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Friday, November 11th

two takes 

“I Hate to See You Go” (AKA “Hate to See You Go”) (W. Jacobs)

Rolling Stones, Blue & Lonesome, 2016


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Little Walter, 1955

 

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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago

Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Painting with Green Center, 1913

Painting with Green Center

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BRIDGEPORT, CT—Thinking back on how happy and untroubled he had been during that time and how different he feels in the present day, local man Jason Moulton, 52, reportedly paused Wednesday and nostalgically recalled the simpler era of 20 hours ago. “Everything seemed so much brighter back then before 9 p.m. last night—nothing like the way things are now,” said Moulton, wistfully reflecting on how, back before yesterday evening, things had seemed to make sense and the future appeared to hold endless promise. “America was a different place all those hours ago. Things were safer then, and the economy was strong—it was just a better time. But it’s all gone downhill ever since. We just don’t have the same values anymore.” Moulton then reportedly shook his head and said that while he would love for the country to get back to the good old days of November 8 and earlier, realistically he knew that would never happen.

The Onion, “Man Nostalgic For Simpler Era Of 20 Hours Ago,” 11/9/16

 

Friday, October 14th

Bob Dylan, “High Water (For Charley Patton)” (B. Dylan)
Live, Irvine, Calif., 2013


No matter how often he changes styles, he keeps coming back to the blues.

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baseball

Javy Baez (Chicago Cubs infielder), defensive highlights

Thursday, September 15th

sweet soul music

William Bell, “This Is Where I Live,” “The Three of Me,” “Born Under a Bad Sign,” live, Washington, D.C., 2016


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art beat: other day, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York)

Danny Lyon (1942-), The March on Washington, August 28, 1963 (Message to the Future, through 9/25/16)

USA. Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963. Members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sing freedom songs during the March on Washington.

Thursday, September 8th

two takes

“Death Letter” (aka “Death Letter Blues”) (S. House)

Cassandra Wilson, live, Spain (Vitoria-Gasteiz), 2005


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Son House (1902-1988), live (TV show)


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random sights

other day, New York (Harlem)

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Friday, June 10th

voices I miss

Albert Collins (1932-1993), live, Switzerland (Montreux), 1979


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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago 

Aaron Siskind (1903-1991), Chicago 28 1957 (Abstractions, through 8/14/16)

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tonight in Chicago

The Chicago Blues Festival celebrates the 45th anniversary of Alligator Records, where, in the ’70s, barely out of college, I had the good fortune to co-produce recordings by Albert Collins, Koko Taylor, Son Seals, Fenton Robinson, Jimmy Johnson, Carey Bell, et al.

Saturday, April 23rd

passings

Lonnie Mack, guitarist, singer, songwriter, July 18, 1941-April 21, 2016

“Memphis” (C. Berry), 1963


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“She Don’t Come Here Anymore,” 1966


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“Farther on Down the Road,” live (with Albert Collins, Roy Buchanan), New York (Carnegie Hall), 1985

Monday, March 14th

sounds of 1926

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Prelude No. 15 (“Raindrop”); Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948), piano, 1926


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Bessie Smith (1894-1937), “Young Woman’s Blues,” 1926


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Whatever it is,
I cannot understand it,
although gratitude
stubbornly overcomes me
until I’m reduced to tears.

—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill

Friday, December 25th

Merry Christmas

Blind Lemon Jefferson, “Christmas Eve Blues,” 1928


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Victoria Spivey (with Lonnie Johnson, guitar), “Christmas Morning Blues,” 1928


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Bessie Smith (with Joe Smith, cornet; Charlie Green, trombone; Fletcher Henderson, piano), “At the Christmas Ball,” 1925


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Leroy Carr, “Christmas In Jail—Ain’t That A Pain,” 1929


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Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers (feat. Charles Brown, vocals, keyboards), “Merry Christmas, Baby,” 1947


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Lowell Fulson, “Lonesome Christmas (I & II),” 1950


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Sonny Boy Williamson II, “Sonny Boy’s Christmas Blues,” 1951


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John Lee Hooker, “Blues For Christmas,” 1959

Tuesday, December 1st

sounds of Chicago

And more.

Left Hand Frank and His Blues Band, “Linda Lu”
Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1, 1978

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art beat

Marc PoKempner, Chicago (Divorced Women’s Club), 1988

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(I’m taking a break—back in a while.)

Monday, November 30th

sounds of Chicago

More from Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1 (1978).

Jimmy Johnson Blues Band, “Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home”