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“Hallelujah,” Mt. Ramah Primitive Baptist Church, Thomaston, Ga., 2013
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks“, through 9/22/24)
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), Manhattan (1932), detail
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“Angels in Heaven Done Signed My Name,” St. James Missionary Baptist Church, Canton, Miss., 1978
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
No piano. No guitar. No drums. So many things aren’t here. But nothing is missing.
Heavenly Gospel Singers, “Sit Down Servant and Rest Awhile,” live, St. James Missionary Baptist Church, Canton, Mississippi, 1978
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Pastor J. R. Jones, “This Joy I Have,” live, Baton Rouge (City of David Church of God), 1992
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other day, Chicago
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Canton Spirituals, “Mississippi Poor Boy,” live, Memphis, 2014
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other day, Chicago
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Rev. Dennis “Clay” Jackson (vocals), Rev. Charlie Jackson (guitar), “Lord, You’ve Been Good to Me,” live, Mississippi (Gloster), 1987
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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“You Can’t Make Me Doubt Him,” unknown group, live, Baton Rouge (City of David Church of God in Christ), c. 1990s
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Dr. C. J. Johnson (1913-1990) and Family, “You Better Run,” 1989
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Rev. Charlie Jackson (1932-2006), “Wrapped Up, Tangled Up in Jesus (C. Jackson), live, possibly Baton Rouge, 1991
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another take (1969)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Arkabutla, Mississippi
Mighty Gospel Clouds (Morven, Georgia), “Thank You, Jesus,” recorded by Alan Lomax at an unidentified A.M.E. church in Arkabutla, Mississippi, 1978
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