Blake Shelton promotes good race relations. Video.

[Fabbs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXAgv665J14
"Boys Round Here"

When i 1st heard this on radio and the lyrics, i pictured a completely different video.
Kudos to Shelton for working this into a video showing good relations between redneck whitey and gangsta wannabe nigs.

The part on the chicks by the river on a blanket and choosing The Piston Annies to represent -eeesh that was a fail. :lol

[Big Empty]

God someone throw a water bottle at him like they did luke bryan. Great intentions, but cheesy shitty song. If ur gonna reach out to the black community use auctioneers. They rap faster than bone thugs
https://youtu.be/GndYqHU-T_I https://youtu.be/GndYqHU-T_I

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When the Grand Old Opry allowed black harmonica wiz DeFord Bailey to perfrom on their stage, that was good race relations.

When the academy awarded black actress Hattie McDaneil an Oscar for her " big black mame" in Gone With The Wind, that was good race relations.

When Elvis covered Big Boy Crudups "That's Alright Mama" and Big Mama Thorntons "Hound Dog", that was good race relations.

Recorded country music origins go back to the 20's with Mississipian Jimmie Rodgers the "Father of Country Music". He was a white blues singer who yodeled, blacks don't yodel. He has talked about listening to them black blues growing up and you hear that influense in his sound. So we can trace country music back to black blues. Frank Hutchison, Clarence Ashley, Ernest Stoneman, Blind Alfred Reed, Darby & Tarlton (incredible sound) early white "hick music" pioneers making it very clear who influensed their sound.

Country legends Hank Williams and Bob Wills both recorded tons of blues tainted tunes




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSqzqWGWqFE


In 1927 black Piedmont bluesman Luke Jordan recorded the original "Cocaine Blues". A year later Appalachian hick Dick Justice covered what was a "race record" word for word with his....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4VaCRsgFVU

Pink Floyd got that name from black bluesmen PINK Anderson and FLOYD Council (how they knew about him..?). The Rolling Stones took that name from an old Muddy Waters tune..."Rolling Stone" (not the 1928 Robert Wilkins "Rolling Stone"). Anyone remember Canned Heat, they got tht name from a song by Delta king Tommy Johnson (sold my soul to the Devil) 'Canned Heat" (a weird drink mix).

So whites have being paying homage to blacks for years muscically.

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[DJR210]

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[Avante]

The thing about country music is the realistic lyrics, lyrics we all can associate with. Who hasn't been in a country song.

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Respect the OP, ok? Start your thread if you want to talk your problems.