Sunday, August 30th
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002, MCOTD Hall of Fame) & The Gospel Harmonettes, Still Holding On (1999)
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Tag: Dorothy Love Coates & the Gospel Harmonettes
2012
Sunday, 2/5/12
one of my desert-island singers
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002) & the Gospel Harmonettes
“I Won’t Let Go” (AKA “I’m Just Holding On”), live
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And here.
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Here’s the original recording (Specialty, 1950s).
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Were gospel to be more publicly acclaimed, she [Dorothy Love Coates] might have the stature of a Billie Holiday or a Judy Garland. Instead, for thousands of black people, she is the message carrier.
—Anthony Heilbut, The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times (6th ed. 2002)
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[I]t was obvious that Keith [Richards] and Gram [Parsons] enjoyed spending time together. . . . [W]e just all cared deeply about the same things. We just loved, for instance, to sit and listen to Dorothy Love Coates, the gospel singer.
(Quotes originally posted 3/28/10.)
2011
Sunday, 10/16/11
Rough.
Grainy.
Insistent.
Long after a song has ended, you still hear that voice.
Dorothy Love Coates & the Gospel Harmonettes
“I’m Just Holding On,” live (TV broadcast)
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“That’s Alright With Me”
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Were gospel to be more publicly acclaimed, she [Dorothy Love Coates] might have the stature of a Billie Holiday or a Judy Garland. Instead, for thousands of black people, she is the message carrier.
—Anthony Heilbut, The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times (6th ed. 2002)
*****
[I]t was obvious that Keith [Richards] and Gram [Parsons] enjoyed spending time together. . . . [W]e just all cared deeply about the same things. We just loved, for instance, to sit and listen to Dorothy Love Coates, the gospel singer.
(Originally posted 3/28/10.)
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