African-American Music Appreciation Month

[Harry Dresden]

well lets face it.....the greatest composer of the blues....was that great Italian Willfredo Dixonini....he was called Willie Dixon.....easier to say....wrote many of the songs the lads were playing in the 60's and 70's....true story....

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Presidential Proclamation- African-American Music Appreciation Month | The White House

Certainly well deserved since African American music is at the core of all American music.

What about Tejano music? Where's the black influence there? Rap, Country, Rock, and R and B have all been touched by the Latin beat, but not one ethnicity is the core of all music. In American Music every aspect of life, etnicity, and culture is merged, mixed, and highlighted. To say that black music is at the core of all American Music is plain stupid an an outright fabrication.

 

[naomibee]

presidential proclamation- african-american music appreciation month | the white house

certainly well deserved since african american music is at the core of all american music.

what about tejano music? Where's the black influence there? Rap, country, rock, and r and b have all been touched by the latin beat, but not one ethnicity is the core of all music. In american music every aspect of life, etnicity, and culture is merged, mixed, and highlighted. To say that black music is at the core of all american music is plain stupid an an outright fabrication.

so true!!!american music is mixed,always has been.

 

[Dixie]

Gaelic? That's not off the mark. If you know the history of the southerly migration from our earliest colonies, you know that the Scotch and Irish were disproportionately represented in that pattern. Many settled in Appalachia...many lines have still never left some of those "hollers." You can hear that influence in early country music, in bluegrass and more.

That would be "Scottish". Adhesive tape is "Scotch". Otherwise, I completely agree.

Point taken on the tape thing, but Scotch works here too. It's even often done as Scotch-Irish or even Scots-Irish.

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Presidential Proclamation- African-American Music Appreciation Month | The White House

Certainly well deserved since African American music is at the core of all American music.

What about Tejano music? Where's the black influence there? Rap, Country, Rock, and R and B have all been touched by the Latin beat, but not one ethnicity is the core of all music. In American Music every aspect of life, etnicity, and culture is merged, mixed, and highlighted. To say that black music is at the core of all American Music is plain stupid an an outright fabrication.

Latin music did not influence none of the musical styles you listed. Black influence is found in all American music and is the root, country, bluegrass, blues, soul, R&B, hiphop, rocknroll, its undeniable.

 

[boedicca]

Howlin' Wolf

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ou-6A3MKow]How Many More Years[/ame]

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Presidential Proclamation- African-American Music Appreciation Month | The White House

Certainly well deserved since African American music is at the core of all American music.

A. You're full of shit. American music traditionally has been Gaelic. Too bad for your lying, dumb ass.

B. When's Gaelic American Music Appreciation Month?

C. Go fuck your racist self, huh?

American Music is not Gaelic, post some evidence or shut the hell up and sit down and get schooled on the pioneers of American music, Gaelic people didn't teach jazz, R&B, hiphop, soul, ragtime, bebop, swing, disco, etc to black people, if these American styles of music are Gaelic please explain why they aren't found in the UK independent of American influence?

 

[boedicca]

Country and folk music in the U.S. are heavily influenced by Scotch and Irish music brought here by immigrants.

 

[Mr Natural]

A. You're full of shit. American music traditionally has been Gaelic. Too bad for your lying, dumb ass.

B. When's Gaelic American Music Appreciation Month?

C. Go fuck your racist self, huh?

Gaelic music? You can't be serious.

All popular American music has it's roots in The Blues.

When you figure out where the blues originated, let me know how embarrassed you are. Well, that's if you can reason and whatnot .....

The Blues originated with the slaves working the fields. They used their native African tonalities and rythms and used it as a form of communication between their fellow slaves.

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Country and folk music in the U.S. are heavily influenced by Scotch and Irish music brought here by immigrants.

And blacks heavily influenced country music and contributed the Banjo to country music.

 

[boedicca]

It's not a competition, bub.

American music has been influenced by a variety of cultures. That's a good thing.

 

[P F Tinmore]

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[P F Tinmore]

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[Kalam]

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[Mad Scientist]

Presidential Proclamation- African-American Music Appreciation Month | The White House Certainly well deserved since African American music is at the core of all American music.

If you're talking about Gospel, Blues and Jazz I would agree. Everything else is just an offshoot of those genres.

But Rap is what you should really be ashamed of. Jazz, Blues and Gospel requires talent to perform, either with a musical instrument or your singing voice.

Any semi-retarded person can rap, and apparently they all do.

 

[Mad Scientist]

And blacks heavily influenced country music and contributed the Banjo to country music.

The only banjo player I ever liked was the Rev. Gary Davis. I think this recording is from his later years as his skills had diminished some but he was still great. The tune is called "Please Baby" but it's really just a banjo version of his famous guitar tune "Let Me Lay It On You":

[youtube]4f_dcGAMwfU[/youtube]

 

[manifold]

Presidential Proclamation- African-American Music Appreciation Month | The White House

Certainly well deserved since African American music is at the core of all American music.

Not "all" American music, but I'll certainly give you most of the good shit.

The most notable exception being Bluegrass.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Here is Rev. Davis playing "Slow Drag/Cincinnati Flow Rag". Yes he's blind and yes he's picking with only two fingers!:

[youtube]3_Hbuf6FEoY[/youtube]