Wednesday, March 31st
voices I miss
Koko Taylor (1928-2009), “I’d Rather Go Blind” (E. Jordan, B. Foster, E. James), 1981
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Tag: Koko Taylor
2016
Friday, June 10th
voices I miss
Albert Collins (1932-1993), live, Switzerland (Montreux), 1979
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Aaron Siskind (1903-1991), Chicago 28 1957 (Abstractions, through 8/14/16)
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tonight in Chicago
The Chicago Blues Festival celebrates the 45th anniversary of Alligator Records, where, in the ’70s, barely out of college, I had the good fortune to co-produce recordings by Albert Collins, Koko Taylor, Son Seals, Fenton Robinson, Jimmy Johnson, Carey Bell, et al.
2012
Friday, 11/23/12
Chicago: 1974
“Muddy Waters Blues Summit in Chicago,”* Soundstage, 1974
*Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Pinetop Perkins, Koko Taylor, Mike Bloomfield, Johnny Winter, Dr. John, et al.
2011
Monday, 10/31/11
two takes
Need a Monday morning boost? You’ve come to the right place.
“Let the Good Times Roll”
Koko Taylor (1928-2009), live
Years ago, when I was at Alligator Records, I worked with her—what a sweetheart.
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Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five, c. 1946
Vodpod videos no longer available.
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art beat
Yesterday at Chicago’s Goodman Theater:
MARK ROTHKO: Wait. Stand closer. You’ve got to get close. Let it pulsate. Let it work on you. Closer. . . . There. Let it spread out. Let it wrap its arms around you; let it embrace you, filling even your peripheral vision so nothing else exists or has ever existed or will ever exist. Let the picture do its work—But work with it. Meet it halfway for God’s sake. Lean forward, lean into it. Engage with it!
—John Logan, Red (2009)
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