A heated discussion on 'Race, Gender & the Blues'

[Robert Putignano]

... And lets not forget about Ray Charles' Country contributions.
Bob

On Mon, 28 May 2012 19:35:26 -0400, jinxblues@AOL.COM wrote:

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>Not wanting to take part in the c&w discussion more than to say that
>there was never a general interest in country music within the black
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>This is absolutely not true.
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>Blues people growing up in the south in the 1930s and 1940s all listened to
WLAC (Nashville) with its powerful signal.
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>B.B.King told me in great detail how he had listen to Gene Autry and Red
Foley and Jimmy Rogers.
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>Mississippi John Hurt's "Let the Mermaids Flirt with me" is unmistakably
Jimmy Rogers'"All Around the Water Tank" a/k/a "Waiting for a Train."
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>Dick Waterman
>1601 Buchanan Avenue
>Oxford, MS 38655
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And lets not forget about Ray Charles' Country contributions.
Bob

This is absolutely not true.

Blues people growing up in the south in the 1930s and 1940s all listened to
WLAC (Nashville) with its powerful signal.

B.B.King told me in great detail how he had listen to Gene Autry and Red
Foley and Jimmy Rogers.

Mississippi John Hurt's "Let the Mermaids Flirt with me" is unmistakably
Jimmy Rogers'"All Around the Water Tank" a/k/a "Waiting for a Train."

Dick Waterman 1601 Buchanan Avenue Oxford, MS 38655

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