timeless
Skip James (1902-1969, vocals, guitar), “Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader,” 1931 (rec. Grafton, Wis.)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
more
James Brandon Lewis (tenor saxophone), “His Eye Is on the Sparrow,” live Denver
yesterday, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
sounds of Chicago
Barrett Sisters, “Til We Meet Again,” live
Blind Willie McTell (vocals, guitar) with Kate McTell (vocals) and Curley Weaver (guitar), “I Got Religion, I’m So Glad,” rec. 1935 (Chicago)
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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)
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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)