two takes
“My Back Pages” (B. Dylan)
Bob Dylan, live
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Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, et al., live, New York, 1992
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lagniappe
reading table
watching the downpour
from under a temple
bell—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
white folks got soul, too
(day three)
J.J. Cale (1938-2013)
“Call Me the Breeze” (J.J. Cale), live, Tulsa, 2004
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“After Midnight” (J.J. Cale), live (with Eric Clapton), Dallas, 2004
passings
J.J. Cale, singer, songwriter, guitarist, December 5, 1938-July 26, 2013
Today, remembering him, we revisit an earlier post.
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What was it like growing up in the 1950s in the lonesome state of Oklahoma?
Leon Russell knows.
So does this guy.
J.J. Cale (with Eric Clapton), “After Midnight” (J. Cale), live, Dallas, 2004
Who supplies the juice here?
It ain’t the guitar god from England.
It’s the grizzled guitar player from the state with the funny shape (:38-1:12, 1:41-44, 2:14-48, 3:36-50, 4:20-44).
(Originally posted 11/1/10.)
What was it like to grow up, in the 1950s, in the lonesome state of Oklahoma?
Leon Russell knows.
So does this guy.
J.J. Cale (with Eric Clapton), “After Midnight,” live, Texas (Dallas), 2004
Who supplies the juice here?
It ain’t the guitar god from England.
It’s the grizzled guitar player from the state with the funny shape (:38-1:12, 1:41-44, 2:14-48, 3:36-50, 4:20-44).
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lagniappe
radio
Last week’s Sinner’s Crossroads (10/28/10) features a lot of wonderful music by the late Albertina Walker.
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