Important Contemporary Musicians - Big Freedia

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Keep On The Sunny Side

The Carter Family photographed by Eric Schaal
Poor Valley, VA - 1941

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In the book I mentioned yesterday, the Carter Family joins forces with Coco Chanel to fight vampires.
On a more personal and non-fiction note, Poor Valley is about thirty miles from where my mom grew up.
What's your favorite Carter Family song?
I'm going with "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes". Unless it's "Hello Stranger" or "Wildwood Flower". "No Depression in Heaven" is really good too. Of course, if you like church songs there's always "Can the Circle Be Unbroken" and "Anchored in Love".
It's hard to choose...

The History of Rock & Roll Music - Part 2

Ike & Tina Turner photographed at home by Gjon Mili
probably 1968

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The History of Rock & Roll Music - Part 1

1. Little Richard - 1984 - photo by Kevin Winter
2. with George Harrison - 1988 - photo by Ann Clifford
3. with Linda Gray - 1988 - photo by Kevin Winter
4. with Keith Richards - 1992 - no photo credit
5. with Arsenio Hall - 1997 - photo by Mirek Towski
6. with Ike Turner - 1999 - photo by Mirek Towski

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Glowing Whitney

Whitney Houston - August 1987
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Portraits

I've been thinking a lot about portraits lately.
Anybody out there feel like modeling?
Nothing too formal...well, actually formal might be kind of fun.


1. Charles Dickens (chillin') n.d.
2. "The hand of artist Georgia O'Keeffe holding one of her favorite stones in her palm." John Loengard - Albiquiu, NM - 1968
3. "Singer Barbra Streisand and others, Marlene Dietrich, Elsa Martinelli, wearing Chanel suits at Chanel fashion show." Bill Eppridge - Paris - 1966
4. "Film director Francois Truffaut (L) with actress Julie Christie (R) during filming of 'Fahrenheit 451.'" - Paul Schutzer - London - 1966
5. "Poet-Doctor William Carlos Williams sitting in his house." Lisa Larsen - US - 1954
6. "Glamorous full-length portrait of movie actress Hedy Lamarr wearing long gown superimposed (probably unintentionally) over portrait of her." Alfred Eisenstaedt - US - 1938
7. "Bebob king, Dizzy Gillespie, a Mohammedan, is bowing to Mecca from his Hollywood apartment." Allan Grant - Hollywood - 1948 (I think they meant "bebop" not "bebob")
8. "General Norstad'S Color Portrait" Howard Sochurek - n.d.
9. "Actress Sophia Loren sitting affectionately with sons Carlo & Edorardo Ponti." Alfred Eisenstaedt - Paris - 1976
10. "Actor Humphrey Bogart hitching up his pants as he walks along dock at the Newport Yacht Club." John Florea - Newport, CA - 1943
11. "Alice Neel, Artists at work" - Alfred Eisenstaedt - 1979

New York City Random

Brooklyn Random






#1. A birdseye view of the Brooklyn section of New York City during the Spring season. - Ralph Morse, April 1949.
#2. Leonard Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library - Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1943.
#3. Fire escapes on apartment houses in slum section. - Joseph Scherschel, February 1958.
#4. Nude Sculpture Photographed At Brooklyn Museum - Andreas Feininger, n.d.


Manhattan Random







#1. Cree Indian folk-singer Buffy Sainte-Marie, while in New York. - Arthur Schatz, 1965.
#2. Russian Folk Dancers In N.Y. - Walter Sanders, n.d.
#3. Former German Luteran church is now thriving as a disco called Sanctuary Club. - John Dominis, 1969.
#4. Folk singer Woody Guthrie singing aboard a subway train. Eric Schaal, 1943.

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