Re: [Harp-L] Butterfield and Race

[<peacoatguy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Europeans had also been  receptive to  Josephine Baker and the writers of the Harlem Rennaissance while  America practiced segregation even in the clubs black stars played in.
peacotaguy
billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:  "Butterfield was a cultural pioneer, an racial crossover astronaut. He  made 
the blues accessible to a generation of whites who weren't ready  to listen to 
roots blues sounds, black folks music."

I  would limit that to the United States though - the white Europeans were  quite receptive to the Walters, Sonnys, and black roots blues musicians  et al...

Bill Hines
Hershey, PA

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