Friday, January 20th
two takes
Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011), “Me and the Devil,” 2010
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Robert Johnson (1922-1938), “Me and the Devil Blues,” rec. 1937 (Dallas)
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Monday, April 22nd
One of my favorite musicians of all time died over seventy-five years ago at the age of twenty-five.
Charlie Christian (1916-1942, guitar) with Cootie Williams (trumpet), Johnny Guarnieri (piano), Dave Tough (drums), et al., “Waitin’ for Benny” (full session), live (studio), New York, 1941
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Intuit (Chicago)
Robert Johnson, City, 2018
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