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« on: February 20, 2024, 01:04:44 pm »Beyonce vs Country Music: Texas Hold 'Em
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Why is Beyoncé's new country song, "Texas Hold 'Em," no't getting played on the radio? Chris Armstrong, a bluegrass expert, talks about the African heritage of bluegrass music. He performs with the "Sons of Bluegrass" band, and also wrote and performed the Moonpie jingle! • The MoonPie Jinglehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcDW3Sn3DYY&t=47s
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People did “covers” all the time on “Black peoples songs “ and get a “hit “. No royalty or credit to the original owner.
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Yeah.. add a county twang and it’s no longer black. Dolly Parton was one of the few reverse situations where a county song was covered by a pop star, but Dolly most certainly got paid
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Led Zeppelin is the biggest offender. Straight up ripped off old blues musicians...
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Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds. Blues was so big in England that black blues artists ate good by touring in Britain.
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Charley Pride was definitely a Black country music star. He was around for a long time.❤
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I was just recently listening to the song, O'Death, which was featured as part of the soundtrack of the movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and it has always been obvious to me that the song sounded like a Black spiritual or folk song in the way it was sang. Well, once I looked it up, though it's described as an Appalachian folk song, a printed version of it was cited in 1913, in the Journal of American Folklore as being sung by "Eastern North Carolina Negroes" circa 1908. Newsflash, Black people resided in Appalachia also.
As I commented to another one your videos, all Black people want is for everyone to be honest, tell the truth, and give credit where it's due. Syncretism happens over time and it's expected, however, everything African Americans have originated and contributed which has been appropriated in some form or fashion becomes effected by a revisionism of history that always attempt to erase us. Anyway, great video with a very knowledgeable guest.