Friday, January 15th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Tenement, “Rock Eating People,” live, Milwaukee, 2014
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: guitar
2016
Monday, January 11th
passings
Friday: “what’s new.”
Saturday: the guys who back him on his new album.
Today: “passings.”
David Bowie, singer, songwriter, January 8, 1947-January 10, 2016
“Blackstar,” 2015
2015
Monday, December 21st
Why start the new week with the same old stuff?
Julia Wolfe (1958-), Believing (2001); Bang on a Can All-Stars, live, South Korea (Tongyeong International Music Festival), 2014
lagniappe
art beat
Regular readers may recognize this drawing, which was posted last year. The artist is a client of mine, Walter Unbehaun, a seventy-something bank robber whose story is told in the January issue of GQ magazine (Kathy Dobie, “The Curious Case of the Homesick Bank Robber”). This drawing makes an appearance:
[H]e’d created a strong bond with his lawyer. He considered ‘Rich’ a friend, giving him two finely wrought pencil sketchings. One was of an ancient and deeply wrinkled Peruvian woman, the other of a plump African woman wearing glasses.
Walter Unbehaun, African Preacher (Kankakee County Jail, 2014)
2015
Sunday, December 6th
like nobody else
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973), “That’s All,” live, France, 1960
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2015
Saturday, December 5th
Thurston Moore (guitar), Okkyung Lee (cello), Ikue Mori (laptop)
Live, New York, 2009
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Music, too, is a continually expanding universe.
2015
Tuesday, December 1st
sounds of Chicago
And more.
Left Hand Frank and His Blues Band, “Linda Lu”
Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1, 1978
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lagniappe
art beat
Marc PoKempner, Chicago (Divorced Women’s Club), 1988
(I’m taking a break—back in a while.)
2015
Monday, November 30th
sounds of Chicago
More from Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1 (1978).
Jimmy Johnson Blues Band, “Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home”
2015
Sunday, November 29th
These sounds, which I bumped into the other night on the radio (Sinner’s Crossroads, WFMU), I can’t get out of my head—not that I’d want to.
Rev. Charles White, “How Long,” c. 1948
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2015
Friday, November 27th
sounds of Chicago
Some things last. Nearly forty years ago, I co-produced this track, while working at Alligator Records. It remains one of my favorites. The hour was late. The lights had been turned down. But the tape kept rolling.
Carey Bell’s Blues Harp Band, “Woman In Trouble”
Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1, 1978
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Here’s more of Carey, years later (2000, Switzerland [Bern]).
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2015
Sunday, November 22nd
old school
Jackson Southernaires, “Walk Around Heaven,” live, Jackson, Miss., 1990s
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill. (son’s dog, Roscoe)
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