another take
Al Green, “Jesus Will Fix It,” live, 1980s
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), Playground in a Mill Village (Playground in a Tenement Alley), Boston1909
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
old school
Sunset Travelers (feat. O.V. Wright, 1939-1980)
“Lazarus,” 1962
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“You Are Blessed,” 1963
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“On Jesus’ Program,” 1964
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Ireland (outside Dingle)
I want you all to know I’m not going to stop singing when I die.
—Robert Blair (1930-2001)
Robert Blair & The Fantastic Violinaires, “Sing with the Angels”
Live, Rocky Mount, N.C.
two takes
“Jesus Will Fix It”
Lee Williams, live
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Al Green, live, Tokyo, 1987
gospel, n., adj. Good news.
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), “Amazing Grace” (lyrics by John Newton, 1725-1807), live
timeless
Charley (AKA “Charlie”) Patton (c. 1881-1934), “Some Happy Day,” 1929
SOME HAPPY DAY
Some day, some happy day, from sin set free
I’ll live with Christ for ages, some day, some dayMy trials will fewer be, some day, some day
When I shall have eternal home, some day, some day
Some day I’ll be in the entrance here, some day, some dayAdapted by Patton from “Some Day”, words by J. Graydon Hall, music by H. E. Barnett (Courtesy of YouTube)
three takes
“Surely I Will,” AKA “I’m Bound for Mt. Zion”
Voices of Faith
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Margaret Allison & The Angelic Gospel Singers, live, Birmingham, Ala., 1997
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Martha Carol Giese, live
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lagniappe
reading table
one breeze
reaches the cellar . . .
summer moon—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
old school
Robert Blair & The Fantastic Violinaires, “Where He Leads Me,” live, North Carolina (Wilson), 1988
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), Washington, D.C., May 17, 1957*
*Demonstration commemorating the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
like nobody else
Rev. Utah Smith (1906-1965), “Two Wings,” 1953
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009, MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
sounds of Chicago
Inez Andrews (1929-2012), “Just For Me,” live
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lagniappe
art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), Chicago (Uptown), 1965
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