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They came as they always come, carrying their sacraments with them; wineskins over the shoulder and carefully rolled joints in their pockets. The rank and vile of sub and inner urbia filed neatly into the beige somnolence of Symphony Hall. There it was, a ritual procession with all the passion...
The gospel songs that Mahalia sang were descended from the Negro spirituals of the old slave plantations. As the granddaughter of slaves, she came by the heritage naturally; as the daughter of a stevedore in New Orleans, she just as naturally learned to combine it with the new beat of...
The melodic ideas of Anthem achieve lyrical fruition in "Dark Star." While Anthem bespeaks the darkest underbelly of the acid experience, "Dark Star" is a polished gem of intergalactic proportions. The Dead has clearly made a significant transition in their relationship with drugs. Merely in poetic terms, consider the relationship...
The only cut that doesn't really get it together is "Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead", an old Marvelettes number on which the backup band never quite seems to find their groove. The album closes with "Women Be Wise", a Sippie Wallace blues that features truly demented piano and trumpet solos...
After the intermission, Kent played Bach's Prelude and Figue in A Major (BWV 536). With so many masterpieces of the form to choose from, it is unfortunate that Kent should have come up with such an uninspiring example. The A Major does posses the architectural perfection of Bach's...