This is a profound truth. I grew up in a family of jazz musicians. And they never cared about color. And they all remembered the days when half the band couldn't come into many venues through the front door. Or stay in the same hotel. They never cared about sex or gender or nationality or creed either. They only cared: did you have the chops? Could you play? If you could you were in the club. If not... they were still polite. But you weren't in the club. And yes, the idiots who made this list had an agenda. But no soul, no heart, and no knowledge either.
I do get it. I'm old. I remember when they first started banning the concept of racial uplift as a key to success. The more you focus on hate and mediocrity and war the more they win. It plays right into their game. I'll always fight back. But never on their terms.
Somewhere Nat King Cole and Count Basie are crying.
Albert King.
I went to listen to Albert King and I got this trash.
SMDH I feel you. And it hurts. That they are pushing such trash when there is so much greatness to be celebrated.
Musicians are the most colorblind people in the world. Always have been.
This was clearly an idea of people who have no fucking talent.
And no fucking soul.
This is a profound truth. I grew up in a family of jazz musicians. And they never cared about color. And they all remembered the days when half the band couldn't come into many venues through the front door. Or stay in the same hotel. They never cared about sex or gender or nationality or creed either. They only cared: did you have the chops? Could you play? If you could you were in the club. If not... they were still polite. But you weren't in the club. And yes, the idiots who made this list had an agenda. But no soul, no heart, and no knowledge either.
Don't you get it?
They don't want greatness.
They want war.
They want blood in the streets.
I do get it. I'm old. I remember when they first started banning the concept of racial uplift as a key to success. The more you focus on hate and mediocrity and war the more they win. It plays right into their game. I'll always fight back. But never on their terms.