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. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
