Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Dallas, 7 декабря 2008
Это известный факт, что я тормоз. Поэтому неудивительно, что при всем моем интересе к блюзу в последние несколько лет, я обратила внимание на Buddy Guy только после просмотра роллинговского концертного видео Shine a Light, где он присоединился к группе в песне Champagne and Reefer. And he just
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Along with Jazz, white people have also taken quite a shine to The Blues, an art form that captured the pain of the black experience in America. Then, in the 1960s, a bunch of British bands started to play their own version of the music and white people have been loving it ever since. It makes sense considering that the British were the ones who created The Blues in the 17th Century.
Today, white people keep The Blues going strong by taking vacations to Memphis, forming awkward bands, making documentaries, and organizing folk festivals. Blue and Jazz music appeal mostly to older white people and select few young ones who probably wear fedoras. But that doesn’t mean that young white people aren’t working hard to preserve music that has lost relevance. No, there are literally thousands of white people who are giving their all to keep old school Hip Hop alive.
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К хип-хопу я совершенно равнодушна, если что :)
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