Last week, we watched the HBO documentary Mavis! which is, of course, about the career of singer Mavis Staple. Ever since I have been going to YouTube to listen to her early gospel work with her family, the Staple Singers, in the 1950’s. It’s just great stuff, a little gritty and blues-edged beneath with her vocals soaring above it all. It seemed so ahead of the time, especially given what was being played on pop radio at that point.
I thought for this Sunday morning music I would keep this simple and play one of my favorites, I’m Coming Home from 1959. I think it’s a great example of what they were doing then.
I picked the painting above for this song.The painting at the top is from my In the Window series from back in 2005 and is titled In the Window: Worlds Beckon. I chose it for this post because it reminded me of the thought of going home in the way of this song, that there is another world beyond this one. We may exist in this room, this life, now but there’s a whole different one just outside the window. That’s how this painting always struck me and it jibes with the song, at least for me.
Anyway, enjoy and have a great Sunday.
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