Friday, July 20th
what’s new
Rev. Sekou and The Seal Breakers, live, Washington, D.C., 7/10/18
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Rookery Building)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: R&B
2018
Friday, July 6th
passings
Henry Butler, pianist, singer, September 21, 1948-July 2, 2018
With Steven Bernstein & the Hot 9, “Some Iko,” live, Chicago, 2015
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), New Orleans
Eureka Brass Band, late 1950s
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Young Tuxedo Brass Band, 1959
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Second Liners at Mardi Gras, 1957
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Second Liners, 1961
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Young Tuxedo Bass Band, 1966
2018
Saturday, June 30th
desert island disc
Sly and the Family Stone, Fresh, 1973
Track list:
1. In Time 00:00
2. If You Want Me To Stay 05:47
3. Let Me Have It All 08:48
4. Frisky 11:44
5. Thankful N’ Thoughtful 14:56
6. Skin I’m In 19:38
7. I Don’t Know (Satisfaction) 22:33
8. Keep On Dancin’ 26:25
9. Que Sera, Sera 28:49
10. If It Were Left Up To Me 34:13
11. Babies Makin’ Babies 36:13
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lagniappe
reading table
Now as a spirit
I shall roam
the summer fields.—Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849 (Japanese Death Poems, Yoel Hoffmann, ed.)
2018
Wednesday, June 27th
more
Robert Ward, “Your Love Is Real” (R. Ward)
Live (with Ry Cooder [guitar], Nick Lowe [bass], et al.), Mill Valley, Calif., 1991
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Recording, 1964
2018
Thursday, June 21st
basement jukebox
Jimmy Ruffin, “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted,” 1966
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lagniappe
reading table
Our share of night to bear –
Our share of morning –
Our blank in bliss to fill,
Our blank in scorning –Here a star, and there a star,
Some lose their way!
Here a mist – and there a mist –
Afterwards – Day!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 116 (Franklin)
2018
Saturday, June 16th
desert island disc
Ann Peebles, I Can’t Stand the Rain (Willie Mitchell, prod.), 1974
Track list:
- “I Can’t Stand The Rain” (Don Bryant, Bernard “Bernie” Miller, Ann Peebles) – 2:31
- “Do I Need You” (Bryant, Peebles) – 2:33
- “Until You Came into My Life” (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 3:13
- “(You Keep Me) Hanging On” (Ira Allen, Buddy Mize) – 2:44
- “Run Run Run” (Bryant, Darryl Carter, Peebles) – 2:38
- “If We Can’t Trust Each Other” (Earl Randle) – 2:55
- “A Love Vibration” (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 2:50
- “You Got to Feed the Fire” (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 2:22
- “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” (Earl Randle) – 2:45
- “One Way Street” (Bryant, Peebles) – 2:50
2018
Friday, May 25th
One-word review: Wow!
Lauryn Hill with The Roots, live, Philadelphia, 2012
2018
Saturday, May 19th
what’s new
Anderson .Paak, “Bubblin,” 5/17/18
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Monday, April 30th
passings
Charles Neville, saxophonist, December 28, 1938-April 26, 2018
Neville Brothers, “Yellow Moon,” live, New Orleans, 1991
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More?
Here’s the whole set.
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Saturday, April 28th
basement jukebox
Little Junior Parker, “Driving Wheel” (R. Sykes), 1961
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Here’s the original recording.
Roosevelt Sykes, “Driving Wheel Blues,” 1936
music clip of the day 