My Dad Played Country & Blues all his life. He leaned toward country though. He grew up on it & could play hundreds of songs. He swore all the greats were black & not white in his day.
@tesmith479 ай бұрын
Remember what kwame Nkruma said, it is simply a matter of power. The powerful take whatever they want, and then LIE ABOUT IT!!😮
@yeehaw37926 ай бұрын
Jimmy Rogers, Hank williams, Bob Wills, Chet Atkins were all kings. Stop acting like we stole EVERYTHING.
@SkullKnight-rd5dj5 ай бұрын
@@yeehaw3792 but you did though look at everywhere you go you tell everyone to go back where they come from but you keep moving to those peoples lands yawl only know how to take
@yeehaw37925 ай бұрын
@@SkullKnight-rd5dj Bro you are speaking English right now. Sit down.
@SkullKnight-rd5dj5 ай бұрын
@@yeehaw3792 which is my point they steeling people 2 and robbing them of their history
@eddedream85868 ай бұрын
Hootie and the Blowfish came to my elementary school when I was in 3rd grade! This was in the 90s ive always lived blk men in country music ever since then!
@GodofPainBelial8 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this awesome history and information.
@ChristopherGronlund9 ай бұрын
As always, a great episode. I worked with a woman who loved country music, but avoided going to [especially smaller] country shows down here in Texas. She knew she wasn't welcome in those clubs. She grew up singing gospel, had a lovely voice, and dreamed of singing country music. (I was fortunate to hear her sing.) It's criminal how many voices with more of a claim to shaping modern music have never been heard.
@CertifiedKyl5048 ай бұрын
We Black-Lalwïźyànans here in Louisiana also created the Źydéçò music culture genre which is our version of Country music here in Louisiana.
@pay_attn9 ай бұрын
yeee haaaw, we are EVERYTHING
@petegarrido54067 ай бұрын
Yet your culture has been eviscerated by the globalists .
@Kino_Akir7 ай бұрын
Hating on Caucasian people while using all their stuff! Television, movies, shoes, cars, sports, modern clothes, video games, cell phones, internet, computers, sports, planes, money, even the English language, even having a job, anything that has to do with capitalism and MANY other things. Music wouldn't even exist without Caucasian folks.
@pay_attn6 ай бұрын
@@Kino_Akir Your level of delusion should be studied
@Kino_Akir6 ай бұрын
@@pay_attn Those are facts. Just look them up!
@shoot4thesingle4 ай бұрын
rock music and jazz and the blues!jazz and rock n roll all use European harmonic structure.....12-bar progression comes from European chords. the blues,jazz and rock music does not exist without white people. period!!!also, pretty much all instruments come from europe..... such as........ harmonica,piano, saxaphone ,other horned instruments ...and modern acoustic and electric guitars.the blues , rock music and jazz does not exist without whitey ...PERIOD!!!! ALSO.....the BANJO does not come from AFRICA!The banjo's deepest roots trace back to lutes made in Ancient Mesopotamia. Gourd-lutes made their way to Egypt around 1500 BC, and spread across the Mediterranean world and down to sub-Saharan Africa soon after. also .,,about the blues scale . "African practices are not the only plausible roots of blues harmony. Various European folk musics, particularly those of the United Kingdom, also use thirds lying between the equal-tempered minor and major thirds. The “ladder of thirds” is also common to British folk music. It is possible that the myriad African musical practices imported to the United States by the slave trade became established due to the “catalytic influence” of British folk styles over the course of the 19th century african music has zero harmonic structure ... none at all! jazz and rock n roll all use European harmonic structure.....12-bar progression comes from European chords. the blues,jazz and rock music does not exist without white people. period!!!also, pretty much all instruments come from europe..... such as........ harmonica,piano, saxaphone ,other horned instruments ...and modern acoustic and electric guitars.the blues , rock music and jazz does not exist without whitey ...PERIOD!!!!!
@xnx21588 ай бұрын
I didn't know any of this! I don't listen to country music so i never thought to look into it. Thank you for covering this topic, love your channel!
