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The Giving Soul of Mitty Collier

By David Hoekstra on November 14, 2012 1:50 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks


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In early 1968 Chess Records dispatched gospel-drenched singer Mitty Collier to the humid halls of Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Ala.
The Chicago label enjoyed a Muscle Shoals rebirth with Etta James at Fame and in February, 1968 New Orleans soul queen Irma Thomas had a Chess hit with Otis Redding's "Good To Me" which was recorded with the country-soul magic at Fame.
One of the first things on the agenda was a remake of Collier's 1961 Chess recording "Gotta Get Away From It All."
Written by Collier's colllege compatriot Lloyd Reese, "Gotta Get Away From It All" is a scorching ballad about domestic abuse......

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Kim Ng's Global View

By David Hoekstra on November 8, 2012 4:04 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks


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SCOTTSDALE, Az.----The Arizona Fall League is picking up traction as it winds down its 20th season.
A league record 5,713 fans witnessed the 7th Annual Rising Stars Game last Saturday night at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick somewhere on the outskirts of Scottsdale. The game featured up and coming low level minor leaguers like the Reds Billy Hamilton, the Nationals Brian Goodwin and monster Padres prospect Rymer Liriano, the 2011 Midwest League MVP.

The Cubs 19-year-old phenom Javier Baez was to have played in the all-star contest but he fractured his right thumb while celebrating a win.

I don't care what Theo and Jed say, you cannot take the Cub out of a Cub.

I could watch baseball year round--except this year's Cubs.-and have spent winters traveling to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Hawaii, where I saw Buster Posey play in the now-defunct Hawaiian Winter League..........

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Dave Hoekstra

Dave Hoekstra has been a Chicago Sun-Times staff writer since 1985. His collection of Sun-Times travel columns, "Ticket To Everywhere," was published in 2000 by Lake Claremont Press. He was lead writer for "Farm Aid: Song for America" (Rodale Press, 2005) which commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Willie Nelson inspired effort.
He won a 1987 Chicago Newspaper Guild Stick O-Type Award for Column Writing. Hoekstra wrote and co-proudced the WTTW-Channel 11 PBS special: "The Staple Singers and the Civil Rights Movement," nominated for a 2001-02 Chicago Emmy for a documentary program/cultural significance.
He lives in Chicago.

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