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DJ since Oct 21, 2009 
TorontoWriter
First heard Leon Bibb's son Eric here in Toronto and he sang this tune.
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More Writing Music that Fills My Heart
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I remember the McGarrigle Sisters as part of the Mountain City Four in Montreal in the 60s - and time passes, that's all.
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Something Sultry
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A song for my man whoever he might be.
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For all the loves I've had or lost and the ones remaining as yet unknown.
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Oh -- this is the one, the "I Loves You Porgy" that first drew me in.
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Seems to be the mood I'm in.
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Something cool about this, the way the tune slides.
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Gotta write - all this music is slaying me!
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The sweetest listening pleasure.
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Man oh man!
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Songs from my childhood.
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I was fifteen and he was thirteen, a student at the School of Performing Arts in New York.
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Those times!
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Music then and now - still does the same thing to you, let's you revisit scenes and live them all over again.
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Holy shit - all this music!
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Ohh - I used to listen to Paul Robeson all the time when I was kid growing up in Montreal and my father used to sing this song.
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How the heart soars - what a great man!
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This is too good!
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Ah - what a life, to listen to all this, was lucky enough to see him in Montreal in the late 50s.
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More great stuff!
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Blown away all over again!
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What fun! Group from Quebec!
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Home!
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Daughter of Anna McGarrigle
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reggae
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OK NOW
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I put this on my writing website!
markLtuttle
Marc Broussard is an American singer and songwriter.
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Thanks so much! I keep learning! @FitzgeraldKC: "Hadda Brooks "I'm In Love" #vid #NOLA - 28-APR-01 #blues #piano"
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@FitzgeraldKC: "RB @BluesdaddyD Mamie Smith "My Sportin' Man" #blues #WomenInBluesWednesday"
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@markLtuttle: "Sara Beth Bareilles is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter and pianist. "
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@markLtuttle: "Gavin Shane DeGraw is an American singer-songwriter who began singing and playing piano at the age of eight."
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@markLtuttle: "Acerbic, self-aware and irreverent, Matt Nathanson sings beautifully cathartic songs."
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@hajoni: "backtoblip, though more listening 'cause "under work"....Ottmar Liebert – UnderWorld"
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Oh what the fuck, it's a feel good thing.
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@0_0: ":)) @c3p0: "toppertje :-)@0_0: "Corrina @c3p0@lasmart@Drowninglander@LadyB74 @mamamiaellen"""
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Good man! Love this choice!@ZaneRusnam: "Another version - essential Brubeck."
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FitzgeraldKC
RB @nawlinswoman: Mary J. Blige – Family Affair "Happy Birthday Miss Mary..1st time I heard this, started dancing in the store.."
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I remember--
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. . . an overwhelmingly beautiful video!
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First heard Kate McGarrigle as part the Mountain City Four in Montreal & was captivated by the sisters' harmonies and honesty. R.I.P. My heart aches.
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In memory.
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Thanks, man! @redoctopus: "@pluckydaddy: "@GullyJumper: "It is good news! TY@Marystudio: "Sam Cooke ~ Good News""""
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Thanks!@LizGilbert: "@pareidoliac Hope Sweden is far behind you...sounds like it ;)"
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@pluckydaddy: "@huangmarong: ": portuguese guitar"" Love fados--and/but this is so cool, jazz & fados . . . thanks!
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@pluckydaddy: "Thanks @Shaman777 for the intro to Sonny" I like this! Thanks!
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Fine choice@FitzgeraldKC: "RB @GullyJumper Herbie Hancock Feat. Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan – "Don't Explain""
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I like this SO much, thank you!@Lemondeblanc: "Sigh, Sigh, can someone beam me up to Paris in the 30's. I was born too late."
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So good!@FitzgeraldKC: "Muddy Waters – "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" ...she said, "You got a boy child comming, going to be a son of a gun." #blues"
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makes it sweet &cool@nemesisurchin: "absolutely, the banjo makes it all alright :) @DJFrankie: I was on the fence about this until the banjo kicked in
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I do like this; love light, minor key singing. Fine day! Thanks!! @nemesisurchin: "morning everybody :) beautiful day. thank you @TorontoWriter"
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Working on my book edit. Perfect music! @avivao: "Imrat Khan (surbahar), Alhaiya Bilaval Ustadji on surbahar. No instrument like it. No other master.
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Such a fine treat!@avivao: "Jordi Savall | Les Pleurs (Sainte Colombe) | Jordi Savall (viol de gamba)"
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thanks man!@FitzgeraldKC: "RB @belcanto9900 : "Ike & Tina Turner – Live in 1971- Proud Mary (HQ)" #soul #video"
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Thanks to Lisa for this one!!
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avivao:"Andy Bey / River Man (Nick Drake) / Thanks for introducing me to Philamore Lincoln tonight, @UncleRay. All your comments "hit the spot," too!"
