Sunday, March 23rd
back to church
Bishop G. E. Patterson (1939-2007) Live, Temple of Deliverance (COGIC), Memphis
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lagniappe
reading table
The Soul should always stand ajar
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886; Franklin #1017, fragment)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2014
2014
Sunday, March 16th
three takes
“I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired” (C. Burrell)
Mighty Clouds of Joy, live, South Carolina (Charleston), mid-1990s
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Rev. James Cleveland, live
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The Walden Family 19th Anniversary, live, Georgia (Camilla), 2013
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lagniappe
random thoughts
No delusion is more stubborn than the notion you are alive.
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art beat: more from the Art Institute’s Hiroshige exhibit (see Thursday’s post)
Seki—No. 48, c. 1847-1852
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Heavy Snow, mid-1840s
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Kameyana, Weather Clearing After Snow, c. 1833-34
2014
Sunday, March 9th
Al testifies
Al Green, “Jesus Is Waiting,” live (TV show), 1974
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lagniappe
radio
Today, in celebration of his 84th birthday, it’s all Ornette all day on WKCR (Columbia University).
Ornette Coleman Quartet (OC, alto saxophone; Don Cherry, trumpet; Charlie Haden, bass; Ed Blackwell, drums), “Blues Connotation” (1961)
2014
Sunday, March 2nd
Gospel?
Blues?
Rock ‘n’ roll?
Trying to keep them separate is like trying to draw lines in water.
Leo Welch, “Praise His Name,” live, Mississippi (Gravel Springs), 2013
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), Mississippi, 2008
2014
Sunday, February 23rd
testify
Jackson Southernaires, “Can’t Make It By Myself,” live, Jackson, Miss., 1996
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lagniappe
reading table
Barn’s burnt down—
now
I can see the moon.—Mizuta Masahide, 1657-1723 (translated from Japanese by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto)
2014
Sunday, February 16th
No stage. No microphone. Just heart.
Evangelist Mary Brown and the Spiritual Singers, “I’ll Fly Away,” live, North Carolina (Plymouth, pop. ~4,000), 2011
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lagniappe
art beat: Thursday at the Art Institute of Chicago (after meeting with a client at the nearby federal jail)
Paul Cezanne, The Bay of Marseilles, Seen From L’Estaque, c. 1885
If a stranger, standing next to me in front of this painting, leaned over and whispered, “There’s no better place to be on the planet,” I wouldn’t disagree.
2014
Sunday, February 9th
Silver Quintette, “Sinner’s Crossroads” (1956)
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Bessemer Sunset Four, “I Feel Like My Time Ain’t Long” (1930)
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Dixie Hummingbirds, “Every Knee Surely Must Bow” (1946)
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Famous Davis Sisters, “I Want To Be More Like Jesus” (1957)
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What do these tracks have in common? All were featured the other night on Sinner’s Crossroads, arguably (to these ears, anyway) the best show on radio. It airs Thursday night, from 8 to 9 p.m. (EST), on mighty WFMU-FM. Not only can you hear it live; every show is archived and remains available on-line. To my mind there’s no better gateway to gospel music.
2014
Sunday, February 2nd
alone
Mississippi Fred McDowell, “Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down”
Live, Mississippi (Como), 1959
2014
Sunday, January 26th
Little Richard, Jerry Lee—they’ve got nothing on this gal.
Rev. Julius Cheeks (lead vocals), Marge Cheeks (piano), Knights of Washington, D.C., “Morning Train,” TV show (TV Gospel Time), early 1960s
2014
Sunday, January 19th
Aretha’s daddy
Rev. C. L. Franklin (1915-1984), “I’m Going Through,” recorded live at New Bethel Baptist Church (8430 Linwood St., Detroit, Mich.)
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Rev. C. L. Franklin (right) with Joe Von Battle, owner of Detroit’s JVB Records and Joe’s Records Shop, c. 1950s
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lagniappe
random thoughts
Life is a chronic problem.
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