Thursday, December 3rd
sounds of the 1940s
Cecil Gant (1913-1951, piano, vocals), “What’s on Your Worried Mind,” “I Gotta Gal,” 1945
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: R&B
2020
Thursday, November 26th
basement jukebox
J. B. Lenoir (1929-1967), “Mama Talk To Your Daughter,” 1955
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Magic Sam (aka Samuel Maghett, 1937-1969), “All Your Love,” 1957
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Otis Rush (1934-2018), “All Your Love (I Miss Loving),” 1958
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Junior Wells (1934-1998), “Little by Little,” 1960
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Buddy Guy (1936-), “First Time I Met the Blues,” 1960
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Sonny Boy Williamson II (aka Alex [or Aleck] Miller, 1912-1965), “Help Me,” 1963
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Fenton Robinson (1935-1997), “Somebody (Loan Me a Dime),” 1967
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Wednesday, July 29th
basement jukebox
Otis Rush (1934-2018, vocals, guitar), “All Your Love (I Miss Loving)” (O. Rush), 1959
If you take the words from ‘Black Magic Woman’ and just leave the rhythm, it’s ‘All Your Love’—it’s Otis Rush.
—Carlos Santana
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Roads run forever
Under feet forever
Falling away
Yet, it may happen that you
Come to the same place again
Stay! You could not do
Anything more certain—
Here you can wait forever
And rejoice at your arrival—Samuel Menashe (1925-2011)
2020
Friday, July 17th
two takes
“My People . . . Hold On” (A. Poree, L. Caston Jr.)
Amber Mark (1993-), 6/18/20
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Eddie Kendricks (1939-1992), 1972
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Saturday, July 11th
basement jukebox
Ann Peebles (1947-), “Breaking Up Somebody’s Home” (A Jackson, T. Matthews), 1971
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Tuesday, July 7th
basement jukebox
Ann Peebles (1947-), “I Can’t Stand the Rain” (A. Peebles, D. Bryant, B. Williams), 1973
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lagniappe
other day, Chicago
2020
Saturday, July 4th
Happy (Strangest Ever) 4th of July!
Blasters, “American Music,” live, Champaign, Ill., 1985
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Professor Longhair (1918-1980), “Big Chief,” live, Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival), 1973
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Sleepy LaBeef (1935-2019), “Strange Things Happening Every Day” (plus interview), live (TV show), 1994
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2020
Friday, July 3rd
basement jukebox
Ann Peebles (1947-), “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” (E. Randle), 1973
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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reading table
In pale moonlight
the wisteria’s scent
comes from far away—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Friday, June 26th
voices I miss
Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999), “Move On Up” (C. Mayfield), live, London, 1988
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Thursday, May 14th
basement jukebox
Eddie Bo (aka Edwin Joseph Bocage [1930-2009], vocals, piano), “Dinky Doo,” 1961
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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streaming
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. (ET) the last performance by pianist Peter Serkin (1947-2020) at New York’s 92nd St. Y (12/1/18) will be streamed here (Mozart [Adagio in B Minor, K. 540; Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 570], Bach [Goldberg Variations]).
