passings
Steve Cropper, guitarist, songwriter, producer, October 21, 1941 – December 3, 2025
Booker T. & the M.G.’s, live, New York, 1991
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Phil Upchurch, guitarist, July 19, 1941 – November 23, 2025
With Booker T. & the M.G.’s, “Love and Peace,” live (TV show), published 2010
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), annual Day of the Dead exhibit
timeless
John Fahey (1939-2001, guitar), “Poor Boy Long Ways From Home (trad.), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1978
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
timeless
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn (1880-1978), “Jesus Is Sweeter Than Honey in the Comb,” 1927
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
David T. Walker (guitar) with Bernard Purdie (drums), Chuck Rainey (bass), et al., “What’s Going On” (M. Gaye), live, 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
passings
Jimmy Cliff, singer, songwriter, actor, July 30, 1944 – November 24, 2025
“Many Rivers to Cross” (J. Cliff), live (studio), California (Santa Monica), 2012
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
testify!
Elder Sam Windham (guitar, voice), “Yes Lord,” live, New York, 1964
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Illinois
what’s new
One-word review: Wow!
Archer (Dave Rempis, saxophone; Terrie Hessels, guitar; Jon Rune Strøm, bass; Tollef Østvang, drums), live, Austria (Wels), 11/8/25
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
what’s new
SML, live, Chicago (Empty Bottle), 2025 (published 11/6/25)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
testify!
Ethel Profit, “Death Is Not the End,” 1970s
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
passings
Joseph “Jo Jo” Wallace, singer, guitarist, member of the Sensational Nightingales, October 4, 1926-May 7, 2025
The 63rd Anniversary of the Sensational Nightingales, live, Durham, North Carolina, 2010
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“Somewhere to Lay My Head,” live (TV show), 1960s
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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