Friday, July 27th
sweet soul music
Anthony Hamilton, live, Washington, D.C., 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Monhegan Island, Maine
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: soul
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
Thursday, April 19th
basement jukebox
O.V. Wright, “A Nickel and a Nail” (Willie Mitchell, prod.), 1971
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2018
Thursday, April 12th
basement jukebox
Syl Johnson, “Take Me to the River” (Al Green, Mabon “Teenie” Hodges, writers; Willie Mitchell, producer), 1975
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
I am waiting, patiently, for the United States Postal Service to issue a Forever stamp honoring Willie Mitchell. Nobody—nobody—has produced better records.
2018
Friday, February 23rd
timeless
Marvin Gaye (1939-1984), “What’s Going On” (M. Gaye, A. Cleveland, R. Benson), “What’s Happening Brother” (M. Gaye, J. Nyx Jr.), live, Chicago, 1972
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2017
Friday, November 10th
Was popular music, some of it, anyway, better then—or is any inclination in that direction simply a matter of nostalgia?
Otis Redding (1941-1967), “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” (O. Redding, S. Cropper), rec. 1967 (official video)
Taking another break. Still flu-beaten. At times like these, I’m especially grateful to be in a long marriage (41 years, January). (I’m also grateful, when my wife is ill, to be able to care for her.) Back before long, I hope.
2017
Friday, June 30th
voices I miss
This sounds as fresh, and timely, as it did in 1971.
Marvin Gaye (1939-1984), “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” (M. Gaye, J. Nyx; What’s Going On, 1971)
2017
Friday, June 23rd
found sounds
Yesterday, waiting for a train.
“Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)” (N. Whitfield, B. Strong; Temptations, 1971), Red Line (Jackson), Chicago, 6/22/17
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Danny Lyon (1942-), Racer, Schererville, Indiana, 1965
