Politics got you feeling soiled?
Here’s a bar of soap.
“America the Beautiful,” “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” “Amazing Grace,” etc., Charlie Haden & The New Liberation Music Orchestra feat. Carla Bley (piano, arrangements), live, France (Marciac), 2004
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Danny Lyon (1942-), Crossing the Ohio, Louisville, Ky., 1966
old school
Mighty Clouds of Joy, “I’ve Been in the Storm Too Long,” live, Chicago, 1990
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reading table
There comes an hour when begging stops,
When the long interceding lips
Perceive their prayer is vain.
‘Thou shalt not’ is a kinder sword
Than from a disappointing God
‘Disciple, call again.’—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1768 (Franklin)
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Danny Lyon (1942-), Colombia, 1972
sounds of Colombia
Bomba Estéreo, live (studio performance), Seattle, 2013
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Danny Lyon (1942-), Route 12, Wisconsin, 1963
only rock ‘n’ roll
Wire with St. Vincent, “Drill,” live, Chicago, 6/12/15
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Danny Lyon (1942-), Brooklyn, 1974
tonight in Chicago
This saxophonist will be playing at Elastic Arts.
Jon Irabagon Trio (JI, tenor saxophone; Mark Helias, bass; Barry Altschul, drums), live, Austria (Ulrichsberg), 2013
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Danny Lyon (1942-), Texas Department of Corrections (Walls Unit), Huntsville, Texas, 1968
old school
Zion Travelers, “I Must Tell Jesus,” 1961
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Danny Lyon (1942-), Llanito, New Mexico, 1970
summer in the city
DJ Spinn (Teklife, feat. The Era Dancers), live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/20/14
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Danny Lyon (1942-), New York (subway), 1979
only rock ’n’ roll
Black Dub (Daniel Lanois, guitar, vocals; Trixie Whitley, keyboards, vocals; Jim Wilson, bass, vocals; Brian Blade, drums), “Ring the Alarm,” live, Vancouver, 2011
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Danny Lyon (1942-), Four Boys, Uptown, Chicago (1965)
two takes
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), “I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge,” 1928
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Dr. C. J. Johnson (1913-1991), “You Better Run to the City of Refuge”
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Danny Lyon (1942-), New York, 1967
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the beat goes on
Sixteen hundred posts—and counting.
only rock ’n’ roll
Benjamin Booker, “Violent Shiver”
Live, 2013
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Live (album teaser; fall release), 2014
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Danny Lyon (1942-), 1960s
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