basement jukebox
Tyrone Davis (1938-2005), “Can I Change My Mind,” 1968
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Ann Peebles (1947-), “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down,” 1973
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O. V. Wright (1939-1980), “A Nickel and a Nail,” 1971
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
basement jukebox
Ann Peebles (1947-), “Breaking Up Somebody’s Home” (A Jackson, T. Matthews), 1971
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
basement jukebox
Ann Peebles (1947-), “I Can’t Stand the Rain” (A. Peebles, D. Bryant, B. Williams), 1973
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other day, Chicago
basement jukebox
Ann Peebles (1947-), “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” (E. Randle), 1973
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
*****
reading table
In pale moonlight
the wisteria’s scent
comes from far away—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
basement jukebox
Willie Mitchell, record producer, March 1, 1928–January 5, 2010
O. V. Wright (1939-1980), “A Nickel and a Nail,” 1971
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Syl Johnson (1936-), “Take Me to the River,” 1975
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Otis Clay (1942-2016), “Trying to Live My Life Without You,” 1972
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Ann Peebles (1947-), “I Can’t Stand the Rain,” 1973
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Al Green (1946-), “Let’s Stay Together,” 1971
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random sights
other day, Kankakee, Ill.
desert island disc
Ann Peebles, I Can’t Stand the Rain (Willie Mitchell, prod.), 1974
Track list:
timeless
Ann Peebles, I Can’t Stand the Rain,* 1974 (Hi Records)
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reading table
The only thing worse than trying to look younger than you are is trying to look wiser than you are.
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*Track list (courtesy of YouTube):
“I Can’t Stand The Rain” (Don Bryant, Bernard “Bernie” Miller, Ann Peebles)
“Do I Need You” (Bryant, Peebles)
“Until You Came into My Life” (Bryant, Miller, Peebles)
“(You Keep Me) Hanging On” (Ira Allen, Buddy Mize)
“Run Run Run” (Bryant, Darryl Carter, Peebles)
“If We Can’t Trust Each Other” (Earl Randle)
“A Love Vibration” (Bryant, Miller, Peebles)
“You Got to Feed the Fire” (Bryant, Miller, Peebles)
“I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” (Earl Randle)
“One Way Street” (Bryant, Peebles)
Unlike Aretha Franklin, she doesn’t have a big, commanding voice. But just as some actors are able to do as much (or more) with less, so, too, with singers. And when it comes to expressing heartache and vulnerability, a voice that’s smaller, less powerful isn’t necessarily a liability—it can be a strength.
Ann Peebles
“(You Keep Me) Hanging On” (1973 [album], 1974 [single])
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“I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home” (1972)
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“I Can’t Stand The Rain” (1973)
(Yeah, I posted this last clip before, when Willie Mitchell passed away. [And the next day I posted a track that samples it.])
Presence, immediacy, feeling: the way his records sound, you’d swear they were nailed in just one take.
What higher compliment could you pay a record producer?
Willie Mitchell (March 23, 1928 – January 5, 2010)
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O.V. Wright, “A Nickel and A Nail” (1971)
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Ann Peebles, “I Can’t Stand the Rain” (1973)
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Syl Johnson, “Take Me To The River” (1975)
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Al Green, “Love and Happiness” (1977)
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Thank you so much, Richard. . . . Stay well and Happy New Year. Love, Sheila
(Sheila Jordan, 1/6/10, 9/28/09 [in response to an email letting her know she was being featured here])
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