old school
Lee Williams and The Spiritual QC’s, “Running for My Life,” “Let’s Get Down,” live, c. 2010
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lagniappe
reading table
The autumn chill becomes part of me
in the bedroom I step on a comb
that belonged to my dead wife—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento)
three takes
“I Won’t Be Back” (AKA “Sweepin’ Through the City”)
Caravans (feat. Shirley Caesar, 1938-)
Live, Boston (Boston University), 1960s
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Recording, 1962
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Shirley Caesar
Live, Tulsa, Okla., 2001
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lagniappe
reading table
They end their flight
one by one—
crows at dusk.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Nobody sounds like her—nobody.
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002) & the Original Gospel Harmonettes, “99 and a Half Won’t Do” (D.L. Coates), 1956
more
Theotis Taylor, “Somebody’s Gone,” 1976
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Talking, Fitzgerald, Ga., 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
Lonnie Holley (1950-), After the Revival (Vox Humana III: The Strength of Music Lives After the Instruments Are Destroyed), 2017
Bumping into something wonderful you never heard before—something you didn’t even know existed—can lift up your entire week, as this did mine when I encountered it the other day (WFMU, Sinner’s Crossroads, 9/21/17 [archived]).
Theotis Taylor, “If I Could Just Hold out until Tomorrow,” live, Atlanta, c. 1976
old school
Lil Blair and The Violinaires, “Tell Me How Long,” live, North Carolina (near Wilmington), 2007
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary)
Aretha testifies
Live, Detroit (New Bethel Church), 1987
old school
Bessemer Sunset Four, “Lord I’m Troubled” (1928-30)
old school
Indiana Travelers (Jimmy Nunn, lead vocals), “Best Friend,” live
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
old school
Chosen Gospel Singers, “Why Do Men Turn Their Back on God?”
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lagniappe
random sights: other day, outside Chicago (Illinois Prairie Path, Bellwood)
Moms’ Garden
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