Once
again time seems to have been limited for blogging. Our daughter has
unexpectedly returned to the nest in need of a bit of TLC after
splitting up with her boyfriend (not her doing) and an abortive job
as a ski chalet manager in Austria where her bosses and the working
conditions were pretty bad (to put it mildly), especially considering
the pittance of a wage.
I
am also drowning in vinyl again. There has been quite an influx in
recent weeks from various sources and I have been attempting to give
them some proper attention, and to manage their conspicuousness
in the eyes of Mrs Darce!
So,
I'm well behind the curve here this year. Already two (that I am
aware of) bright stars in Soul music – Rick Hall and DeniseLaSalle – have passed in 2018. I should have dedicated a post here
to each of them but feel I'm a bit late to the game. I did report
these sad events soon after they happened on a record forum I
frequent. Such is the nature of those forums that comments can be
made very quickly. Here, at such times, I feel the need to be more, I
don't know: considered, reverential, verbose? That takes time, which
has been in short supply, so, as I said I feel the moment has passed
for a detailed celebration of Rick and Denise's lives.
To
both I shall just simply say thanks for all the great music you left
us with and Rest In Peace.
June Conquest – Almost Persuaded 1965 (produced by Rick Hall)
I featured this track a few years ago. As I said then this is Denise in a more wistful and mellow mood. It's worth a re-up I think.
2 comments:
Hadn't heard of the death of Denise LaSalle.
Sad news
Great tunes Darcy but very sad circumstances.
Hope things are getting better for your daughter.
The passing of Dennis Edwards was a sad one this weekend
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