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Risky, I think you'll like this:
Wow! I happen to be a big and long time Delbert McClinton fan. Thanks!
Risky, I think you'll like this:
For me, it's Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles.
Here it is.
Yes, I know it is all a bit overwhelming, but go ahead, feel proud... only a handful of these have ever been awarded in the history of DP. :mrgreen:
So much talent came out of South Carolina and Georgia. Otis Redding was from Dawson, Ga, but of course lived in Macon as many R&B artists did back in the day. Redding was tremendously gifted man. I've read that he was also a very good businessman as well.
But I tell you what was really filthy--swing music and those crazy jitterbuggers. Nasty! (Kidding.)
And then there are the dirty blues songs. I can't even remember the name of the product or service, but there's a commercial now running that talks about a "snake," and anybody familiar with blues standards is picking right up on that, LOL.
I'll have to check, but on some TV show, the camera only showed Elvis above the waist. Ed Sullivan? Not so long ago I saw an old black-and-white vid clip of some preacher condemning Elvis from the pulpit.
And it definitely didn't help that some considered his music "Negro." I'm going to go look on YouTube.
He died so young - could you imagine what we would have gotten had he lived? Some of the most memorable songs - songs most everybody knows, and he only lived to be 26. Wow.
Hubs is a huge Elvis fan, and said that when he first came out, a lot of stations wouldn't play his music because they thought he was black.
Nothing wrong with working out some aggression every now and then.
Hard rock is my music of choice on long road trips for exactly that reason. :mrgreen:
Hubs is a huge Elvis fan, and said that when he first came out, a lot of stations wouldn't play his music because they thought he was black.
Robert Johnson was only 28, sigh.
Seriously? :lol:
He grew up listening to a lot of music by black musicians, was friends with a lot of black guys and spent lots of time in African American churches. He was heavily influenced by this kind of music, so it stands to reason that he would pattern his sound after what he knew and was familiar with.
This must have been before he appeared on television then, but it's just weird to think that it would even be a problem.
You ever see the movie Crossroads? It's loosely based on him, and how he allegedly sold his soul.
It's weird to us now, but think of the time he was in. He first appeared on Ed Sullivan in 1954. The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964.
It's weird to us now, but think of the time he was in. He first appeared on Ed Sullivan in 1954. The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964.
True, that was before my time, so I'm not familiar with that kind of blatant discrimination.
You really are such a film expert. No, I haven't, but I am familiar with the legend.