... Minstrel acts didn’t just disappear in the 1950’s. - TopicsExpress



          

... Minstrel acts didn’t just disappear in the 1950’s. Rather, the minstrel act transformed itself with a wink by leaving the burnt cork packed away in a trunk in the dressing room. Elvis Presley was the first White musician to achieve great fame by simulating (appropriating?) what had been African-American popular music. Using the same routine, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles took off in the early 60s. (In a radio interview, Bill Wyman remembered how in Chicago (the capital of the Blues) a white fan wanted to know “where did this music come from?”) Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” was the notorious stereotypical African-American musician, Mr. Tambo, of the old minstrel shows. ... counterpunch.org/2008/11/10/the-advent-of-a-new-black-politician/
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:29:18 +0000

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