tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post3593902651112516205..comments2024-01-06T18:34:30.188-08:00Comments on I Witness: Stealin', Stealin': Blues, Jazz, and ReggaeIWitnessEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312808828448124509noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-42768493061288696792011-07-16T12:07:07.652-07:002011-07-16T12:07:07.652-07:00Thanks for the generous words, Brew--they mean muc...Thanks for the generous words, Brew--they mean much coming from a knowledgeable musician and fan such as you are. And everyone should check out his excellent mostly Jazz blog, accessible through his name link above.IWitnessEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312808828448124509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-75575719352045034952011-07-15T21:04:57.671-07:002011-07-15T21:04:57.671-07:00Hi Ed --
As Benny Goodman has introduced his Guy ...Hi Ed --<br /><br />As Benny Goodman has introduced his Guy Lombardo parody in his medley at Carnegie Hall, on October 6, 1939: "Remember, that's really all in fun."<br /><br />No one has ever stolen the blues from anyone. Either you got it, or you ain't. You can't steal it.<br /><br />But I love your essays.<br /><br />Keep up the good work.<br /><br />BrunoBruno Leichthttp://brewlitesjazztales.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-67240182898314249862010-08-05T08:17:32.130-07:002010-08-05T08:17:32.130-07:00Thanks for the vote(s) of confidence. I really sho...Thanks for the vote(s) of confidence. I really should have talked about Led Z and Stones stealin' the Blues and only crediting authors years later when caught. But they and Sun Records guys were only doing what had been done for a hundred years--Whites (but Blacks too) learning, trading, and also thieving each other's techniques and ideas.IWitnessEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312808828448124509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-81985090678073641022010-08-05T02:02:36.362-07:002010-08-05T02:02:36.362-07:00I enjoyed it as well....perhaps a book can be had ...I enjoyed it as well....perhaps a book can be had out of the essay.....would be one hell of a book, and could cover the rip-offs in all genres, from the obvious(Zeppelins pilfering of the blues catalog, especially Willie Dixon), all the way back to 50's rockers, from Sam Phillips Sun Sessions rockers who appropriated what they saw in the Black Memphis clubs, back to the jazz mutual pilfering mentioned.....surely could be a best-seller!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-90655920001452700142010-07-29T05:06:20.198-07:002010-07-29T05:06:20.198-07:00One hell of an essay, Ed. Chockfull of scholarship...One hell of an essay, Ed. Chockfull of scholarship without being the least bit pedantic. And all this sprung from your "half-hearing some other car's radio while waiting in the ferry boat line recently?" I can't imagine how much better it might've been if you'd <i>wholly</i> heard that radio. Holy radio!Alan Kurtzhttp://blogcritics.org/writers/alan-kurtz/noreply@blogger.com