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Originally Posted by amerikangod
And let's pretend all of that isn't the case for a moment, and let's say that 'black' people created the blues with no outside influence whatsoever. Even then it's still a false statement, as it was a uniquely American affair. Blacks in Africa, the West Indies, South America, and countless other locations had nothing to do with its inception.
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(SEE SWA(Y)S POST REGARDING BLUES SCALES AND AFRICA)
You are dead wrong, Africans had EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE BLUES! The crazy scales, fingerings, chord changes, and even open tunings came from AFRICA! West Africans in particular, around the late 19th and early 20th century, had access to the caribean via the british, and these brought to the Americas the crazy and uniquely African styles of GUITAR PLAYING which DIRECTLY AND HEAVILY INFLUENCED the blues.
Further the blues scales were already african to begin with.. and lets not forget that for over 200 YEARS it carried the DEATH PENALTY for a BLACK PERSON to even PLAY an instrument during slavery...
blacks contributions to american music are truly beyond belief considerings the cirumstance, and this why I big up Michael Jackson's legacy as the world's most succesful, popular and wide-reaching black musician.. after all lets not forget this is an MJ memorial thread and not just a discussion on the evolution of music
