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Re: [microsound] Re: electro-acoustic blues
That, or because its just really easy music to play.
On 27 Jun 2006, at 11:32, Mark R. wrote:
Hi Jeff,
Very interesting topic here and one that goes deep into many facets of
capitalism mixed with the political and racist forces that were
shaping the
United States at this time. I for one am a believer that the blues
was a
call to a lost voice of emotion within a cold materialistic
society. It
wasn't only blacks that felt the blues, but all people who wanted
to feel.
The severe conditions forced upon our darker skinned brethren
intensified
these emotions to the point it became an absolute necessity that it
come
out.
You have to keep in mind that even black Americans at the time
sometimes had
prejudices against this rooted music...due in part to the churches
claim it
was Satanic. B B King once claimed that to play the blues in those
times was
like being black twice. There are still roving musicians that
recall the
histories and ancestries of the villages through their songs in
many parts
of Africa, and are not so much a victim of prejudices, but of
knowledge of
the supernatural and therefore not part of any village, but more
like a
force of nature passing through and raining down ancestral knowledge.
I look at the blues in it's present form as the voice of what is
basic, and
a call to common sense in a world that is increasingly becoming
more and
more complicated and out of balance. I am not sure how one comes to a
connection with past bluesmen through the electronic recording process
except to have a feeling of it and express it honestly with raw
emotion in
the moment.
Best,
Mark Ragsdale
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