[78-L] Black Europe

[Joe Scott]

"It turns out that black music’s first British fan could have been Queen Victoria... [The Fisks gave a concert for her] in 1874."

The African-American singer Ira Aldridge had a British following in the 1830s and 1840s. His version of "Jim Crow" (which already had American black and white footprints on it when Aldridge first heard it) was advertised as having been rearranged and recomposed by himself. He accompanied himself on guitar some of the time, and was noted for his ability to improvise endless new lyrics to a tune. His repertoire included "Sittin On A Rail," which was an ancestor of Dave Macon's "I'm The Child To Fight.," and also a distant relative, I guess, of Carson Robison singing "A monkey and a baboon were sittin' on a rail...."
Joseph Scott
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From: Thomas HENRY
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Black Europe

A review in The Independent : http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/black-music-the-european-connection-8955368.html 2013/11/18 David Weiner <djwein at earthlink.net> > Hey all, > > Finally received my BLACK EUROPE set from Bear Family, 15 months after > ordering it. The carton looked like it had been through the Battle of the > Bulge, with > USPS stickers saying "Received in Damaged Condition" all over it, but the > set was OK inside the padding. The thing is as large as a cornerstone and > weighs as much, but is an amazing production. Gonna take weeks to get > through it. > > Dave Weiner > > > _______________________________________________ > 78-L mailing list > 78-L at klickitat.78online.com > http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l > _______________________________________________ 78-L mailing list 78-L at klickitat.78online.com http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l