Back to church.
Whitney Houston (1963-2012), “God Will Take Care of You,” live (11:35-16:35), Evangelical Fellowship Church (Dr. Fred Jenkins Jr.), Pleasantville, N.J., 1998
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009), New York, 1980
Before Jerry Lee, before Little Richard, there was . . .
Arizona Dranes (c. 1891-1963), “My Soul Is a Witness for the Lord,” 1926
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lagniappe
art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), Albany, Ga. (Shiloh Baptist Church), 1962
That gospel feeling is in all of this music.
—Solomon Burke
Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music, Episode 2: Sam Cooke, with Mavis Staples, Bobby Womack, Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, et al., BBC, 2005
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lagniappe
art beat: more from Friday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), The Plough and the Song, 1946
back to church
“I Don’t Mind,” live, St. Luke Baptist Church, Sharon, South Carolina, 2003
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lagniappe
reading table
harvest moon—
I tell you it’s cold
on Shinano Mountain!—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
basement jukebox
The Capitalaires, “Holy Ghost” (c. 1964)
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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)
more sounds from Louisiana
Follow Me Down: Portraits of Louisiana Prison Musicians (trailer), 2012
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Music from the Big House (excerpt), 2010
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lagniappe
art beat
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), Louisiana, 1947
two takes
“Strange Man” (D. L. Coates)
Steve Dawson (lead vocals, guitar), Diane Christensen (vocals), Robbie Fulks (vocals, guitar), live, Chicago, 2013
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Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002; MCOTD Hall-of-Famer), recording, 1968
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random thoughts
Do the Canada geese, seeing me ride by on my bicycle, feel like they’re communing with nature?
three takes
“What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul”
Marty Stuart (vocals, mandolin) & Del McCoury (vocals, guitar)
Live (TV show), 2009
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Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin) & Doc Watson (vocals, guitar)
Recording, 1963
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Johnny Cash
Live (TV interview)
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009), New York, 1940
two takes
“I Know I’ve Been Changed”
St. James Missionary Baptist Church, Canton, Miss., 1978
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Tom Waits, c. 2006
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