What's especially sad is that so much of black music (gospel, blues, jazz) was the building block for so much modern music like country, rock, metal, etc. I'm really saddened to meet young black men who have no idea of who guys like Fred McDowell or Ledbelly are and the impact of their music. Kurt Cobain was hugely influenced by Ledbelly. For those who haven't heard Fred play...
What's especially sad is that so much of black music (gospel, blues, jazz) was the building block for so much modern music like country, rock, metal, etc. I'm really saddened to meet young black men who have no idea of who guys like Fred McDowell or Ledbelly are and the impact of their music. Kurt Cobain was hugely influenced by Ledbelly. For those who haven't heard Fred play...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64T6ugyWXAA&ab_channel=ScottGrant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg9qtgzUOhw&ab_channel=ilovetrinamichaels
Just brilliant! It's too bad we don't hear more of that and "black music" has devolved into F the police, beaches and hoes, etc.
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