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Dear Sam:-
That's a fine set of credentials. They pried me from
lurking.
My past and present are as confusing as your own:
conceived in New York City at Christmas 1944, born
in Woodbury, Tennessee, six weeks after Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, and carried out of the South in my mother's
arms before the South could have major detrimental
effects upon me. Thank you GI Bill.
The "legitimacy" discussion has resonated with my
studies of Native American cultures and their defense
of self-definition. "Keeping the traditions" is nearly
a mantra in the Native American community; so, too, in
our Southern music fancying community.
The two most notable mentions of outlander Southern bands
in the recent and intriguing discussions have focused upon
Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Band. I've been
stuck in Lodi. I'm impressed by the double-back offered by
the Band. Their tune "Canadian Driftwood" focuses on the
ethnic cleansing of the maritime provinces, sending the
Cajuns to Louisiana. "Up on Cripple Creek" testifies to
their adaptation.
Southern music is the finer and not a drop diluted by the
contributions of those northern refugees, then and now.
Wishing you four-part harmony in your spiritual moments and
Black-eyed peas on New Years Day,
Al Holland
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Alfred E. Holland, Jr.
History Department Tahoe Hall 3057
California State University, Sacramento (916) 278-7104
Sacramento, California 95819-6059 aholland@csus.edu
Raise praise to the song;
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Save, forsooth, the kiss.
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