Tuesday, December 21st
three takes
“Mystery Train” (J. Parker)
Junior Parker, 1953
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Elvis Presley, 1955
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The Band with Paul Butterfield (vocals, harmonica), live, San Francisco, 1976
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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Tag: Junior Parker
2013
Friday, 1/18/13
three takes
“Driving Wheel,” AKA “Driving Wheel Blues” (R. Sykes)
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells (BG, guitar; JW, harmonica and vocals; Jimmy Johnson, guitar; Dave Myers, bass; Odie Payne, drums), live, Portugal (Algarve Jazz Festival), 1978
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Junior Parker, 1961
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Roosevelt Sykes, 1936
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reading table
[I]t is out of adolescents who last a sufficient number of years that life makes old men.
—Marcel Proust, Finding Time Again (translated from French by Ian Patterson)
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