@LarryStallings-dk4rrАй бұрын
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN WHITE PEOPLE UP IN THE MOUNTAINS PLAYING COUNTRY HILLBILLY MUSIC WHEN THEY WHERE NEVER BEEN AROUND BLACK PEOPLE OR HEARD BLACK MUSIC?
@cheriebrown52469 ай бұрын
I am a huge fan of Country Gospel Music. I’m a cowgirl at heart. Bout to put on my cowgirl boots and my Country Music playlist.
@shoot4thesingle4 ай бұрын
rock music and jazz and the blues!jazz and rock n roll all use European harmonic structure.....12-bar progression comes from European chords. the blues,jazz and rock music does not exist without white people. period!!!also, pretty much all instruments come from europe..... such as........ harmonica,piano, saxaphone ,other horned instruments ...and modern acoustic and electric guitars.the blues , rock music and jazz does not exist without whitey ...PERIOD!!!! ALSO.....the BANJO does not come from AFRICA!The banjo's deepest roots trace back to lutes made in Ancient Mesopotamia. Gourd-lutes made their way to Egypt around 1500 BC, and spread across the Mediterranean world and down to sub-Saharan Africa soon after. also .,,about the blues scale . "African practices are not the only plausible roots of blues harmony. Various European folk musics, particularly those of the United Kingdom, also use thirds lying between the equal-tempered minor and major thirds. The “ladder of thirds” is also common to British folk music. It is possible that the myriad African musical practices imported to the United States by the slave trade became established due to the “catalytic influence” of British folk styles over the course of the 19th century african music has zero harmonic structure ... none at all! jazz and rock n roll all use European harmonic structure.....12-bar progression comes from European chords. the blues,jazz and rock music does not exist without white people. period!!!also, pretty much all instruments come from europe..... such as........ harmonica,piano, saxaphone ,other horned instruments ...and modern acoustic and electric guitars.the blues , rock music and jazz does not exist without whitey ...PERIOD!!!!!
@music191519 ай бұрын
SALUTE !!! B1
@rondmc447 ай бұрын
And, all we have left is Southern Soul, which is dying slowly outsde of Alabama, Mississippi , parts of Louisiana and Texas. I'm from South Carolina where what we got is Southern rock, and Trap Hip-Hop...
@CaringIndiv027 ай бұрын
That was the heart of the matter, pushing and discrediting, and railroading. They pushed Mr. Bailey for a mascot. The mentality. Then in turn saying him 'lazy'. Wow.😮 Talking about twisting.
@donaldewert23328 ай бұрын
Most people have now heard of Linda Martell but there was another black female country singer named Ruby Falls who started out in Milwaukee. While in Nashville she had four records chart on Billboard country charts.
@VampireLibbyHodges21 күн бұрын
Ruby Falls, Linda MARTELL, LAMELLE PRINCE.
@CLAUDETTEBELFIELD8 ай бұрын
You also forgot that the Banjo was made in Africa out of a need to pass along messages to others. The drums 🥁 were outlawed in Africa and in America because whites couldn't interpret them. The Banjo is a drum 🥁 with strings . You play the Banjo and flip it over it becomes a drum 🥁 which became a clever way to send messages.
@hazie76244 ай бұрын
@@CLAUDETTEBELFIELD thats so interesting!! Do you have any resources on this info?
@neilsoulman5 ай бұрын
Excellent breakdown, only would not be complete without mentioning, soul singer, song writer turned country artist "OB McClinton" dubbed the chocolate cowboy. 1960s-80s, he was one of the most recognizable artists other then Charlie Pride during that season when the genre was still called country & Western, #OBMClintonFoundation
@MariamStucki8 ай бұрын
Tell'em, kiddo!
@susanwilliams49538 ай бұрын
Well done!
@994lifewolmts8 ай бұрын
Well done
@QueenMaryMinistries6 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this video as you did an excellent job in research.
@Soufside_Slim9 ай бұрын
Please do the Black American origins of Latin Jazz/Salsa next
@pajewa9 ай бұрын
Why is it called Latin Jazz, Jazz came first.
