Emotion, civil rights, race, America, history, opera, trap, Dolly P and Willie N. So much going on here it took me almost as long to talk about it as it did to listen to it. @beyonce
Links and stuff...
Foreign Man in a Foreign Land's Excellent Video on White Commentators on Black Culture: https://youtu.be/S3O1oYpIwu8?si=DIh62x0J9ZnmcPNr
My Reaction to Protector (warning, it is so emotionally honest that it is "cringe" as the kids say) https://youtu.be/iZCprXMWmu0
Time Article: https://time.com/5673476/ken-burns-country-music-black-artists/
Queen Esther's Excellent Illustration of how Country came from Black America: https://youtu.be/ltswXrGK4DQ?si=1nt75tB3hSTfa656
Linda Martell performing at the Grand Ole Opry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETQTDgZA9Vo
Paul McCartney Explains "Blackbird"- https://youtu.be/u97_inloBmY?si=Lw9EeTndzVesW8v3
The amazing history of "Worried Man Blues" https://balladofamerica.org/worried-man-blues/
Woody Guthrie's Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKocb-hvvPc
Alone and Forsaken by Hank Williams - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZdfXkqe8lo
The Biography of Hank Williams: https://www.amazon.com/Hank-Williams-Biography-Colin-Escott/dp/0316734977