two takes
“Getting Late in the Evening”
Ernestine Oliver with Alberta Gibson, Cleo Johnson and Hattie May Howell, live, Piney Woods, Miss., 1939
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Original Gospel Harmonettes (featuring Dorothy Love Coates, 1928-2002, MCOTD Hall of Fame), live, Los Angeles, 1955
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lagniappe
reading table
This road—
no one goes down it,
autumn evening.—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
sounds of Chicago
Mighty Clouds of Joy, live (TV show: Jubilee Showcase), Chicago, 1968
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
Aretha testifies
Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) with Rev. James Cleveland (1942-2018), et al., live, Los Angeles, 1972
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Seneca, South Carolina
Fantastic Violinaires, “Where He Leads Me” (featuring Danny Walker, in his hometown), live, Seneca, S.C., 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Dean Bowman, “I Heard the Angels Singing,” live, 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
back to church
Pastor Marlon Lock, “Heavenly Choir,” live (grandfather’s homegoing celebration)
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lagniappe
reading table
[H]ope has nothing to do with mood or objective facts, but is rather a form of hospitality offered by those who are tired to those who are exhausted.
—Teju Cole (1975-), website for Go Down Moses (photography exhibit curated by Cole and on display through September 29th at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago)
timeless
What singers did Al Green listen to before he became “Al Green”?
Swan Silvertones (feat. Claude Jeter, 1914-2009), “That Day on Calvary” (C. Jeter), 1957
electrifying
Cissy Houston (1933-, Whitney’s mother, Dionne Warwick’s aunt), “I Do, Don’t You,” live
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Vernon Oliver Price, “One of These Mornings,” live (TV show), Chicago, 1969
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Maywood, Ill.
timeless
O’Neal Twins, “Jesus Dropped the Charges” (R. White), 1982 (Say Amen, Somebody)
What a surprise it was, yesterday morning, driving home from our local farmers’ market, to encounter this wonderful, deeply moving piece about this performance, a longtime favorite, on the radio (Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR).
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Another take.
Live, St. Louis, 1981