@thedrunkmonkshow8 ай бұрын
I learned that Latin Jazz/Salsa is a white washing of what was originally called Afro Cuban Jazz and one of it's pioneers Mario Bauza was outspoken in his day in calling out the white executives and white latino artists who plagiarized his style that was birthed in Harlem during the 1920s/1930s. There was also Frank Grillo aka Machito and percussionist Chano Pozo who learned Jazz and played with the greats like Dizzy Gillespie . It's a different genre but still the same old story.
@pajewa8 ай бұрын
@@thedrunkmonkshow I heard that also.
@CertifiedKyl5048 ай бұрын
@Soufside_Slim W.t.f. is Latin Jazz? Jazz was created here in New Orléans by us Black-LaLwizyànans rooted here in Louisiana. Jazz don't have anything to do with no Latin culture nor with no Lie-tinos.
@petegarrido54067 ай бұрын
That would be Cuban Blacks not American Blacks .
@daniel.j90629 ай бұрын
Just like how they colonized nations, the same thing happened with music ,culture, food...etc
@Kino_Akir7 ай бұрын
Lmao, everything you do is white! Music wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for white people. Jimmie Rogers created country music!
@Kino_Akir7 ай бұрын
Everything you do is white! Everything! The world is living in white culture. The white life has become the way of life all around the world 💪
@Kino_Akir7 ай бұрын
Jimmie Rogers invented country music! Music wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for white people.
@yeehaw37926 ай бұрын
You speak our language and wear our clothes and use OUR inventions
@kyleolin35666 ай бұрын
We have more in common than differences. Country is both black and white, utilizing banjo and black influences, as well as guitar, viola based instruments, piano, and white influences. It brought us together. Don’t let social conditioning divide us.
@artbuck77098 ай бұрын
Outstanding…
@BjtheLawyer_9 ай бұрын
Black American culture is American culture. We created the food, the fashion trends, the music, popularized & dominated sports, inventions, & other art forms!
@jaygold44678 ай бұрын
You invented nothing. Literally everything you have was invented by white people. Got modern plumbing?
@jaygold44678 ай бұрын
Literally everything that black people have was invented by the white man. Facts.
@raanangeberer19038 ай бұрын
But country music also takes a lot from traditional Irish and English folk music.
@thanksmr.obvious64277 ай бұрын
lol inventions?? loool
@BjtheLawyer_7 ай бұрын
@@thanksmr.obvious6427 yeah it’s a lot of inventions that we weren’t taught in school. Just google Black American inventions & it’s there. Really easy to look up! We have made great contributions to American society!
@shaeisgae89522 ай бұрын
My family (who is white) grew up listening to a lot of country music and I never really enjoyed or connected to most of it, Johnny Cash being an exception, since learning about the origin and history of country I've started listening to more of the old original black artists and it's actually such good music. I knew the banjo came from Africa originally but I didn't know all these details about how the transition to marketing country to white people happened, thanks for this vid
@sulevisydanmaa99816 ай бұрын
SUGGEST DO A SPECIAL MINI-DOC ON STONEY EDWARDS. He is virtually 4gotten today - although released half a dozen lps on CBS, mid to late 70s. Not many pic vids on Yt. He is my idols, I m white. He even covered ARE YIU SURE HANK DONE IT THIS WAY ...How ironical
@tyler-ee8vl13 күн бұрын
SHABOOZY BRINGING THIS SHIT BACK😂
@monilaninetynine38117 ай бұрын
Black people are music
@Kino_Akir7 ай бұрын
Music wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for white people.
@Kino_Akir6 ай бұрын
Hating on Caucasian people while using all their stuff! Television, movies, shoes, cars, sports, modern clothes, video games, cell phones, internet, computers, sports, planes, money, even the English language, even having a job, anything that has to do with capitalism and MANY other things. Music wouldn't even exist without Caucasian folks.
@hazie76244 ай бұрын
@@Kino_Akir why are you just copying and pasting the same message that’s misinformation and just insensitive. Maybe you’re a bot but please learn a bit about history and culture before speaking on it. Have a good time with the education! Again, Nell Irvin Painter’s book, The History of White People would be a good start.
