old school
Boyd Rivers & Ruth May Rivers, “I Done Died One Time (Ain’t Gonna Die No More),” Canton, Miss., 1978
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Kerry James Marshall (1955-), The Lost Boys, 1993 (Kerry James Marshall, Mastry, through today)
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002)
“Won’t Let Go” (AKA “I’m Just Holding On”)
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“The Winner”
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“The Accident” (Gospel Harmonette Odessa Edwards, speaking), “Get Away Jordan,” “Getting Late in the Evening,” “You Must Be Born Again,” 1955
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Lester Bowie (1941-1999, trumpet) with Amina Claudine Myers (piano, vocals), Arthur Blythe (alto saxophone), Malachi Favors (bass), Phillip Wilson (drums), “God Has Smiled on Me,” 1978
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), New York Movie, 1939 (America after the Fall, Painting in the 1930s, through 9/18/16)
back to church
Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church Hymn Choir, “That Morning Train”
Live, Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church, McConnells, S.C., 2006
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, New York (Central Park)
back to church
Christian Home Baptist Church Hymn Choir, “Hezekiah—You Got To Die!”
Live, Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church, McConnells, S.C., 1994
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
back to church
“Who Will Be a Witness,” live, St. Paul Baptist Church, Lowrys, S.C., 2002
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lagniappe
art beat
Aaron Siskind (1903-1991), Harlem Document (Father Divine Movement), c. 1935
four takes
“Seat in the Kingdom” (aka “That’s Alright”)
Laura Rivers, 1963
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Hightower Brothers, 1963
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Betty Golden & the Roses of Sharon
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St. Paul FBC Male Chorus Anniversary (Mt. Canaan Baptist Church), 2009
testify!
Jewel Gospel Singers (Richmond, Va.), “My God Don’t Change”
Live (TV show), 1960s
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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random thoughts
This instant.
sounds of Chicago
Otis Clay (1942-2016) and Willie Rogers, “When the Gates Swing Open,” “A Change Is Gonna Come,” live, Indianola, Miss. (B.B. King’s funeral service), 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
whatever the day brings
the nightingale’s alone
I’m alone—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1828 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
music clip of the day 