Re: [Marxism] Leon Botstein (the banjo)

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Jeremiah wrote:

while i'm happy reading about bela fleck on marxism list, i just have to point 
out the obviousness of what you are saying. The banjo is actuallyfrom Africa, 
(i.e. the instrument itself is descended from a traditional african 
instrument). So, yes 'even bluegrass' is influenced by african music.

Isn't that what Bela Fleck said?

Although it may be obvious to you and those of us raised in the foothills of 
appalachia, it is not so obvious to quite a few bluegrass aficionados that 
African music has had an influence on what is prosaically viewed as white 
people music.   

As I write this I have two images in mind. One is the cover of a Screamin' Jay 
Hawkins album titled "Black Music for White People", and the other is the 
musical scene from "Matewan", illustrating the musical interplay between 
scotch-irish, african, and italian musicians as a mode of empathetic 
communication and as a precursor to the successful  unionization of the mining 
camp.  

Don't ask about the Hawkins' cover.  It is a play on taboo subject matter. 

Greg McD
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