Sunday, December 19th
sounds of Chicago
Staple Singers, Caravans, Soul Stirrers, Albertina Walker, live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1960s
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Tag: Caravans
2021
Sunday, May 16th
sounds of Chicago
Caravans (feat. Albertina Walker [:05-], Loleatta Holloway [1:45-]), “Jesus Will Fix It,” live (TV Show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1968
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Sunday, December 13th
another take
“Mary Don’t You Weep” (trad.), Caravans (feat. Inez Andrews), 1958
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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The Star’s whole secret – in the Lake –
Eyes were not meant to know.—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 450 (Franklin)
2018
Sunday, October 21st
sounds of Chicago
Caravans (feat. Albertina Walker, Inez Andrews), “Willing to Wait,” live (TV show), Chicago, 1967
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Maywood, Ill. (Prairie Path)
2017
Sunday, October 15th
three takes
“I Won’t Be Back” (AKA “Sweepin’ Through the City”)
Caravans (feat. Shirley Caesar, 1938-)
Live, Boston (Boston University), 1960s
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Recording, 1962
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Shirley Caesar
Live, Tulsa, Okla., 2001
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They end their flight
one by one—
crows at dusk.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2016
Sunday, April 10th
sounds of Chicago
Caravans, live (TV show), Chicago, 1963
In front, on the right, is the young Shirley Caesar.
2015
Sunday, March 15th
sounds of Chicago
Caravans (feat. Shirley Caesar, lead vocals), “God Don’t Need No Coward Soldier” (J. Herndon), live (TV show), early ’60s
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You can live three days without bread—without poetry never.
—Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867; quoted in Julian Bell, Van Gogh: A Power Seething)
2012
Sunday, 7/15/12
five takes
“Mary Don’t You Weep” (AKA “O Mary Don’t You Weep”)
The Caravans (feat. Inez Andrews), 1958
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The Swan Silvertones (feat. Claude Jeter), 1959
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Claude Jeter & Shirley Caesar, 1969
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The Caravans (feat. Inez Andrews), c. 2006
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Bruce Springsteen, 2005
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