@Kino_Akir4 ай бұрын
@@hazie7624 It's actually facts, tho. Just look it up! That's all you gotta do. And they're still creating things to this very day, but y'all will probably deny that, as well, lmao.
@hazie76244 ай бұрын
@@Kino_Akir where are your sources?
@MicahScottPnD21 сағат бұрын
Beauty! Past, present, future!☺️👍
@rondmc447 ай бұрын
Thank you Charley, Darius, Ray, Beyonce and (ahem) Lionel......
@cali-zclassicTVreviews57227 ай бұрын
it's not our influence it is what we created period!
@Kino_Akir7 ай бұрын
Lol, no. Jimmie Rogers.
@shoot4thesingle4 ай бұрын
rock music and jazz and the blues!jazz and rock n roll all use European harmonic structure.....12-bar progression comes from European chords. the blues,jazz and rock music does not exist without white people. period!!!also, pretty much all instruments come from europe..... such as........ harmonica,piano, saxaphone ,other horned instruments ...and modern acoustic and electric guitars.the blues , rock music and jazz does not exist without whitey ...PERIOD!!!! ALSO.....the BANJO does not come from AFRICA!The banjo's deepest roots trace back to lutes made in Ancient Mesopotamia. Gourd-lutes made their way to Egypt around 1500 BC, and spread across the Mediterranean world and down to sub-Saharan Africa soon after. also .,,about the blues scale . "African practices are not the only plausible roots of blues harmony. Various European folk musics, particularly those of the United Kingdom, also use thirds lying between the equal-tempered minor and major thirds. The “ladder of thirds” is also common to British folk music. It is possible that the myriad African musical practices imported to the United States by the slave trade became established due to the “catalytic influence” of British folk styles over the course of the 19th century african music has zero harmonic structure ... none at all! jazz and rock n roll all use European harmonic structure.....12-bar progression comes from European chords. the blues,jazz and rock music does not exist without white people. period!!!also, pretty much all instruments come from europe..... such as........ harmonica,piano, saxaphone ,other horned instruments ...and modern acoustic and electric guitars.the blues , rock music and jazz does not exist without whitey ...PERIOD!!!!!
@authenticjason539425 күн бұрын
@@Kino_Akiryou hurt hurt😂
@Kino_Akir25 күн бұрын
@@authenticjason5394 No. I'm just stating facts. That's all I do.
@deemcghee-piepie30895 ай бұрын
you should hear black bluegrass, I miss that not here anymore
@BladeStar-uq6xe7 ай бұрын
African Americans created pretty much Every type of Music! They created Swing, Blues, Jazz, R&B, Country, and Rock and Roll! All of it was started by Black artists! We wouldn't have music if it wasn't for the Great Black artists!
@Kino_Akir7 ай бұрын
Lmao, false. Music wouldn't exist if it wasn't for white people!
@Kino_Akir6 ай бұрын
Hating on Caucasian people while using all their stuff! Television, movies, shoes, cars, sports, modern clothes, video games, cell phones, internet, computers, sports, planes, money, even the English language, even having a job, anything that has to do with capitalism and MANY other things. Music wouldn't even exist without Caucasian folks.
@johnhogan91146 ай бұрын
@@Kino_Akircell phones and the Internet was created by blacks.please enlighten me on if it wasn't for whites we wouldn't have music
@hazie76244 ай бұрын
@@Kino_Akir … they want our Jazz but not our Blues. Isn’t that interesting? Its part of the psychology of colonialism. First you hate on the culture, then you fetishize it and want to partake in it. Just look at how many ‘white’ folks love tanning…
@screwedupclick664725 күн бұрын
@@Kino_Akira lot of stuff you mention wouldn’t be around without a black person inventing it…matter of fact slaves probably invented most of the stuff you’re naming…yt folk stole a lot of shit
@PriscillaGraves-dp2xl4 ай бұрын
@Danfreeman723 so did my granddaughter and generations of family. I totally agree with you ❤
@napalmspears30168 ай бұрын
Funny how history repeats itself
@user-ng4nn4zw6r4 ай бұрын
Can Black artists do their own country music again? I bet that others will come running to it like they have done every other genre that Black Americans created. Call it "Black Country Music". Create your own museum with your original pioneers and let that history tell the story to future generations better than what has been told by current HIS-torians.
