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Sep. 21st, 2019 06:16 pm1. Quiet day. ( Read more... )
2. All caught up on Country Music Documentary by Ken Burns -- which indicated that "Race music" = Rhythm and Blues (not country), Hillbilly = Country, then it was Folk = Country. It wasn't until 1960s that the Country Music Association got established and country was well country.
Rockabilly -- was an offshoot -- that led more into rock, with Elvis leading the way. Johnny Cash like Elvis started out Gospel, went to Rockabilly, but fell more solidly into country with his desire to tell stories through his music. Also he's the one who came up with the story for the Carl Perkins and Presley song "Blue Suede Shoes".
After watching it, I can not get Patsy Clines "Walking After Midnight" out of my head. That is an earworm song. It spends a lot of time on Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee, and Johnny Cash. Also some time on the Carter family, Ray Charles (who is attributed for changing things -- and breaking through the race/color line, he recorded country songs and wrote them, seeing them as just music. He like Johnny Cash and Presley listened to everything out there), Loretta Lynn, Mel Tillis, Merle Haggard, and Roger Miller (you may know him as the Rooster in the Disney Cartoon Robin Hood).
It's fascinating. I like Ken Burns documentaries. I watch them off and on.
3. Should I Challenge Longtime Friends About Their Bigoted Views.
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I've had mixed results with this -- although, it should be mentioned that I did it with mere acquaintances or people I don't know very well. Co-workers. People I've met online. That sort of thing. Not longtime, close friends. Partly because, unlike my parents, I don't really have any that have these views. And if they did have these views they wouldn't necessarily share them with me, because I'm fairly outspoken regarding my own.
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2. All caught up on Country Music Documentary by Ken Burns -- which indicated that "Race music" = Rhythm and Blues (not country), Hillbilly = Country, then it was Folk = Country. It wasn't until 1960s that the Country Music Association got established and country was well country.
Rockabilly -- was an offshoot -- that led more into rock, with Elvis leading the way. Johnny Cash like Elvis started out Gospel, went to Rockabilly, but fell more solidly into country with his desire to tell stories through his music. Also he's the one who came up with the story for the Carl Perkins and Presley song "Blue Suede Shoes".
After watching it, I can not get Patsy Clines "Walking After Midnight" out of my head. That is an earworm song. It spends a lot of time on Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee, and Johnny Cash. Also some time on the Carter family, Ray Charles (who is attributed for changing things -- and breaking through the race/color line, he recorded country songs and wrote them, seeing them as just music. He like Johnny Cash and Presley listened to everything out there), Loretta Lynn, Mel Tillis, Merle Haggard, and Roger Miller (you may know him as the Rooster in the Disney Cartoon Robin Hood).
It's fascinating. I like Ken Burns documentaries. I watch them off and on.
3. Should I Challenge Longtime Friends About Their Bigoted Views.
( Ethicist reply )
I've had mixed results with this -- although, it should be mentioned that I did it with mere acquaintances or people I don't know very well. Co-workers. People I've met online. That sort of thing. Not longtime, close friends. Partly because, unlike my parents, I don't really have any that have these views. And if they did have these views they wouldn't necessarily share them with me, because I'm fairly outspoken regarding my own.
( Read more... )