[LAU] Regional Influences on Music

[Jan Depner]

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:
> > 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


    Or, as we down here in Mississippi call it, the War of Northern
Aggression ;-)


>  
> Best,
> Stephen.
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