4 Feb
2010
4 Feb
'10
10:29 p.m.
On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 15:48 -0800, Stephen Stubbs wrote:
Teza: If there was more to this post I never saw it.
Please resend
to me.
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 04:52:42PM +0100, teza wrote:
Or, as we down here in Mississippi call it, the War of Northern
Aggression ;-)
Hi Stephen, whoa, what can I say, went straight
to my heart,
specially
from a guy born by the Mississippi, when is
coming to talk about
blues,
they know all about it. Yes Stephen I'm
French living in Paris, a
100%
pure frog, but also lived in Australia and great
Britain, but I can
say
that since I'm born, I had always love the
blues.
Thanks again
Teza
Ken: I'm starting a new post to more fully explain what my compliment
to Teza was about.
Cape Girardeau (French word), Missouri (Native-American), was founded
by French fur traders. So was St Louis, Missouri. There is a lot of
French settlement throughout the Midwest, which can be verified by the
Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
It's not just the Cajuns who settled near The Big Muddy (Mississippi
River) and left their mark on the local culture. :)
I don't consume alcohol in any of its varieties. But listening to the
local wine connoisseurs, they make a big deal out of French Bordeaux
vs California Bordeaux vs St James, Missouri, Bordeaux, etc. To an a
wine ignorant person like me, it seems that you can take the same
grape vines and transport them to a different location; but you don't
get the same tasting wine from all the different locations. Why is
that? And the connoisseurs will start explaining about soil
conditions, sun light conditions, and many other factors that make up
the regional differences.
I propose there is something like that going on with blues music.
Chicago blues is different from St. Louis blues, is different from
Memphis blues, is different from New Orleans blues. And this may seem
strange to someone not from this region, given that all of these towns
are on the banks of The Big Muddy.
I propose that just as in the case of wine, music is strongly
influenced by the local climate conditions.
Which is why my compliment to Teza is so strong. I suspected Teza did
not grow up near The Big Muddy. Teza has since confirmed that he
is living in Paris, France. As a person living 1/3 of the globe away
from my local region, I am very impressed that Teza was able to
capture the spirit and ambiance of music that is so strongly impacted
by the 90/90 local weather conditions (that means summer days which
are 90+degrees Farenheit with 90+% relative humidty), mosquitoes,
tornadoes, poverty, black gumbo clay, and picking/deseeding cotton by
hand. (I'm now referring to the blues coming from St. Louis and the
towns downstream to the Gulf of Mexico.)
Teza, I think you understood my compliment in the spirit it was given.
You're welcome. But may I suggest that you don't refer to yourself as
a frog, froggie, etc. If you are a Frenchman, then you are a
Frenchman. Personally, I have never liked being referred to as a
Yankee by foreign nationals. Of course that may have something to do
with the fact that Missouri was one of the 4 border states that sent
military regiments to both the South and to the North during the War
Between the States, or the Civil War if you happen to come from a town
north of the Mason-Dixon line. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason-Dixon_Line
Best,
Stephen.
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