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It's amazing to see all the public response to Beyoncé singlehandedly reshaping the conversation about Country and Soul music. As those of you who follow this page know, it's something I've thought and wrote about at length. Here is my own treatment, accompanied by the wonderful Sabine McCalla. We interpret Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again" and our rendition was inspired by a duet recorded in 1969 by Country star Buck Owens and Soul chanteuse Bettye Swann. Both were hitmakers fo

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Day 9 - Ike Turner - #blackhistorymonth Well, there was bound to be some controversy in this series. I am not going to spend time talking about separating the art from the artist etc….but I am of the strong opinion that, despite his personal shortcomings, Ike Turner is a seminal figure in American popular music. Unlike many of the other artists I’m featuring, Ike was not much of a singer, and he didn’t do a ton of songwriting either. He was, however, an incredible instrumentalist (both piano and

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Day 15 - Professor Longhair - #blackhistorymonth I honestly feel remiss that it has taken me this long to go down to New Orleans in this series. I thought about waiting until Mardi Gras next week, but I could likely spend the rest of the days and then some talking about important and influential artists from the Crescent City so I had to start somewhere. Believe it or not, the first thing I learned how to do musically, at the age of 4, was to whistle. Seeing the affinity I had for it, my Dad, na

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It is hard to believe it's been 16 years since I visited Daryl Hall and Live From Daryl's House! This show was actually the first time they had a full band, rather than an acoustic setup and I was able to augment it with my horn section. The late great T-Bone Wolk was the bandleader and was just a joy to work with. I think you can easily tell how much fun Daryl and I are having singing our version of The Falcons "I Found a Love." Let's do it again! | Eli Paperboy Reed

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Unshaven early morning improvised thoughts on a new year, interrupted by a nine year old. | Eli Paperboy Reed

Unshaven early morning improvised thoughts on a new year, interrupte…

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Yesterday I got to visit and fellowship with my mentor Roscoe Robinson. We’ve been friends for close to 20 years and he’s taught me so much. Roscoe kept coming back to the song “When the storm of life is raging, stand by me” and we sang it several times throughout the afternoon. He was particularly attached to the line “When I’m growing old and feeble, Lord stand by me.” He may be old, but feeble, never. Roscoe turns 95 today, give him his flowers! Check out the whole video of the two of us sing

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2022 certainly had its ups and downs. For all the difficulties we all faced, though, I had one of the greatest moments of my life: Stepping in to the circle on the Grand Ole Opry stage. It’s something I’ve been dreaming about since I was ten years old and this year it became a reality! | Eli Paperboy Reed

2022 certainly had its ups and downs. For all the difficulties we a…

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Day 11 - Roosevelt “Rosey” Grier - #blackhistorymonth Today is Sun…

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The post about Black Cantor Thomas La Rue reminded me of th…

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Happy Labor Day, keep working on the building. #playgroundblues | E…

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