Frank
2638 posts
Aug 22, 2013
9:15 AM
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Rubes
739 posts
Aug 23, 2013
4:38 PM
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....hey.......no self portraits Frank..........!
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Dads in Space at Reverbnation
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KingoBad
1374 posts
Aug 23, 2013
6:49 PM
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...and the blues part is that we had to look at this...
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Frank
2640 posts
Aug 24, 2013
4:40 PM
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You wanted a portrait Rubes :) Be afraid of the blues, be very afraid....
Last Edited by Frank on Aug 24, 2013 4:43 PM
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joe
64 posts
Aug 24, 2013
5:17 PM
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indeed ...
my post was a response to Adam G's great talks
i thought it showed the 2 sided nature of blues things which Adam talks about
in this case the sad/happy bad/good nature of the blues
and i thought that players might be inspired to make some great blues
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Last Edited by joe on Aug 24, 2013 5:19 PM
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nacoran
7054 posts
Aug 24, 2013
7:37 PM
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I've always been fascinated with the way blues deals with religion. Even if it's not even remotely historically accurate, I always loved the Robert Johnson at the Crossroads mythology. I've even got a funny (at least I think it is) retelling of 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' written from the Devil's point of view (and featuring harmonica instead of fiddle.)
There are some great threads on the topic buried in the forum, although it's possible they've been partially destroyed. You see at the bottom of the posting box the character limit of 5000 characters... when, there didn't used to be a limit, and when the hosting service imposed it they deleted posts longer than 5000 characters, including some of the deeper philosophical posts. :(
We were able to save some with the Wayback Machine, and they said they'd try to restore some of them.
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joe
68 posts
Aug 24, 2013
10:34 PM
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we cannot go to far into the religion forest Nacoran
the King has decreed it be so - and that is fine
but Adam G's Blues talks give us some wonderful insight
and background to the blues and religion
as in many other areas of art it is a great source of
inspiration and as in this case the inspiration can be
whimsical as well as soulful
joe
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Last Edited by joe on Aug 24, 2013 10:35 PM
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nacoran
7060 posts
Aug 26, 2013
9:36 AM
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The trick with the forest Joe, is that it's easy to get lost in there. It's fine to talk about how religion has influenced music as long as it stays carefully on topic and as long as no one starts taking sticks off the trees and beating people over the head with their religion, or lack of religion, or mocking other people's beliefs. That's always the trick, and it's why the rule is there, and why we keep a really close eye on any thread that touches on the topic and are prone to locking them quickly when they get out of hand.
So, for instance, a thread on religious symbolism in the blues would be closely watched, but as long as everyone was on their best behavior, my understanding of the rules is that would be okay.
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joe
72 posts
Aug 26, 2013
2:51 PM
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@Frank
this is wonderful
thanks for sharing
j.
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