Words from a Legend (country, jazz, quotes, 50s)

Soundgardener · 06-08-2005, 03:42 PM

I recently read an article in Modern Drummer that centers around the Bassist's perspective on Buddy Rich and the things that went on during his time touring with him. One of the topics that caught my eye from this article deals with Buddy Rich's opinions on Jazz and Country music during the 50's. "Buddy has his thing against country and western music". "In the 50's, when country and western was starting to be popular, Buddy said in an interview somewhere that it was a plot by radio programmers to keep people--especially white people--from listening to jazz. He said it was a racist plot to replace jazz with white-bread cornball music. He actually got some death threats for that."

I found these quotes interesting, and I just wanted to know peoples opinions on this matter.

~~stonedpath~~ · 06-10-2005, 04:27 PM

never thought of it like that.......then again i dont like jazz or country and im not old enough to have experienced much...

James Earl Jones · 07-13-2005, 04:10 PM

Rich is an amazing musician and he never had any formal training whatsoever. He might have a point....

**right-track** · 07-13-2005, 04:16 PM

It seems such a wild thing to say, which makes more it believable...would'nt surprise me in the least.

Fenixpunk · 07-13-2005, 04:17 PM

well seeing that he is talking about the 50s it wouldnt shock me. Lots of "conspiracys" against blacks were taking place back then.

**right-track** · 07-13-2005, 04:20 PM

And the death threats don't surprise me either...

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06-10-2005, 04:27 PM
~~stonedpath~~ Hooray for Diabetes! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: In a basement with chains Posts: 153	never thought of it like that.......then again i dont like jazz or country and im not old enough to have experienced much...

07-13-2005, 04:10 PM
James Earl Jones Group Sex Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: hookers with machineguns Posts: 43	Rich is an amazing musician and he never had any formal training whatsoever. He might have a point.... __________________ "banal and insipid." -Frank Zappa

07-13-2005, 04:16 PM
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07-13-2005, 04:17 PM
Fenixpunk The Erroneous Hoodlum Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Side Phoenix Posts: 2,131	well seeing that he is talking about the 50s it wouldnt shock me. Lots of "conspiracys" against blacks were taking place back then. __________________ This message has been approved by Shawn Erroneous - Hoodlum Hardcore

07-13-2005, 04:20 PM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 5,055	And the death threats don't surprise me either... __________________ Choose Liverpool. Choose the dole queue. Choose to scam disability benefit. Choose mind-numbing, grinding efficiency over flair. Choose Torben Piechnik, Istvan Kozma and Paul Stewart. Choose not to win a single league title since the backpass rule was implemented. Choose penalties. Choose car stereos, hubcaps and stanley knives. Choose to trade on your proud sense of tradition and then not lift a finger in protest when two American billionaires who don't even know the name of your club decide to buy it. Choose to win the European Cup whilst only having to play seven matches. Choose to bask in a perpetual, sickening, media love-in. Choose celebrities who ** off out of your city as soon as they have earned the money to do so and then spend the rest of their lives harping on about how wonderful it is. Choose to sing about Munich until confronted with your own tragedy. Choose to end it all in an orgy of self pity, just another excuse to perpetuate the grief culture spawned by your selfish, insular **ed-up excuse for a city. Choose your future. Choose Scouse.