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| From | Benjamin Lukoff <blukoff@alvord.com> |
| Subject | Re: We're a (great) American band |
| Date | Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:13:38 -0700 (PDT) |
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On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 JIMSOULS@aol.com wrote:
> Lightnin' Hopkins!!! One man, a guitar, tapping feet and a trunkload of
> great songs. What more do you need?
>
> Otherwise I'll go with Booker T. & the MG's, the Buckaroos, NRBQ, Los Lobos,
> Holmes Brothers, the Bluegrass Boys, the Clinch Mountain Boys, Country
> Gentlemen, Louvin Brothers, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Fabulous Thunderbirds
> (early years), the Avett Brothers, Uncle Earl, Creech Holler, Gillian Welch &
> David Rawlings, SCOTS, Mississippi Sheiks, Original Carter Family, Sonny
> Terry & Brownie McGhee, Doc & Merle Watson, Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell,
> Memphis Jug Band, Lovin' Spoonful, the Texas Playboys, Maddox Brothers & Rose,
> the Soul Stirrers, Nat King Cole Trio, various Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf
> bands, and any group that included Doug Sahm.
>
> Notice how most of the best American music comes from the South or was
> Southern influenced? Almost all of it.
Is there much American music that *isn't* Southern-influenced?
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