Speed of Life

Fun new Springsteen cover of a Northern Soul classic by Frank Wilson! Turn it up!  Bruce Springsteen’s new studio album, a collection of fifteen soul music greats titled  Only The Strong Survive , will be released by Columbia Records on November 11. Featuring lead vocals by Springsteen,  Only The Strong Survive  celebrates soul music gems from the legendary catalogues of Motown, Gamble and Huff, Stax and many more. This 21st studio album from Bruce Springsteen will also feature guest vocals by Sam Moore, as well as contributions from The E Street Horns, full string arrangements by Rob Mathes, and backing vocals by Soozie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell, Michelle Moore, Curtis King Jr., Dennis Collins and Fonzi Thornton.  Bruce Springsteen commented: “I wanted to make an album where I just sang. And what better music to work with than the great American songbook of the Sixties and Seventies? I’ve taken my inspiration from Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, the Icem...

Turn it up tomorrow, September 29th at 10:00 AM ET! 📻 pic.twitter.com/uvu93rgGAo — Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) September 28, 2022  

  by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick A Walk With Obama 30"x22"gouache on monotype on paper 2022 When in high school, I would often visit the Phillips Collection in Washington DC. I felt at home in DC. We were in NOVA because my dad was stationed at Headquarters Marine Corps in Arlington, Virginia.  During World War II, artist Richard Diebenkorn also served in the Marine Corps. From 1943 until 1945, he was stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. During that time, Diebenkorn often visited the Phillips Collection in Washington DC.  I went to art school at UCLA as an undergraduate, searching for the spirit of Diebenkorn who had taught there in the 1960s. I didn’t meet Diebenkorn at UCLA, but I did eventually move to San Francisco after graduate school at NYU — perhaps in an artistic search for clues left by the Bay Area Figurative movement that Diebenkorn helped engender. As his health failed, Diebenkorn painted less but continued to create etchings at Crown Point ...

On this day artist Mark Rothko was born in 1903 (and my Dad in 1929) Honored that Saatchi Art has included my painting "The Music of Time"in their Rothko inspired collection - "Color Field Paintings Inspired by Mark Rothko" Erin Remington writes- "Turning away from the gestural motions characteristic of action painting, Mark Rothko focused on formal elements of his work—color, depth, shape, and scale—creating large swathes of luminous color known as color field painting. Meet the contemporary artists exploring this iconic style." 50 Artworks curated by Erin Remington Manager of Art Advisory & Curation at Saatchi Art Gregg Chadwick The Music of Time 40"x30" oil on linen  Link at -  https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Color-Field-Paintings-Inspired-by-Mark-Rothko/1586325/697695/view Direct Link at - https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-The-Music-of-Time/25560/1502343/view #art   #contemporarypainting   #MarkRothko   #HappyBirthday   #B...

As David Corn says: "Happy Birthday to  @springsteen Thanks for the decades of music and inspiration Bruce.  This is one of my favorite outtakes:"

by Gregg Chadwick I do remember the 21st night of September. September is one of my favorite Earth, Wind & Fire songs and of course resonates with me on this date every year. Seeing Earth, Wind & Fire at the Capitol Center in Landover, Maryland was one of the most memorable musical events during my high school years in the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC. A friend's father had season tickets for the venue and graciously let his daughter take a group of friends along to the concert. It was the Bicentennial Summer of '76. A sense of possibility and freedom filled the arena that August night and mixed with the funky smell of parsley cut weed. The Emotions, a soulful sister trio from Chicago opened the night with songs from their album Flowers . Their huge hit Best of My Love would arrive the next year. But that night belonged to Earth, Wind & Fire. They opened their show with their band name spelled out in lights above the stage. A synthesizer riff offset with mock ...

https://t.co/duMhcgO9qR — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) September 14, 2022

TODAY Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden host Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for the unveiling of their official White House portraits. VP Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff also attend. 1:30pm Eastern, 10:30am Pacific.   Here is Aaron Shikler's famous (1969) portrait of JFK, commissioned by Jackie. Poignantly it is reported that six years after his assassination, she found it painful to look at direct images of his face. Note that by her request, he is looking down and away from the viewer. pic.twitter.com/4cukayTuNh — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 7, 2022 One of best White House portraits -- Theodore Roosevelt, 1903 -- by one of most commanding artists of the time, John Singer Sargent, based on brief sittings by the President. Predictably TR loved his heroic portrayal. pic.twitter.com/CDvGGyG43D — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 7, 2022 The official White House portrait of President Barack Obama, by Robert McCurdy...

  Gregg Chadwick "I Canti (The Cantos)" 80"x50"oil on linen Private Collection San Francisco I was glad to read that in the latest polling 71% of Americans now approve of labor unions. In the United States the union-busting Republican Party created state "right to work" laws to destroy America's private sector unions, and thus, much of the American middle class. Now, we are fighting back as Union membership grows across the country. From Starbucks on, 2022 has been a great year for unions. In 2022 unions won 641 elections — the most in nearly 20 years, according to data from Bloomberg Law, which analyzes National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) data. As the grandson of a truck driver, a railroad engineer, and a nurse - labor and union life have been themes in my family. I like to reflect on these issues in my art as well. Prints Available at - https://www.saatchiart.com/.../Paintin.../25560/1290701/view #laborday   #labordayweekend   #happylaborday   #Lab...

16 year old  Shane Hawkins honored his late father Taylor Hawkins by sitting at his dad's drum kit and pounding away during a rousing performance of  the Foo Fighters' “My Hero” with lead singer Dave Grohl during the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London.   #taylorhawkinstribute ❤️ Dave Grohl and Shane Hawkins at  the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London

I’m heading to Philadelphia to make a major speech on the soul of the nation. Join me right here at 8 PM ET. pic.twitter.com/DhaAG0f2vP — President Biden (@POTUS) September 1, 2022 Biden's right. Election '22 is about the battle for the soul of the nation. He's set the terms of the fight tonight as only a @POTUS can do & in circumstances like this must do. Making his case, he demonstrated what a US leader can be & how that contrasts w/the MAGA alternative. — David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) September 2, 2022   "Empathy fuels democracy,” President Joe Biden #BidenSpeech — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) September 2, 2022 This is true. https://t.co/zAKlDao9NO — Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) September 2, 2022 The MAGA GOP will no doubt call Biden's speech divisive but it was the opposite. He sought to unify the vast American majority to stand up to the ugly, loud minority that is a threat to all we stand for. It's the kind of stand against fasci...