Michigan to Mississippi.... Part II
The second part of this extended vacation was one angle of
America’s Music Triangle. As you enter NOLA, you have just entered one of the
last places in this country where you can have an authentic experience, where
you can dip your soul in the unique stew of people, geography, history and
weather that buubles out its pot and brings us music – the cultural currency if
the South. Jazz, blues, country, rock ‘n’ roll, bluegrass- akk the distinctly American
music that’s been sent to every corner of the world, seasoned with new
ingrdients- they were all born in the triangle. If you listen, you can hear
Cajun melodies, Afican rhythms, a Latin beat and Saxons. Whatever the form, its
all cooked in the southern heat and humidity informed by the lessons of
survival- hurricanes, poverty and pride- always moving like the Mississippi. It
was here that the great musical giants of American history rose. All the neon
signs of the music clubs lining Frenchmen street making you think- what magic must have live here to grow this
much genius.
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