tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post5747594139154310449..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Steppin' OutSteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-85179417227610582152011-05-09T13:20:27.615-07:002011-05-09T13:20:27.615-07:00Interesting post.
There is a generalization that b...Interesting post.<br />There is a generalization that black musicians/audiences are always interested in running to create the next big thing while white musicians/audiences have more interest in refining and redefining what's already passed. <br />That's changing somewhat I think.<br />Have you ever heard of the Carolina Chocolate Drops? I wrote a review of them here:<br />http://www.theurbanpolitico.com/2011/04/music-reviews-burnt-sugar-eddie-harris.html<br /><br />But by and large I don't think you're gonna find a HUGE black interest in what's considered at this point, hopelessly outdated music-which is also (rightly or wrongly) associated with really bad times and outmoded social relations.<br /><br />As you mention Robert Johnson has become a Romantic Hero, when in real life the facts don't quite add up to that. His contemporaries, Muddy Waters, Skip James, Elmore James, Johnny Shines, Son House, etc certainly didn't see him as such or think of themselves that way. Just one of history's accidents that he is thought of in that way.<br /><br />The volume issue is also interesting. I may have mentioned it before but Martha Bayles' book "Hole in Our Soul" has a lot to say on this.Shady_Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00996625985002373392noreply@blogger.com