@PriscillaGraves-dp2xl4 ай бұрын
Grandfather I meant
@GenX71194 ай бұрын
And how black folks talk about other black folks when they listen to it🤷🏾♂️
@patrickalther-xc6rg5 ай бұрын
john
@Thutmosis715 күн бұрын
The first country music came from A black man in 1891. His name was Louis j vasnier jr
@MrMonopolistic7 ай бұрын
#NeelyFullerJr
@JosephKeenanisme8 ай бұрын
Edward Phillips is a Blues musician with a channel here on You Tube. He'll not only play a song but a lot of times give a bit of history on the song or one of the people associated with it. Not plugging intentionally plugging his stuff but there's at least enough blues songs out there to make a country blues album. A bunch of rich english rock stars made money off the songs of a bunch of blues guys that most people have never heard of :(. I'm white and I can tell you that country music is racist as shit. You have to be blind, deaf, and lobotomized not to see that blatant history.
@tawnyarhorer50176 ай бұрын
'promo sm' 🤗
@briliant84 ай бұрын
I already knew country music came from black people. My uncle would listen to country all the time.
@carollewis21748 ай бұрын
I love your channel. Excellent Presentation. I love your storytelling and research. We, Black People are a Great and Brilliant People. Yes. We Black People are the soul, innovation, and creation of all segments of American society,and the world . All origins---are from Black people - music-the arts, sports, engineering, architecture, mathematics, science, politics, theology, law, military, the environment, civil rights. Our contributions, are unlimited and ongoing----our branches, reach out and touch everybody globally.🎉 I love our history.
@shoot4thesingle4 ай бұрын
Wrong about everythng!
@reds81525 ай бұрын
Music has no color. Just notes 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
@abdimalikseid75953 ай бұрын
That’s just ignorance
@reds81523 ай бұрын
@@abdimalikseid7595
@rgordon95118 ай бұрын
This is not right....her black hair is gone, her skin color has gotten lighter & lighter. She is sending the message, Black, Get Back.......
@patrickalther-xc6rg5 ай бұрын
John Jackson from Rappahannock County, Virginia. Labeled ablues singer but he justas
@glitchnyrmatrix729623 күн бұрын
I suppose you want us white country music musicians to pay you reparations.
@blade89898 ай бұрын
Vghhh
@mondayesegbuwa6052 ай бұрын
We the black owns every music from country music to Rock and roll, downward to hip hop and Afro,We are the angels of God
@travisreifke43563 ай бұрын
This is absolute nonsense. Irish and Scottish immigrants invented bluegrass music by playing their folk music on the banjo. They were typically indentured servants and very poor, so they lived among black people frequently. It is not rooted in minstrel shows.
@kamargee968027 күн бұрын
THEY LIVED AMONG BLACK PEOPLE AND STOLE THEIR ART FORM AND THE INSTRUMENT THEY USED...THE BANJO WHICH IS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VERSION OF THE AFRICAN LUTE!
@michaelwood80718 ай бұрын
Music is old. It’s as old as us. Easily 10,000 years old. Country music traces its roots to all cultures. Black, white, Asian. Because after a hard day of working in the field people would eat and relax in the evening, stories would be told and they would be more easily remembered if set to music. Might be a banjo, drums, fiddle or wind instruments. The stories were about hardship, pain and loss but also hope, triumph and joy.
@warrenlewis39777 ай бұрын
Stop lying, Country music does NOT trace it's origins to ALL cultures. It's a Black creation just like ALL OTHER American music genres.
@mclametta98736 ай бұрын
As I see it, Country music also largely drew influence from folk tunes played by Irish, Scottish etc immigrants. Just listen to melody patterns of Irish folk and compare that with folk played in the American territory. Compare e.g. Salt Creek and any Bluegrass tune with an Irish Reel.
