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Marion Williams and Alex Bradford, “Take Me to the Water,” live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 1962
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2018
Sunday, July 8th
In case you need a reminder.
“Mean Old World,” Marion Williams and the Stars of Faith, live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 1962
2016
Sunday, November 6th
Marion Williams (1927-1994), “I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song” (T.A. Dorsey), live, France, 1969
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musical thoughts
Is any art more intimate?
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2015
Sunday, March 29th
angels
Marion Williams and the Stars of Faith, “Mean Old World,” live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 1962
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art beat: more from Friday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), Untitled (Forgotten Game), c. 1949
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reading table
Superiority to Fate
Is difficult to gain
‘Tis not conferred of any
But possible to earnA pittance at a time
Until to Her surprise
The Soul with strict economy
Subsist till Paradise.—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1043 (Franklin)
2012
Sunday, 12/23/12
A great singer creates, within a song, a space, inviting you, the listener, to come inside.
Mahalia Jackson, “Silent Night,” 1961
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Marion Williams, “O Holy Night,” “Silent Night,” 1959
2012
Sunday, 12/2/12
Marion Williams (1927-1994) and the Stars of Faith, “Packin’ Up,” live
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musical thoughts
I had gotten the inspiration for that ‘Wooo’ from gospel singer Marion Williams.
Little Richard, “Tutti Frutti” (single, 1955; album, 1957)
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