The Music Tapes Caroling Tour - A Living Room in Boston (Boston, MA; Dec. 13, 2009)

text: Kris Kringle / photos: Steve Benoit

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Welcome singing saw wielding troubadours,
Brighten the cold December air with tunes
So merry, so haunting.

Circled round, we press close for stories
Sung by a jovial jester in Christmas sweater,
So sweet, so strange.

“Grandfather in polar bear costume, his cigar
Puffs forth a blue plume,” herald of train cake,
So long, so past.

Mosley dog eyes Julian and company, ears
Tucked somberly during Silent Night for saws
So calm, so bright.

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4 comments thus far ...

  1. 1josh Thu Dec 24, 2009 | 03:52 pm

    this is wonderful. especially julian’s christmas sweater!

  1. 2steve Thu Dec 24, 2009 | 08:33 pm

    and the egg nog at kris kringle’s house is out of this world…

  1. 3beth Wed Dec 30, 2009 | 02:09 pm

    so glad that mosley dog has finally achieved rock star status by appearing on melophobe.

  1. 4Fleece vest Mon Jan 11, 2010 | 04:16 am

    good post.Thanks for sharing with us.

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Q-Tip - You
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Columbus Short Would be an excellent match for Sam Cooke (especially if this movie was to include Sam’s Soul Stirrer years). Just as long as in the movie Sam does the singing of course lol. But as far as physical resemblance my boy Columbus Short all the way. View this clip of Cadillac Records were he played lil walter… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmxTbcnW6bY

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Oops meant Aloe Blacc not Black. Sorry about the typo. If you doubt that he should play Sam check him out here on you tube singing Loving you is Killing me. The likeness is uncanny - but the voice is quite different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yJuyaVcL2I&feature=artist

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I have read the Peter Guralnick book and it is thoroughly researched down to the minutest detail. Amazing.
I would go for Aloe Black because he looks so much like Sam, but for heaven’s sake why are we talking about the quality of the actor’s singing? Sam’s singing has got to be dubbed in. We want the real thing not an impersonator. There is only one Sam Cooke. The actor can act, let Sam do the songs.

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John Boutte should play Sam Cooke. Except the point someone made about him dying young, this is true. Boutte may be a bit too old.

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