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thank you!@avivao: "Abdullah Ibrahim + Johnny Dyan – Namhanje / Today / #jazz #jazzafrica #southafrica"
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Oh, I like this so much! Thank you!@anni09: "hi @nonchalant: "@TorontoWriter""
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beautiful and brilliant@avivao: "Ray Brown | Black Orpheus || Solo #Jazz Bass"
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this is special - thank you! @pamplays: "@Diordan: "perfect"...Toumani Diabate ~ Ismael Drame"
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I heard them on NPR - thanks!@nemesisurchin: "@Will_the_bloke ... u knew this was coming ; ) xo+"
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I have been looking for this song, singing just a phrase or two for too many decades.
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love the depth and soul of his voice, reminds me of Gil Scott--has that jazzy rich lightness, flying on top of the music 'cept he just swoops right in
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Here we are blipping away blues tunes, searching for favorites from the past. This song brings you to a dark dead halt.
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Needing much more of this .... mmmmmmm.....
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damn, I like this! I'm a sucker for songs in the minor key@mammara: "insp @space_cadet :)"
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Just starting to listen and I am enthralled@DesertLily: "Absolutely gorgeous piece. To Mom ~ واي نازنين مريم"
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I like this one! I was brought up with Pete Seeger, Makeba, Odetta @rinzwin: "thanks @sofia_henriques Manu Dibango & Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Wimoweh
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I don't know - there's something cutely purposeful about this one that makes me smile
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since you asked: soft- and hard-core literary writer, final edit (memoir) for agent/mentor; poetry, narrative non-fiction, short-stories @FOGGIELOANER
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@TorontoWriter: "First heard Leon Bibb's son Eric here in Toronto and he sang this tune."
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just right@BigBangJazz: "merci @nonchalant Rubén González - Siboney #nowplaying #cuba #latin"
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thanking you for the amazing blips you've sent my way--inspiration abounds, so cool! @nonchalant; @SabineWe; @mammara;@avivao;@redoctopus;@CynDyn
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Must do some actual writing! Thank you all, sweetest night.
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Traveling with the greatest pleasure this morning. Thank you for this!@rinzwin: "ty@
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Loving this. Thank you!@BigBangJazz: "Gracias @TorontoWriter: Compay Segundo & V. J. - Hasta siempre comandante - #nowplaying #cuba #latin"
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I like the way his voice flies on top@carlnat: "@monicabueno@monicapadilha@breno_pr@marlytcc@FernandaW@Gen22@marcos_reis@GaiaMix@netobechara@soumusic@
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well, not sure I fall into the category they're singing about, nor that one should, but here's a neat group.
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Traore should be herself (does in a few phrases, the ones with any meaning). Her tremble etc. - too obvious. THANKS though!! @BigBangJazz @ nonchalant
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Song I heard throughout my childhood.
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New for me! Thanking you!!@markLtuttle: "Born and raised in LA to parents very involved in the music business, Paul Brown first began playing drums at
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of course, yes - thanks@markLtuttle: "Grover Washington, Jr. has been considered by many to be the founding father of smooth jazz
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I always loved this song of hers, thank you!@mammara: "@space_cadet i'm fine, i've been very busy these days, but now is sunday."
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This is a voice I like.@markLtuttle: Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer born in 1974 in Athens, Georgia, United States,raised in New York City & Paris
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I can start writing now - thanks for such an inspiring musical start! @rerkaizen: "."
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sweet and so sad and I love this, thank you@redoctopus: "@SabineWe: "Je fonds et craque pour cette chanson tendre et délicate de Tom Waits.
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I was raised in Montreal and I am trying to remember, but I love this! @nonchalant: "@TheJohnC: yet again."
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Never heard this one, but I adore "It's Wonderful." Thanks! @Tubabo: "time to go... thanks for props, rb's and replies. :-))
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She said it!@redoctopus: "@SabineWe: "Thank you for the add and welcome. Nice blip... Rb @sribler: "@JODYGIRL162"""
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cool fusion, thanks@jchernandezjazz: "Serge Gainsbourg – New York USA (Chaircrusher Edit) @fluffyboots: "@rachidkas-J"
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oohh, so GOOD!@jchernandezjazz: "@Pascalguilbert: "Lou Rawls And Dianne Reeves – At Last @Michele_Kahn @SabineWe @rachidkas""
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Too much, can't leave this place! @redoctopus: "Travis "Moonchild" Haddix – Darkness Around My Heart"
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I like this!@SabineWe: "Aguas de Marco (Waters Of March), belle version portugaise de Joao Gilberto. // @redoctopus @TorontoWriter @bytera @Flurps
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great@S75: "Sid's Big Band Radio: - Take The A Train / Sun Ra & His Arkestra"
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really nice rendition!@Diordan: "Vaaaaai segunda! Vaaai , vc VAI ser legal hj! =)"
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what a fine morning@Diordan: "é isso aí... bora nóis de novo! Ótimo dia bliplands!"
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Waits with his jazzy voice -- I like this!@jchernandezjazz: "tom waits – nobody @fuliggians: "I wish I was there!""
