LSC
243 posts
Jul 06, 2012
1:32 PM
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@Rgsccr - I've sent an email to Dr. Taylor. Thanks for the info. I'm glad I got it while the thread still stands. Seems like while I wasn't looking the excrement hit the ventilator.
To answer your question regarding the tone of post-war vs pre-war blues. Blues can be one of the most personal of genres. It would naturally reflect the mood of the artist at the time. I don't know if proximity in time to the Civil War and slavery was as much of a factor in the tone of pre-war blues as was the the conditions and environment that southern blacks in particular were living in general, though not to exclude a lot of the same in the rest of the country.
The post war era was a totally different world with much more reason for optimism in general. For example, the integration of the military, at least the lack of a stated policy of segregation, was a major step forward. Colin Powell addresses the subject several times in his autobiography.
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LSC
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HawkeyeKane
1045 posts
Jul 06, 2012
1:45 PM
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"Seems like while I wasn't looking the excrement hit the ventilator."
LMAO!
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Hawkeye Kane
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Rgsccr
45 posts
Jul 06, 2012
3:37 PM
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LSC - thanks for taking on the the task requested by Dr. Taylor - it sounds you are well suited for it. His website is really great and I'm sure that your articles will be worthwhile additions. Good thoughts on blues tone before and after WWII. I agree, although I think the aftermath of the civil war carried on for a long time and led into the early 19th century for African Americans. Either in Dr. Taylor's lecture that I saw on C-Span or on his website, he mentioned that his parents came of voting age in either Tennessee or Mississippi around the 1920s only to have a number of lynchings make it clear to them and most others that they better not vote. I think he said that they never did, or at least not until the 50s.
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LSC
245 posts
Jul 06, 2012
11:25 PM
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The email I sent to the comcast address bounced back. I've tried the school address and at least has not bounced.
In 1968 former Alabama Governor, George Wallace, was taking part in a presidential debate as the American Independent Party candidate. He was asked about the bottom of the table standing of Alabama in education, health care, and employment and near top of the table for poverty. He replied, "Alabama is still recovering from the war." To which the questioner responded, "What War?" The Governor replied, "Why, the War Between the States."
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LSC
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Rgsccr
46 posts
Jul 07, 2012
12:17 AM
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LSC,
Let me know if you don't from Dr.Taylor in a couple of days and I'll check with him on the email address. I like the Wallace quote.
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