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WHO LET 'DA DOGS OUT?
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Duane Wheeler wrote:
>
> *I watch a lot of Public TV *PBS as well as read
> a variety of secular news magizines to fuel my
> "moderate Independent political views<G>"
>
> And recently there is a series about the US Music
> style called JAZZ! (*I'll be quick to run to the thin ice)
>
> Amazeingly, very few musicians began to play music
> outside of a church! Music.. being a powerfull primal force
> had these young churchmen flock to places where music
> was free flowing and open to expression. Some of these
> places were on "the wrong side of the tracks"...
>
> It's no wonder, that Christian elements heard the influence
> of the Devil in the "Blue" note! Musicians had discovered
> a shift in tempo, and accent on the off-beat.
>
> In the deep south "the Blues" had a direct relation to
> the "spiritual" sang in soulfull style<G> As these songs
> crossed the racial gulf, White folks began to sing the
> songs.. and evolved a folk style common to a blended
> celtic/British heritage of jigs and reels..
>
> Pentecostal churches that I attended, had strong musical
> elements relateing to "country style" or "Bluegrass"
> influenced accoustic sound.
>
> With electric instruments... the sound of my "Holy Roller"
> church at times, combined musical forms with the "blue"
> note and "off-beat" rythms to promote the demonstration
> of the power of "The Holy Ghost and Fire"
>
> *Question..
>
> How much of this was musical contrivence, and how much
> was the work of the "Holy Ghost"? *Was there ever a compromise
> with the fleshly origins of the "blue note?"
>
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