From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V2 #334 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Sunday, September 22 2002 Volume 02 : Number 334 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [loud-fans] Re: satinic majesties / semordnilap ["Vallor" Subject: [loud-fans] Re: satinic majesties / semordnilap Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:33:01 +0000 From: Subject: [loud-fans] satinic majesties / semordnilap > (Of course, there's the Robert Johnson legend, from which I presume the Stones picked up some imagery and vibes, but I'm convinced by what Ry Cooder said about Johnson, in that I believe Johnson's references to the devil are strictly metaphorical. Heck, the songs work better and make more sense that way, and sometime I wonder whether some people who think > that Johnson meant this stuff literally are underestimating his songwriting > skills more than somewhat.) Those interested should read the late Memphis writer Robert Palmer's book Deep Blues. It's a great book, though occassionally arcane. It tracks down many of Johnson's friends and family members and gives a clearer portrait of him than has been heard before. Additionally it gives an almost insiders look at the history of blues from the turn of the century dawn of the genre to the 60's-70's Blues revival. It also goes back to the music of the Senegambian coast in the 18th & 19th century which appears to be the roots of a number of other subsequent musics. Also, it explains the roots and the true meaning of the devil from the perspective of the delta blues musician, a much different devil than the one scorned by the religious, rather a trickster incarnation of God...or perhaps one of the Gods...the tricky one. - - Dan ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V2 #334 *******************************