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Otis Rush (vocals, guitar) with Little Brother Montgomery (piano), Jack Myers (bass), Fred Below (drums), live, Berlin, 1966
“All Your Love (I Miss Loving)”
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“Sweet Little Angel”
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lagniappe
reading table
The silence will be sudden then last.
—Deborah Landau, from “The Silence Will Be Sudden Then Last” (Poetry, 10/18)
passings
Otis Rush, guitarist, singer, April 29, 1935-September 29, 2018
Today, remembering him, we revisit a couple of posts.
1/21/10
Otis Rush (with Fred Below [drums], et al.), “I Can’t Quit You Baby,” live, Germany, 1966
I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and introduced me to Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and the first time I saw that onstage, it inspired me to play. I thought that was the world.
—Otis Rush
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9/15/18
basement jukebox
Otis Rush (1934-)
“All Your Love (I Miss Loving),” 1958
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“I Can’t Quit You Baby,” 1956
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“Double Trouble,” 1958
like nobody else
James Booker (piano, vocals [1939-1983]), live, France (Nice), 1978
basement jukebox
“Can I Change My Mind” (B. Despenza, C. Wolfolk)
Alton Ellis (1938-2008), 1969
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Tyrone Davis (1938-2005), 1968
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lagniappe
reading table
How lonesome the Wind must feel Nights –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 1441 (Franklin)
sweet soul music
Ry Cooder featuring The Hamiltones, “I Can’t Win,” Danbury, Conn., 2018
basement jukebox
Aretha Franklin, 1942-2018
“I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” (R. Shannon), 1967
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“Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” (C. Moman, D. Penn), 1967
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“Respect” (O. Redding), 1967
two takes
“Livin’ on a Prayer”
August Greene (Common [vocals], Robert Glasper [piano], Karriem Riggins [drums], et al.), live (backstage, Tonight Show), 8/13/18
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Bon Jovi, 1986
what’s new
August Greene (Common [vocals], Robert Glasper [keyboards], Karriem Riggins [drums], et al.), “No Apologies,” live (TV show), 8/13/18
what’s new
Erykah Badu, live (“Rimshot,” “Green Eyes”), Washington, D.C., 8/15/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
what’s new
Tower of Power, live, Washington, D.C., 8/13/18
