Re: [Harp-L] Politics and Blues Harp

[Abner <cdgaldos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Me thinks of something new and fresh. Don't get me wrong I enjoy gospel music and maybe it does fall under Blues, but my mind hears something different. 

Abner GaldÃs



On Dec 15, 2011, at 5:53 PM, "Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Christian Blues"? It's called gospel.
> RD
> 
> >>> Abner <cdgaldos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 16/12/2011 3:44 >>>
> It's interesting that you should bring this up. 
> I for one don't care music is music. 
> 
> But I know a few teens that play and love Christian Rock, And the other day I was thinking would they be interested in playing Christian Blues. 
> 
> I love all kinds of music and feel strongly that one should never abandon one kind or another. 
> 
> Music is an art of pure love. 
> 
> Abner GaldÃs
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 15, 2011, at 9:36 AM, "Bill Kumpe" <bkumpe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I am a born again Christian, politically conservative, blues fan.  There are
> > a lot of us.  We just don't talk about it.  There is a tendency among some
> > in the performing arts to adopt the attitudes of and inject into their
> > performances whatever they perceive to be the current political/social
> > zeitgeist.  That is a terrible mistake.  While nobody begrudges a performer
> > their honest expression of their views on any subject through their art, the
> > self-serving agenda of many performers is obvious and that degrades the art.
> > I flee political correctness, especially the self-serving genre, and will
> > not pay good money to support performers who inject it into what is supposed
> > to be entertainment.  I am a social and political conservative and my money
> > tends to follow my beliefs.  While I never inquire into the politics of any
> > performer, the first time they force PC or liberal orthodoxy upon me in a
> > performance, I walk, if need be in the middle of the performance, and never
> > support them again.  
> > 
> > Bill Kumpe
> > Tulsa, OK  
> > 
>