@michaelwood80716 ай бұрын
@@warrenlewis3977 if that’s the case then tell me why Kentucky bluegrass and Appalachian mountain music sound like scotch Irish reels. It’s because they derive from there and yes they are just as much a part of country or western music as anything else.
@warrenlewis39776 ай бұрын
@@michaelwood8071 Nobody listens to Bluegrass or Appalachian mountain music. You can have it.
@michaelallen81126 ай бұрын
African (Hamited?? More like Israelites people. We are not ,Hamites
@kamargee968027 күн бұрын
Dont be stupid. Eden is in Africa. Alkebulan. Man came out of the Garden. All mankind started there. Both science and the Bible agree on this. Israel sits on the African tectonic plate.... fast forward and you see the banjo in country music and it is an African American version of the African Lute. We are AfroAsiatic. Hebrew is an AfroAsiatic Language. No way around Afro buddy.
@michaelallen811227 күн бұрын
@kamargee9680 go sit down
@williammorrill9467 ай бұрын
Only "Black Roots" I see in Country Music are attached to the bleached-blonde singers' hair.
@shawtyred15115 ай бұрын
???
@paulgentile10246 ай бұрын
Not
@northernwhatshapping67244 ай бұрын
This is complete BS american country music came over with the irish and the english from the rural parts of the UK. thats why it started in the southern colonised states
@lonewolftrucker99ky908 ай бұрын
All country music is white blues
@Sockhead19997 ай бұрын
Lol country music wasn't invented by black people rock and roll was country was invented by man name jammie rogers they are Africa roots in country music but lot came from the irish in the scottish
@Kino_Akir7 ай бұрын
Music wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for white people.
@neilsoulman5 ай бұрын
You werent listening, he mentions the singing breakman "Jimmie Rodgers, Memphis Yodel and also his Colaberation with Louie Armstrong on Yodel #9
@Sockhead19995 ай бұрын
@neilsoulman ok and Louie Armstrong wasn't country he was jazz.
@Kino_Akir5 ай бұрын
Everything they do is white. Music wouldn't even exist without white people.
@Kino_Akir5 ай бұрын
@@Sockhead1999 Everything they do is white! Music wouldn't even exist without white people.
@briandillon80416 ай бұрын
Stop saying whiteness.
@tararobinson60238 ай бұрын
That banjo is American made. An AFRICAN Banjo has NOTHING to do with Black American music...period
@MarieJones-eb7bi8 ай бұрын
Another I*norant bw
@tararobinson60238 ай бұрын
@@MarieJones-eb7bi 😘
@MarieJones-eb7bi8 ай бұрын
@@tararobinson6023 dito❤️
@eddedream85868 ай бұрын
When Africans were stolen and made slaves in America I'm pretty sure they still knew how to play the instrument and passed it down for generations 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
@neilsoulman5 ай бұрын
The American Banjo was invented by Afro-Caribean slaves in the 18th century, it was modeled after the Akonting, an African instrument formed from a hollowed out gourd, the info is well noted and highly documented, why are you in denial?
@Italy-l5n19 күн бұрын
WE STARTED and MADE COUNTRY JUST LIKE MANY OTHER GENRES 😊🙂❤️🎶🎼🎼🎵🎵🎵🛻🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🫶🏽😊😊😊😊😊😊🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽💛💛💛🙂🙂🤎🤎❤️🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🇺🇲🫶🏽🤎🖤🤎🖤 MUSIC BROUGHT US THROUGH and WE ENDURED A WHOLE LOT Even THROUGH that WE HAD THE MOST HIGH GOD and MUSIC WE SUNG DANCED CRIED THROUGH IT ALL MUSIC was OUR GO TO So Many GENRES WE MADE
@LarryStallings-dk4rrАй бұрын
I AGREE WITH MOST OF WHAT YOU SAID , BUT HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN WHITES FROM APPELACIANS WHO WAS NEVER AROUND ANY BLACK PEOPLE AND NEVER HEARD ANY BLACK MUSIC, WHITES WHO PLAYED HILLBILLY COUNTRY?
@VampireLibbyHodges21 күн бұрын
Hillbilly got the name from imitatng black country music