PAUL FOSTER AND “THE SOUL STIRRERS”…. “IM A PILGRIM”….STRAIGHT UP VINTAGE BLACK GOSPEL.BEAUTIFUL AND DEEP IN THE POCKET…..IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE “POCKET” REALLY IS, FOR WHAT IT’S WORT, IT’S RIGHT HERE….IF YOU WANNA PLAY IN ODD TIME SIGNATURES AND MAYBE OVERSHOOT THE MARK..YOUR ON YOUR OWN AND MAY THE ANGELS BE WITH YOU BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ” WHY PUT YOURSELF THROUGH THE AGGRAVATION….JUST “DROP IT AND LOCK IT IN THE POCKET”
BOBBY MCFERRIN….”I’VE GOT THE FEELING”……IF YOUR GAME IS STRONG ENOUGH, AS A MUSICIAN,THE WORLD IS YOUR PLAYTHING…..BUT YOU HAVE TO PLAY NICE AND PLAY REAL REAL GOOD
ALISON KRAUSS…….”OH, ATLANTA”…….NOTHING LASTS,BUT….NICE FRIENDS AND GOOD TIMES,AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF GREAT MUSIC…THAT’S WHAT WE WILL REMEMBER BEST AND LONGEST…….DON’T LET ANYONE TELL YOU HOW TO LIVE OR PULL YOU OFF THAT PATH…ALL THE REST IS SMOKE AND MIRRORS AT BEST…..MAKE YOUR OWN MISTAKES…SHOOT YOUR OWN SHOT…..PAY YOUR OWN DUES…..IF YOU NEED TO….. “LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG” ,BUT PACE YOURSELF DEAR HEARTS….EASY EASY DOES IT………LIKE HERE IN THIS SONG
THE LATE REV. WALTER HAWKINS…….1949-2010…. LIVE AT THE OAKLAND PARAMONT THEATER……………IT DOESN’T GET MORE OIL BURNING THAN THIS FOLKS…..THIS IS A POWER SHOT
“OLD TIME CHURCH”……. MISSISSIPPI MASS CHOIR…………….MY SITE IS NOT ONLY ABOUT THE POWER OF MUSIC OR THE POWER IN MUSIC BUT ABOUT ”POWER MUSIC”…..THIS PERFORMANCE IS AN EXAMPLE OF MANAGING POWER AND KEEPING MOST OF IT ON RESERVE……..WHILE USING WHATS LEFT OVER TO BURN UP EVERYTHING AROUND YOU
LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR….1943-2002…… “I FOUND A LOVE” QUINTESSENTIAL “AFTER HOURS” JUKE BOX RHYTHM AND BLUES ….THIS IS WHAT I WISH FOR ALL THE NICE PEOPLE ON MY SITE…….THAT THEY BE ABLE, IF NOT TODAY, THEN SOMEDAY, SAY……..”I FOUND A LOVE” AND MEAN IT……..THIS IS THE WAY YOUR SUPPOSE TO FEEL WHEN YOUR IN LOVE……IF YOUR INVOLVED WITH SOMEONE AND IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE THIS, DO BOTH OF YOURSELEVES A FAVOR AND….SAY YOUR GOING OUT FOR MILK, AND NEVER COME BACK….THAT’S A COLD SHOT BUT YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF…..
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The real issue when it comes to art is not the particular style,form or place of origin. It’s the quality. What truely moves us supersedes genre,type or culture…..If you don’t like it, they’re just not playing it right….It is always about quality. William Hillis’s site is devoted to bringing us art at the very highest level.It doesn’t matter which country the clip is from, what the specific style may be, or the language of the text….every time you go there,you will feel inspired,exhilarated and filled with joy,precisely because only the highest art is represented here, and at the end of the day, that’s all that mattersMike Spiro…Professor of music at University of Indiana
QUINTO MAYOR………”PAPAUPA”……… STRAIGHT UP AND CORRECT TRADITIONAL AFRO CUBAN ”LOCK IT IN THE POCKET”……”YO MAMA”….. SALSA…..I LOVE SHOWING YOU THIS….LIKE 99% OF THE FOLLOWING THOUSAND VIDEOS THERES A 99% CHANCE THAT IT’S MUSIC THAT YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE….JOIN ME, AND I CROSS MY HEART, I’M GOING TO TAKE YOU ON A MAGICAL TOUR……OF THE WORLDS BEST MUSIC…. AND THEN ONE DAY MAYBE YOU’LL “UP THE ANTI” AND SHOW ME ALL THE MUSIC I’VE MISSED ALONG THE WAY….THAT’S THE WAY, AS MUSICIANS AND LOVERS OF MUSIC, WE EDUCATE AND HONOR ONE ANOTHER….. BY KEEPING THE BAR HIGH,BY INSISTING THAT THE MUSIC BE THE BEST OF IT’S KIND
TAJ MAHAL…”CHANGED MY WAY OF LIVING”………1968…….THIS WAS THE YEAR THAT SEPARATED THE “HIPSTERS” FROM THE “SQUARES”……..NOW, I’M NOT MAKING A VALUE JUDGEMENT HERE AND GOD LOVES ALL HIS CHILDREN BUT….THERE WAS A LINE DRAWN IN THE SAND……LATER THE WAVES OF THE SURF ERASED THAT LINE BUT THERE WERE MOMENTS……….WHEN WE ALL RELAXED WITH THE WARM INSIDE FEELING THAT GOD LOVED THE HIPSTERS BEST…..AND NO ONE WAS MORE RELAXED ABOUT IT THAN TAJ MAHAL
CESARIA EVORA…..BORN IN 1941 ON THE CAPE VERDE ISLAND OF SAO VINCENT. SHE IS KNOW AS THE” BAREFOOT DIVA” AND “QUEEN OF MORNA”…….. SINGING HERE IN CREOLE PORTUGUESE……… IN CONCERT……PARIS 1995……..”ANGOLA”