Friday, May 15th
passings
B.B. King, singer, guitarist, September 16, 1925-May 14, 2015
“The Thrill Is Gone” (R. Hawkins, R. Darnell), live
Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), 1974
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Montreux Jazz Festival, 1993
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: guitar
2015
2015
Wednesday, May 13th
ten strings, twenty fingers
Stephan Crump (bass) & Mary Halvorson (guitar), “Erie” (S. Crump), live, New York, 4/17/15
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lagniappe
random thoughts
Life consists of driving a vehicle you didn’t design, one that came without an owner’s manual, until one day it runs off the road and winds up in a ditch.
2015
Sunday, May 10th
testify!
The Consolers (Sullivan & Iola Pugh), “Reach Out Your Hand,” live
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
If perfection lies in the absence of anything inessential, this is no less perfect than Bach.
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art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Palisades, New Jersey, 1958
2015
Friday, May 1st
only rock ‘n’ roll
The Ex, “That’s Not a Virus,” live, France (Annecy), 2015
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lagniappe
art beat
William Klein (1928-), 4 Heads, New York, 1955
2015
Friday, April 24th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Metz, “Get Off,” live, Seattle, 2014
2015
Wednesday, April 22nd
sounds of South Africa
Fantasma, “Basbizile,” live, London, 2015
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Another take (Free Love, 2015)
2015
Tuesday, April 21st
sounds of Malawi
The Very Best with Mafalika, “Let’s Go,” live, Malawi (Kumbali Village), 2/15
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Another take (Makes a King, 4/15)
2015
Friday, April 17th
With all he does, this can get lost: on guitar, he’s a killer.
Cee Lo Green, “Crazy,” live (with Prince, guitar), New York, 2011
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Stevie Wonder, “Superstition,” live (with Prince, guitar), Paris, 2010
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lagniappe
reading table
I am alive—I guess—
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #605 (Franklin), first line
2015
Monday, April 13th
This I could listen to all day.
Daniel Lanois, “Senegal,” “Opera,” “The Collection of Marie Claire,” live (studio performance), Washington (Shoreline), 2/27/15
2015
Friday, April 10th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Makthaverskan, “Antabus,” live, London, 11/29/14
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lagniappe
reading table
Spring at last moistened the town. Impasto leaves replaced pastel buds. He considered self-improvement. He might become a vegan. Let the mouse have his cheese.
—Edith Pearlman, “Tenderfoot” (Honeydew)
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