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Twang Is Not a Color
Where are African-Americans in Todays Country Music?
By: Laurie Paulik - Journalist
They giggled and reached out, trying to touch the big, shiny buckle. The hat too. For sure, they'd never seen anyone like him before. But there he was, one of their own, singing that hillbilly stuff and looking like he rode into town on Trigger...
They were only children but society's prejudices had already seeped in and stolen something from them. Brothers didn't dress like cowboys and they didn't sound like that...
Rest of story here: http://www.carlray.com/twang.htm
Where are African-Americans in Todays Country Music?
By: Laurie Paulik - Journalist
They giggled and reached out, trying to touch the big, shiny buckle. The hat too. For sure, they'd never seen anyone like him before. But there he was, one of their own, singing that hillbilly stuff and looking like he rode into town on Trigger...
They were only children but society's prejudices had already seeped in and stolen something from them. Brothers didn't dress like cowboys and they didn't sound like that...
Rest of story here: http://www.carlray.com/twang.htm
