From: bogul@nospambog.net   
      
   Why did you even begin stating you are a white liberal democrat? who   
   cares? or did you feel the need to make sure we understood that you are   
   "different" from the typical bluegrass fan?   
      
   I don't know why there are so few minority bluegrass fans. But I assume   
   it simply doesn't appeal to them in large numbers. Am I concerned that   
   there is some sinister plot to keep them out? no.   
      
   It's just a style of music. It appeals to me. Do I care for rap/hiphop?   
   no. Is it because I'm white? no. It just doesn't appeal.   
      
   I'm not looking to music to somehow make things right. I just play and   
   listen.   
      
   B   
      
   BoFrazer@cfl.rr.com wrote in news:qhigf2p6qp1jj7ai4m5si29unm7m0hmios@   
   4ax.com:   
      
   >>Country has Charley Pride.   How come I have never seen   
   >>a black Bluegrass player?   
   > As a white liberal democrat, I am occasionally appalled and   
   > embarrassed at the redneck attitudes of some of the fans of the genre.   
   > (Take a look at some of the banter around this newsgroup -- the stuff   
   > that's totally irrelevant to bluegrass music.) When I first began   
   > playing in the early 70's, it was with a bunch of different Jewish   
   > folks, largely from the Pete Seeger and Hootenanny tradition.  There   
   > were some great players, but some of them (and me too) were turned off   
   > by the attitudes of some of the Klannish-looking.   
   >   
   > So I caneasily  imagine the reluctance of any minority to get noticed.   
   >   
   > I would hardly call Victor Wooten a "bluegrass player", even less than   
   > Chris Thile.  But I've heard him play bluegrass, and I can't imagine   
   > anyone else playing  electric bass better.   
   >   
      
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