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rock ’n’ roll, n. where electric guitars and drums collide.

True Believers,* live, Austin (SXSW, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop), 3/13

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I said, Annie, I’m only forty-eight. There’s lots of time for me to be totally wrecked—if I live, I mean.

—Grace Paley, “Friends”

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*Alejandro Escovedo (vocals, guitar), Jon Dee Graham (vocals, guitar), Javier Escovedo (vocals, guitar), Denny DeGorio (bass), Rey Washam (drums).

No piano or organ. No guitar. No bass, no drums. So many things aren’t here. But nothing’s missing.

Heavenly Gospel Singers, “Sit Down Servant and Rest Awhile,” live, St. James Missionary Baptist Church, Canton, Mississippi, 1978