timeless
Blind Willie McTell (vocals, guitar) with Kate McTell (vocals) and Curley Weaver (guitar), “I Got Religion, I’m So Glad,” rec. 1935 (Chicago)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Gospel Songbirds (feat. Ulysses Cox), “More Like Him,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1969
other day, Chicago
basement jukebox
Miss Evelyn Tyler & the Tyler Singers, “He Won’t Forsake His Own” (1965)
Barrett Sisters, “I’ll Fly Away” (Albert E. Brumley), live, 1990, Chicago (Quinn Chapel)
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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random thoughts
Whatever you think life is, it isn’t.
Pilgrim Jubilees, “Father, I’m Coming Home,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1968
back to church
“I Came to Jesus as I Was,” Citywide Hymn Choir of Charlotte, N.C., live, Charlotte (Antioch Baptist Church), published 2021
Shirley Caesar (1938-), “God Is Not Dead” (S. Caesar), live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1972
other day, outside Chicago (Chicago Botanic Garden)
Sweetest sounds this side of heaven?
Washington Phillips (1880-1954), “Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There,” rec. 1927 (Dallas)
Caravans (feat. Loleatta Holloway [1946-2011]), “Praising Him,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1967
Vernon Oliver Price (1929-), “How I Got Over,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1972
(Taking a break.)