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Keeps Me Wonderin’ What Might’ve Been

Posted by Lance Davis - April 23, 2013 - Dolly Parton, Doug Sahm, George Drakoulias, Jayhawks, LaVern Baker, Lone Justice, Los Angeles, Maria McKee, Sir Douglas Quintet

Maria McKee, You Gotta Sin To Get Saved, 1993

“And where will you be in 1993? Still sitting in the same chair Sinning is for sinners and I’m just a beginner But, I’ve never really been touched there” —Soul Asylum, “Never Really Been,” 1986 “You gotta sin to get saved.” –Maria McKee, 1993 It’s largely overlooked, if not outright dismissed, but Maria McKee‘s […]

RIP Jerry Wexler

Posted by Lance Davis - August 18, 2008 - Atlantic Records, Big Joe Turner, Bob Dylan, Booker T and the MGs, Champion Jack Dupree, Dire Straits, Doug Sahm, Dr. John, Drifters, Dusty Springfield, Etta James, James Booker, Jerry Wexler, LaVern Baker, Meters, Professor Longhair, Ray Charles, Solomon Burke, Stax, Willie Nelson, Wilson Pickett

The Adios Lounge would be remiss if it didn’t acknowledge the passing of Jerry Wexler, who died Friday at the age of 91. I’ve often said that if I could live anyone else’s life in history, I’d live Jerry Wexler’s. He coined the phrase “rhythm and blues” while writing for Billboard. He helped create rock […]