"As to "rile them up," obviously Curtis *did* get riled up by Jim's post, or he wouldn't have bothered to post such a ringing defense of his blues playing. Barry was likewise riled up by it, so much so that he did his best to portray Curtis's post as "just laughing" when it was so obviously defensive."
Actually my post focused on Jim's mischaractorizations concerning the blues and the men who invented the form, and his factual errors concerning their lives. My own choice of music to perform needs no defense nor is one even possible. Defending one's artistic choices is the kind of POV that has no place in my world which divides people into two groups: people who buy my CD and those who do not. I couldn't care less why those who don't make that choice. I don't know what getting "riled up" entails but I'm pretty sure it is one of the objectives of my performances. --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Boy, that 35-posts-a-week limit sure has been > successful in making FFL a more pleasant forum, > hasn't it? > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Jim wrote, obviously hoping to wound: > > > > "Just something to think about the next time you're > > > > whining and moaning musically about how hard life > > > > is on the planet for a rich white kid. Singing the > > > > blues? LOL!:-)" > > > > Curtis replies, first calmly and precisely, 'splainin' > > to the white boy what the blues are really about, and > > then segueing back to his characteristic good humor: > > > > > > Defining blues as "whining and moaning musically" demeans the > > > artists who described the human condition with such artistic > > > precision, that we hear the echoes of their musical genius > > > every time we turn on the radio and hear country music, rock > > > or hip hop. Thinking of blues artists as only expressing their > > > own cultural and racial realities of their time is a limited > > > understanding of their artistic achievement, > > > which has completely transcended their time and place and > > > permeates all modern music. Far from being treated "like dogs" > > > they were the rock stars of their day and earned more in a > > > Saturday night then the farmers who tipped them earned all week > > > in the fields. > > > > > > I played for a wedding today that was 90% black. They gave me a > > > note giving me permission to play blues if I am ever challenged > > > by any ignorant white boy. I'll send you a copy. > > > > There really couldn't possibly *be* any better example > > of the difference between Jim Flanegin and Curtis Blues. > > > > Jim believes that the things he posts *hurt* the people > > he's aiming them at, keep them up at night, "rile them > > up." > > First, note that "hurt" and "wound" are > *Barry's* terms, not Jim's. They're also what > Barry attempts to do constantly, as in this > post. > > As to "rile them up," obviously Curtis *did* > get riled up by Jim's post, or he wouldn't > have bothered to post such a ringing defense > of his blues playing. Barry was likewise riled > up by it, so much so that he did his best to > portray Curtis's post as "just laughing" when > it was so obviously defensive. > > > And Curtis just laughs -- at Jim, at life, and at > > those who have become legends in their own minds. > > Oops, Barry's projecting again. >
