor” (A. Escovedo & C. Prophet)
Live, Austin, Tx., 2010
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“Always a Friend” (A. Escovedo & C. Prophet)
Live (with Bruce Springsteen), Asbury Park, N.J., 2010
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“Tender Heart” & “Street Songs” (A. Escovedo & C. Prophet)
Live, Austin, Tx., 2010
(Originally posted 1/16/12.)
*Happy (25th) Birthday, Alex!
two takes
How To Dress Well (Tom Krell), “Cold Nites”
Live in the Boiler Room, 2012
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Recording (Total Loss), 2012
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lagniappe
reading table
Autumn
the sky huge and clear
the marsh miles from farms and housesoverjoyed by the cranes
standing around the sandbarsthe mountains above the clouds in the distance
this water
utterly still
in the duskthe white moon overhead
I let my boat drift free tonight
I can’t go home.—Wang Wei (701-61), “Floating on a Marsh” (trans. from Chinese by David Young [Five T’ang Poets, 1990])
love it or hate it
Bill Orcutt (guitar), Chris Corsano (drums), live, Wind Gap, Pa., 9/3/12
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More?
street music: Bangalore (India)
Four drummers, 2010
bloodlines
Ravi Coltrane (JC’s son), tenor saxophone; Matt Garrison, bass (son of Coltrane bassist Jimmy Garrison); Nikki Glaspie, drums; live (Le Poisson Rouge), New York, 1/7/12
street music: New Orleans
Brass band, 5/12
Little Richard testifies.
With Jerry Lee Lewis, “I’ll Fly Away,” TV show, 1983
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With The Shirelles, “Joy, Joy, Joy,” TV show (England), 1963
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lagniappe
random thoughts
What do you do when it becomes apparent that the story of your life is being told by an unreliable narrator?
Questlove (:10-) & Tony Allen (1:25-), live, Paris, 2011
What a contrast. Questlove, focusing on power and momentum, pushes the beat. Tony lies behind it, skips ahead, lies back again, favoring suppleness and elasticity.
only rock ’n’ roll
Little Richard, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” TV show (Shindig!), 1964
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