Posted on 07/02/2006 9:37:15 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
I would like some examples please.
Well, I'm sure his stint injected new blood into the whole body of music, but did he bypass the normal means of getting his work into circulation?
The black and white music argument gets pretty ridiculous and it basically comes down to the liberal propaganda that Europeans (and by extension, white Americans) stole virtually everything including math, science, music, sports, etc. from other peoples for their own betterment. It reminds me of the old Wayan Brothers episode wher the father tells his sons, "Larry Bird ain't white. That's just what THEY want you to believe!"
As to African-Americans singing other than "black" Music contralto Marian Anderson got real famous singing stuff composed by dead white guys.
Visit http://www.musicmaker.org/ A fellow is tracking down all the artists to whom the music world owes so much. He's recording them before they die, and providing them a pension, medical care, and in some cases of poverty, food.
Eric Clapton and other superstars have donated, and you can buy CDs and books. I have, and will buy more of this wonderful stuff. Randy Bachman has been pushing this effort on Vinyl Tap (cbc.ca, Sirius 137) Sat nights 6pm central.
Rain drippin' off the brim of my hat
Sure is cold today
Here I am walking down 66
Wish she hadn't done me that way
Sleeping under a table in a roadside park,
a man could wake up dead
But it sure seems warmer than it did,
sleeping in my king size bed
Is anybody going to San Antone
or Phoenix Arizona?
Anyplace is all right as long as I
can forget I've ever known her
Wind whippin' down the neck of my shirt
like I ain't got nothing on
But I'd rather fight the wind and rain
than what I've been fightin' at home
Yonder comes a truck with the US Mail
people writin' letters back home
Tomorrow she'll probably want me back
but I'll still be just as gone
Is anybody going to San Antone
or Phoenix Arizona?
Anyplace is all right as long as I
can forget I've ever known her
I can't believe they forgot to mention Fats Domino. His easy going, free flowing piano and voice style, was always music to this country boy's ears. It may not have been called country, but it could have been.
LOL I just played that song not more than2 days ago. Zappa's You Are What You Is is a classic.
You nailed that one.
Listen to Irish folk music and tell me that there's no connection between that and country music.
But still, there's a lot of black Southron influence there, too.
Play me a song Curtis Lowe, Curtis Lowe
Well I got your drinkin' money, tune up your dobro
People said he was useless, them people all were fools
Cuz Curtis Lowe was the finest picker to ever play the blues
Here's a post from a few years back: Zappa Fest Descends on German Town
Here's my favorite Zappa knowledge base.
I just got an mp3 player, so I've been jamming on him at work for about a week. It really makes the day go by faster!
"Listen to Irish folk music and tell me that there's no connection between that and country music."
And bluegrass music is directly rooted to Irish jigs and reels.
"Country music" as we know it is a descendant of ancient 'folk songs'.
Ironically, "House of the Rising Sun" is playing on VH1 Classics and though most people associate that song with the 60s and The Animals [or Frijid Pink] the song is actually a very old folk song.
Interesting take on it here;
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mrisingson.html
House of the Rising Sun is one of the most cherished, misunderstood, and covered songs in American History. When Rising Conviction decided to join the hundreds of musical groups—from Bob Dylan to The Animals, who popularized the song in the 1960's—we discovered a rich and largely unknown history. This page is dedicated to the song and its many incarnations, and will grow over time.
History of House of the Rising Sun
Who wrote House of the Rising Sun?
Many people familiar with the song falsely believe that House of the Rising Sun was written by The Animals. Small text inside their album "The Best of the Animals", released in 1966, reveals that it was only arranged by them. The truth is Alan Lomax, in his 1941 book Our Singing Country, identifies the authors as Georgia Turner and Bert Martin of Kentucky, though the true history of the song dates back much further.
The term "Rising Sun" was a popular name given to brothels in America in the 1800's into the 1920's, and it is believed that House of the Rising Sun is the story of a girl trapped in the corrupt life of ruin. Though no actual house has been identified, it is believed to have been in the old French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Melody
The original melody of House of the Rising Sun finds its roots in 17th century England, where it was a popular folk melody of many lyrical settings. Included in these were a traditional tune by the name of "Lord Barnard and Little Musgrove", and—acknowledgingly—a song popular in the halls of British brothels, "Rising Sun". The melody found it's way into the Southern U.S., and was a common backdrop for many early Southern musicians of both black and white descent.
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