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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 7h

I'll see your Little Bird and raise you, well, not sure what exactly.

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 10h

A selection of Columbia green label ethnic tunes. We've always been a nation of immigrants. A hundred years ago, you could have bought newspapers published in dozens of languages in major American cities. And we all need music.

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 11h

Wikipedia tells me he's mentioned by both James Thurber (listened to No News over and over, no surprise) and Jack Kerouac in Dharma Bums (his tramp character)!

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 11h

One of the most famous comic monologs of vaudeville, Nat M. Wills' No News or What Killed the Dog is him doing both sides of a conversation between white "master" and black "servant." His main comic persona was as a tramp, but his "recording career" was more varied. A reissue from 1913. #ShellacSky

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 12h

"Orchestra with Bird Voices" - the Nature Singer, Charles Kellogg
#ShellacSky #78rpm #BirdVoices

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 12h

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Twelfth Street Rag - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven (1927)

YouTube video by Atticus Jazz

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 12h

From 1920, the Rega Dance Band and 12th Street Rag. For an example of what a sonic tsunami Louis Armstrong was, check out his version from 7 years later w/ the Hot Seven!
#JazzSky #ShellacSky #78rpm

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The label of a 78 rpm record on OKeh records. 12th Street Rag by Rega Dance Orchestra (with Incidental Xylophone by Joe Green)

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 16h

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Doug Sahm - Linda Lou

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 16h

Can't beat the original (but it's a great song to cover!)

T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social · 1d

Ray Sharpe - Linda Lu
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'Classic rock´n´roll from Fort Worth 1959.'

Ray Sharpe - Linda Lu

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 16h

My choice for greatest 20th century writer, casually sitting on garbage

John R. @tribe.bsky.social · 16h

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 16h

Did you forget to buy me a book for my birthday? No worries, many did. You can rectify the hell out of that oversight quite simply.
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Captain Midnight @thefilmfair.bsky.social · 17h

New addition to the bookshelves... a revised and expanded hardback version of THESE FISTS BREAK BRICKS by Grady Hendrix & Chris Poggiali

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 16h

Immediately going on the list. (The important list, not the "huh, looks interesting" list)

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 18h

A few days ago, I wrote up a piece on Republicans routinely forgetting when Biden took office and how the problem seems to be getting worse: tinyurl.com/3bdxp3te

I suddenly wish I’d held off a few more days. (The “Biden FBI” didn’t exist on Jan. 6. Trump was president at the time.)

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 1d

Note to self: bring Monstrance to rally next Saturday

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 1d

(I was thinking that too!)

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 1d

RIP Tony Fitzpatrick. Taught me so much about what it means to love a place so much that you become one with it. A truly singular Chicago artist.

A vibrant collage by Tony Fitzpatrick features a peregrine falcon with architectural elements and bold text related to Chicago.

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Greg Kot @gregkot.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago lost one of its best today. RIP Tony Fitzpatrick. I met Tony through Steve Earle, whose LP covers frequently became canvasses for Fitzpatrick's artwork. Jon Langford & Tony collaborated on a tribute to another one-of-a-kind Chicagoan, Lin Brehmer, at the Hideout in 2023 (pic below). (1/2)

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 1d

Just found out Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick has died. Part of the whole cultural life of the city back when I lived there (and for many years after).

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Tony Fitzpatrick Looks Back On A 'Less-Than-Holy' Life In New Book, Steppenwolf Show

"The Sun at the End of the Road" features collages, etchings, poems and reflections from the acclaimed artist's life and career. A three-week performance based on the book kicks off in mid-October at ...

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 1d

Well I was thinking Frank Frost or Slim Harpo might be a better choice than Lazy Lester. I don't think I have a whole Dr. Ross disc, just appearances on collections. I should like Billy Branch more than I do, lol.

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 1d

You're serious. Shit.

Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 1d

Lazy Lester comes to mind, but is he the best swampy harp player? Should Jimmy Reed be on the list?

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 1d

I've got Little Walter, Snooky Pryor, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Walter Horton, Junior Wells, James Cotton, George Smith, Papa Lightfoot, Carey Bell and...suggestions? #BluesSky

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 1d

Just for fun, help me compile a list of the top ten amplified harmonica blues players. While scratching my noggin, I realized that I've got a hole the size of Mojo Buford in my collection, so there's probably other blind spots I'm missing. (Please put yr Butterfields, Mayalls, etc in separate list)

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Joel Dilley @okiedharmabum.bsky.social · 1d

I'm cool with the wuxia Hong Kong movies where Buddha (or more likely one of his avatars/manifestations/incarnations/etc) shows up to deliver some mighty smiting blow against the big bad.