Sunday, November 23rd
testify!
Elder Sam Windham (guitar, voice), “Yes Lord,” live, New York, 1964
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: guitar
2025
Friday, November 21st
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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2025
Monday, November 10th
what’s new
SML, live, Chicago (Empty Bottle), 2025 (published 11/6/25)
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2025
Sunday, July 13th
testify!
Ethel Profit, “Death Is Not the End,” 1970s
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2025
Sunday, May 18th
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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2025
Thursday, April 10th
passings
Clem Burke, drummer, November 24, 1954-April 6, 2025
Blondie (Deborah Harry [vocals], Clem Burke [drums], et al.), “Dreaming,” video published 2010
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Sunday, April 6th
sounds of Louisville
The Religious Five, “He Is Sweet, I Know,” live (TV show), Louisville, Kentucky, 1974
2025
Thursday, April 3rd
passings
George Freeman (guitarist), April 10, 1927-April 1, 2025
Birth Sign,* 1970 (Delmark Records)
When, fifty years ago, I first heard this album, I thought it was wonderful. I still do.
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*1. “Mama, Papa, Brother” 2. “Cough It Up” 3. “My Scenery” 4. “Must Be, Must Be” 5. “Birth Sign” 6. “Hoss” 7. “My Ship”
George Freeman, guitar; Lester Lashley, trombone (track 4); Von Freeman (brother, MCOTD Hall of Fame), tenor saxophone (tracks 2-3, 6-7); Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, tenor saxophone (track 4); Sonny Burke, organ (tracks 1–6); Robert Pierce, organ (track 4); Billy Mitchell, drums
2025
Tuesday, April 1st
what’s new
Paal Nilssen-Love (drums, percussion), Jim O’Rourke (guitar), Ken Vandermark (reeds), live, Japan (Club Sakuraza, Kofu), 2024 (published 3/10/25)
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Monday, March 24th
more
Link Wray (1929-2005, guitar, vocals) with John Cippolina (1943-1989, guitar), et al., “Mystery Train” (J. Parker), live, San Francisco, 1974
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