on 6/3/02 2:51 PM, Ken Waxman at mingusaum@yahoo.ca wrote:
SH,SS,PR et al:
Well at least now I can see the roots of my similar antipathy for those pairs of artists.
Ken Waxman
Anyone up to comparing Merle Haggard to Ornette Coleman (oops, I just recalled SH's OC's view)? How 'bout Bob Dylan to Cecil Taylor?
I always thought of Merle Haggard as more a Cannonball Adderley figure (Lefty frizell is definitely the Charlie Parker of country singers).
Also, as an aside, ever notice that the greatest number of people described as singer/songwriters are Caucasians?
People of color in this country definitely have enough problems without adding hyper-sensitive post-Dylan song-poetry to their list of woes. That said, how come the only "New Dylan" who really lived up to his job description was black? (yes I mean Bob Marley) sh