Sunday, April 2nd
back to church
Rev. Al Green, “The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow” (T.A. Dorsey), live, Memphis (Full Gospel Tabernacle Church), 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday evening, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Tag: Al Green
2017
2014
Sunday, March 9th
Al testifies
Al Green, “Jesus Is Waiting,” live (TV show), 1974
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lagniappe
radio
Today, in celebration of his 84th birthday, it’s all Ornette all day on WKCR (Columbia University).
Ornette Coleman Quartet (OC, alto saxophone; Don Cherry, trumpet; Charlie Haden, bass; Ed Blackwell, drums), “Blues Connotation” (1961)
2014
Friday, January 24th
sweet soul music
Al Green, live, 1974
2013
Sunday, September 29th
back to church
Rev. Al Green, “The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow,” live, Memphis (Full Gospel Tabernacle Church), 1984
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A big birthday shout-out to my son Alex: where would I be without my guys?
2012
Sunday, 8/19/12
The Reverend Al testifies.
Al Green, “The Lord Will Make a Way” (and more)
New York (Apollo Theater), 1990
2011
Sunday, 11/27/11
Al Green, “None But the Righteous,” live, Tokyo, 1987
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I’ve got that Holy Ghost religion . . .
—Al Green
More? Here. And here. And here. And here.
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lagniappe
reading table
How much more sharply suffering probes the psyche than does psychology!
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When we see ourselves on the brink of the precipice and it seems that God has abandoned us, we no longer hesitate to ask him for a miracle.
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The kind of plagiarism which it is most difficult for any human individual to avoid (and even for whole nations, who persist in reproducing their faults and aggravate them in so doing) is self-plagiarism.
—Marcel Proust, The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time,
v. 6; trans. Peter Collier)
2010
Thursday, 12/2/10
Memphis.
1953.
A little studio—Memphis Recording Service—over on Union Avenue.
Little Junior Parker, “Feel So Bad” (1953), “Sittin’ at the Bar” (1954), Sun Records, Memphis
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lagniappe
I’d like to dedicate this song to Little Junior Parker, a cousin of mine who’s gone on, but we’d like to kind of carry on in his name . . . .
Al Green, “Take Me To The River,” Hi Records, Memphis, 1974
Al wrote this, with guitarist Mabon “Teenie” Hodges, and recorded it first; Hi labelmate Syl Johnson had the hit.
2010
Sunday, 10/3/10
three takes
You don’t need no baggage, you just get on board.
“People Get Ready”
Curtis Mayfield, live, England (London), 1988
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The Impressions (featuring Curtis Mayfield), 1965
More Curtis Mayfield? Here. Here. Here.
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Al Green, live, Washington, D.C., 1983 (Gospel According to Al Green, 1984)
More Al Green? Here. Here. Here.
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lagniappe
radio gems: gospel
Gospel Memories
WLUW-FM
Chicago, Illinois
Saturday, 10-11 a.m. (CST) (archived shows)
2010
Sunday, 9/19/10
The Reverend Al Green
Memphis (Full Gospel Tabernacle Church), Sunday, 6/15/08
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reading table
your rice field
my rice field
the same green—Kobayashi Issa, 1815
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art beat: closing today
The Jazz Loft Project, W. Eugene Smith in NYC, 1957-1965 (Chicago Cultural Center)
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