RE: [Harp-L] Healthy (but should be Relevant) blues songs

[Buck Worley <boogalloo@xxxxxxx>]

Bill-
 
  "Forgive me for being serious on a thread that was meant for fun but this is
one of my pet peeves." 
 
I forgive you. And, IMHO, this forum is more serious than fun.
 
And, what about those German and other European folks. I'll bet they were white and played a lot of harmonica. It may not have been blues but they played some good music back in the period mentioned.
BW

 
> From: rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:11:37 +1000
> To: bkumpe@xxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Healthy (but should be Relevant) blues songs
> CC: 
> 
> Amen to that, Bill. Lets's not forget, too, as harp players, that the first recording of a 'blues' harmonica was by a white fella, Henry Whitter.
> I suppose some folk might consider this to be a bit like the Original Dixieland Jass Band, a white act, being the first to record 'Jazz', but that's history for you.
> RD
> 
> >>> "Bill Kumpe" <bkumpe@xxxxxxx> 28/05/2011 21:19 >>>
There are a ton of culturally and historically
> relevant white blues songs from the twenties and thirties. But they were
> sung by performers thought of as country and hillbilly. Guys like Jimmie
> Rodgers and even Gene Autry. I have heard southern white men sing the white
> blues. Same themes, same feelings, often the same of very similar chord
> structures. Just a different gloss. 
> 
> Bill Kumpe
> Tulsa, OK
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