Sunday, July 8th
In case you need a reminder.
“Mean Old World,” Marion Williams and the Stars of Faith, live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 1962
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2018
Sunday, July 1st
timeless
Soul Stirrers (feat. Sam Cooke), “Nearer to Thee,” live, Los Angeles, 1955
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Sunday, June 24th
when blues meets gospel
Robert Ward (1938-2008; vocals, guitar), “Lord Have Mercy on Me,” 1991
2018
Sunday, June 17th
back to church
Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir (feat. Diane Williams), “Jesus Can Work It Out,” live, Chicago, 2007
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
2018
Sunday, June 10th
voices I miss
Prince (vocals, piano), “Mary, Don’t You Weep” (rec. 1983)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, May 27th
Back to church.
Live, Detroit (Church of the Living God)
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lagniappe
random sights
other night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, May 20th
six takes
“Nobody’s Fault but Mine” (aka “It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine”)
Ry Cooder, 2018
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Pops Staples, 2015 (recorded 1998)
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Willie Nelson, 2010
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Nina Simone, 1969
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1949
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Blind Willie Johnson, 1927
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, April 29th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Dorothy Love Coates and The Gospel Harmonettes, “They Won’t Believe” (D. L. Coates), 1970
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Sunday, April 22nd
basement jukebox
O.V. Wright, “I’m Going Home (To Live With God)” (Willie Mitchell, prod.), 1973
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, April 15th
basement jukebox
Swan Silvertones, “Oh Mary Don’t You Weep,” 1958
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lagniappe
reading table
Some, too fragile for winter winds
The thoughtful grave encloses –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 91 (Franklin; excerpt)
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