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

[louisx@MYFAIRPOINT.NET]

Doc Watson often sat somewhere between country and blues. 

On Wed, 30 May 2012 02:33:04 +0000, Stan Erhart <stan@erhart.net> wrote:
The first line of the last verse has become a standard blues lyric.
It's just not usually followed by a yodel.
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> "I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log"
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> Here's a sample from the most popular country singer of the pre-war
> era.   His music was played on most radio stations in the south.  His
> records were sold in large numbers in the same area.
> Of course, I don't hear any of this influence in any blues record ever made.
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> http://youtu.be/qEIBmGZxAhg
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> Ricky Stevens Arkabutla, Mississippi
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