only rock ‘n’ roll
Patti Smith, live, England (Glastonbury Festival), 6/28/15
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art beat
Robert Frank (1924-), from The Lines of My Hand (1972)
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reading table
I have no Life but this
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1432 (Franklin)
This guitar player gets around. Last weekend Wilco—he’s been a member since 2004—headlined Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival. Here he’s playing a small performance space in Brooklyn.
BB&C (Tim Berne, alto saxophone; Jim Black, drums; Nels Cline, guitar), live, New York (Shapeshifter Lab), 2012
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random sights
yesterday morning
Columbus Park, Chicago
timeless
Otis Redding (with Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Sam & Dave), live, 1967
only rock ‘n’ roll
Wire with St. Vincent, “Drill,” live, Chicago, 6/12/15
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Danny Lyon (1942-), Brooklyn, 1974
Happy 4th of July!
This country has gotten a lot of things wrong—music it got right.
The Blasters, “American Music,” live, Champaign, Ill., 1985
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art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Chicago (south side blues bar), 1962
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radio: WKCR (Columbia University)
What better way to celebrate Louis Armstrong’s adopted birthday than to play his music around the clock?
only rock ‘n’ roll
Mick Collins (Dirtbombs) with Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue (DW, bass; Randy Jacobs, guitar; Luis Resto, keyboards; Terry Thunder, drums), “Stop,” live, Detroit, 2008
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Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York (Brooklyn), 1959
sounds of Chicago
Your day’s about to get better.
Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers (HDT, vocals & guitar; Brewer Phillips, guitar; Ted Harvey, drums), live, Cambridge, Mass. (Joe’s Place), 1972
1st Set*
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2nd Set*
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*Set lists (courtesy of YouTube):
1st
1) Gonna Send You Back To Georgia
2) Taylor’s Crawl
3) Rock Me Baby
4) Goodnight Boogie
5) Wild About You
6) Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid
7) The Things I Used To Do
8) Phillip’s Stomp
9) I Just Can’t Take It
10) What Do I Say
11) Ingleside Blues
2nd
1) Dust My Broom
2) Phillip’s Crawl
3) Freddie’s Blues
4) Strollin’ With Brewer
5) It Hurts Me Too
6) Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid
7) Take Five
8) Blues For Suzie
9) Roll Your Moneymaker
10) Let’s Get Funky
11) Florence’s Blues
only rock ‘n’ roll
MC5, “Looking at You,” live, Detroit, 1970
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radio
As you may have heard, Ornette Coleman died yesterday; WKCR (Columbia University) will be playing his music around the clock today, tomorrow, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, wrapping up its memorial broadcast Wednesday morning.
In response to Monday’s post on Dylan covers, a reader commented:
Fairport Convention’s “Si tu dois partir” (a French-language version of “If You Gotta Go, Go Now”) comes to mind.
Fairport Convention, “Si tu dois partir” (B. Dylan), recording, 1969
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random sights
Tuesday morning
Louisville, Kentucky
only rock ‘n’ roll
Ride, live, Barcelona (Primavera Sound), 2015*
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*Set list (courtesy of YouTube):
00. 00:00:00 – 00:01:58 Intro: This Mortal Coil – Fyt
01. 00:01:58 – 00:10:30 Leave Them All Behind
02. 00:10:30 – 00:13:45 Like A Daydream
03. 00:13:45 – 00:18:35 Polar Bear
04. 00:18:35 – 00:26:35 Seagull
05. 00:26:35 – 00:30:44 Sennen
06. 00:30:44 – 00:33:15 Black Nite Crash
07. 00:33:15 – 00:40:45 OX4
08. 00:40:45 – 00:46:52 Dream Burn Down
09. 00:46:52 – 00:50:22 Time Of Her Time
10. 00:50:22 – 00:54:28 Chrome Waves
11. 00:54:28 – 01:00:23 Paralysed
12. 01:00:23 – 01:03:52 Taste
13. 01:03:52 – 01:08:22 Vapour Trail
14. 01:08:22 – 01:18:16 Drive Blind
15. 01:18:16 – 01:22:55 Mouse Trap
16. 01:22:55 – 01:26:02 Chelsea Girl
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