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thanks for your amazing choices@CynDyn
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how can one leave this place!@TheJohnC: "Good one, Thanks @BigAlex: "That´s a standard!""
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greatest time sharing with blip friends! Off now, reading "The Lacuna" with wondrous sounds all around @CynDyn, nonchalant, @GullyJumper @redocopus
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My taste is changing! I'm loving these ones!@S75: "Sid's Big Band Radio: - Benny Goodman Sextet - Just One of Those Things [Sextet]"
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Holy shit! I remember all these tunes and here I am reblipping them! Cool!@S75: "Sid's Big Band Radio: - Glenn Miller - In The Mood ----
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Good feeling night this is! Thanks, man!@pluckydaddy: "@Coffeenuts: "@czybulski: "John Prine – Crazy As A Loon"" American poet"
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Well, it's magnificent to be here! Thanks for all you fine blips.@pluckydaddy: "An old favorite of mine - under the copper sun"
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Well, I just got to get this book of mine out! Never will with this alluring blip place---later and thank you all SO much!
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@Diordan: "Wilson das Neves - HOLY MONSTER @monicapadilha @FernandaW @pafurada @abarbosa @ShiaoMei @ponte @marcos_reis @Lelalobo"
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oh this one! I haven't heard this for so long!@BigBangJazz: "Edith Piaf & Les Compagnons de la Chanson – Les Trois Cloches
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such a warming sound@Diordan: "Sou como rês desgarrada Nessa multidão boiada caminhando a esmo."
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I miss her you know -- my daughter wrote a magnificent poem when Nina Simone died. Thank you for this one. @BigBangJazz: "Nina Simone – Just Like Tom
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getting spoiled with all these great blips! thanks!@RonnieBebop: "Encore track.... ;o) Lack of Afro Feat Roxy Ray"
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good stuff, what a cool way to end a listening night! thank you.@BigBangJazz: "Albert Ayler – Untitled Blues >> #nowplaying #jazz"
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I am liking this! thank you and what a fine (re)listening morning I'll have tomorrow! @LindyLuv @gusone @BohemianChick @TorontoWriter"
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unexpected, to hear the oboe alongside, and different from the other Tindersticks to which I was introduced on this fine site. thank you@nonchalant:
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Bela Fleck is always involved in these unique ventures, thank you!@Shaman777: "@fleurdelis101 thanks for the music you have shared w/ me
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@BleakMouse: "Thanks @ FreakinFrog. A not so much underrated as barely known album."
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thanks@BleakMouse: "Thanks @erroneous: "a little something... I think you might like it @GoogolHz""
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@fredr1c: Thanking you so much for this, had to rb this--what a fine, yearning piece!@fredr1c: "Jack DeJohnette(p) Leie Gomez(b)
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thank you!@fredr1c: "Jean-Paul Bourelly/Welfare Flower Child|Ethereal. Funky. Shredded. UNIQUE. :)|TY @jchernandezjazz | @PaulaNLace"
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I gotta thank you all - I am learning SO much! What a trip!@redoctopus@CynDyn@rerkaizen@nonchalant@S75 @BigBangJazz@RonnieBebop@ladypn@CynDyn@TheJohnC
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this is wonderful!@BigBangJazz: "John Lewis – Django Live >> #nowplaying #jazz #piano"
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liking this!!@BigBangJazz: "Chucho Valdes Septeto & Michel Camilo liking Cumbanchero 2 >> Chucho canta!! >> #nowplaying #jazz #latin #piano"
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how can I leave this place when Wyclef is in the house! and I am thanking YOU!@fredr1c:
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alright! moaning is the sweetest, but I gotta go to my writing workshop, would love to stay---thanks always for inspiration
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I am liking this one, thank you@fredr1c: "Wolfgang Muthspiel's fiery looped guitar and the incredible drumming of Brian Blade, Watch, listen, enjoy."
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I know I've blipped this one before, but Dalton is beyond cool singing this and the subject is always fresh.
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High from early morning music, pleasure of weights & more music to fuel these tapping fingers--hoping for fluid words with this fine music weaving in.
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The rhythm goes well with my writing at the moment. Thinking the music speaks for itself; the vocal add-in unnecessarily detracts.
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I've got an old-fashioned love in my heart.
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I've come a long way
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@ fredr1c--to my blip friend, listening in a new mindful way, which is so fucking cool -- every thing brand new
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@fredr1c: "Omar Sosa(piano), Adam Rudolph(perc), Joseph Bowie(perc) LIVE - Pictures of Soul - @avivao #jazz #twitjazznet"
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I love this! How close to the piano he is at the start, how thoughtful and present the sax player & how all builds! Blessed to be present! @fredr1c:
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about being mindful, thrill of dialog and letting the music speak for itself instead of being needlessly verbose, damn!
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Hey man, I was there that summer!
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for this exquisite day following a superbly uplifting dialog
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Frida and her Diego--reading about them in Barbara Kingsolver's brilliant "The Lacuna."
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Oh, for the great ones who lived before their time and their kin who kept living after.
