Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!GENESEO!SEG92 From: SEG92@GENESEO.BITNET (the Talking Drum) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: RE: I'm a little bit Country... Message-ID: Date: 4 Feb 90 19:16:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 19 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway X-Envelope-to: ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET X-VMS-To: IN%"ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET" dD, You know, I never really thought about it, but I'll bet the blues did have quite a bit to do with country and western (hereby referred to as C&W). You know, the individual who sent the (long-deleted) message I was responding to was also asking about gospel music. Gospel and blues are both musical forms synthesised by African slaves in the American South from both African and European musical traditions, so I wouldn't be too surprised to find out that there was a lot of borrowing on both sides of the deal. And of course, after the Civil War (1861-65) blacks moved out west en masse, and often became Cowboys , thereby bringing that influence with them. Since I'm blabbering on the subject of cultural synthesis and Music, has anyone heard of a group called Mikata? They're a blend of calypso (I think) and two other musical forms that I've heard of but never listened to. They came to Geneseo and I was supposed to work the show (for Tech services) but I boo-booed my back and couldn't do it. From what I heard of them, they really were awesome. Anybody know more than I do about this? Thank you for your support, --the Talking Drum