hillbilly music != country music. Appalachian music has it's roots in Irish folk music. A lot of the O' Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack that just won the Grammy for Best Album of the Year was Appalachian based music. Never been a money maker, mostly white folks making it, small subculture surrounding it, etc.
Your point is still valid, who's the evil oppressor in this case? On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 13:15, John Bush wrote: > > While money may be the easiest problem to > > shake your fist at, the marketing forces > > that determine the economics are guided by > > history - a history of bigotry and conservativism > > that refuses to acredit African-Amercians with > > anything outside of popular stereotypes. > > Don't forget hillbillies! Obviously race made a huge difference in blacks > not getting airplay, but class and regional identification pushed country > music out of the mainstream for a long time too. > > Does this prove that (music industry) money sees no color? Not necessarily, > there were plenty of bigots in the music business (as in society), but as an > industry-wide force it may have been a more pragmatic form of bigotry... > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
