in 5th grade music class we had to do this song called “ hold my mule while I dance, Josie “
the thing is ya clap, then stomp your foot the clap stomp while singin ...anotherwords a timin song thingie
I never could do it gettin the stomp clap off beat almost immediately....
well the got me center stage and played a 45 record of the song with me AGAIN tryin to massage the coordination
and of course I sucked ditchwater
folk were on the floor, literally,laughin
I was voted ....TOO WHITE
I hold that ribbon in obeyance
Sure, the new pickup line, “Do you have a pen?”
“You do? Please sign here before I buy you a drink.”
That is how the Blues was created. Just as whites got enough rhythm to dance regularly, the black musicians changed the beat to the alternate beat.