Re: [Harp-L] Political Blues

[Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've tried to post about Otis Taylor regarding this topic three times 
now.   I don't see it showing up in the new Google Groups.  Can anyone 
confirm if any of them posted to the list?

Thanks!

On Friday, April 27, 2012 9:49:37 AM UTC-5, Bill Kumpe wrote:
>
> Here is a view from the audience.  When an artist insists upon foisting 
> his 
> or her political BS upon me disguised as entertainment, I walk out and 
> never 
> frequent their shows again.   I love Linda Ronstadt's later work with 
> Nelson 
> Riddle but I quit following her after her political "awakening."  Do I 
> need 
> to mention "Dixie Chicks?" Anybody heard of them lately? I make a living 
> on 
> the edges of the political world and get pulled into political fights on a 
> fairly regular basis.  I don't want politics over drinks or dinner or when 
> I 
> go out for an evening's entertainment.  If you decide you are going to do 
> this just realize that as a business decision you are risking ticking off 
> somewhere between forty and fifty percent of your audience on one side or 
> the other whichever side you take.  How about looking deeper into the 
> human 
> condition than just whiskey and women instead?  There's plenty of common 
> ground there if you look for it.  Listen to some Chainsaw DuPont if you 
> want 
> to hear a man who knows how to sensitively examine the condition of the 
> human soul in the blues genre.   
>
> Bill Kumpe 
> Tulsa, OK 
>
>