>blues was the only voice we had at the time...

blues
jug band music
country & old-time music
jazz
pop
shit, Paul Robeson was singing opera at the time
minstrelsy, even, was being recorded by black artists and sold to a black audience

>if your expecting them to give you a public enemy rant..
>keep expecting it...

All I asked was: what is 'pro-black' about those songs?

>bottom line is black people didn't own their masters or the
>studios they recorded in and had to code their music...

Okay. So what is the code in those songs? I mean, 'Follow the Drinking Gourd' I get, but not the kind of stuff I've asked about.

and as is clear, I pointed out that there are indeed plenty of uplifting songs within the blues tradition. I don't have a one-dimensional view of the genre or form either way.

> that's one sentence out of all this information..
>and you choose to harp on that?
>What does that say of your agenda?
>Just curious.

I chose to discuss blues because that's the area you addressed in which I'm best versed. I'm not sure what you're trying to imply about my agenda.

Frankly, the conspiracy theory stuff which is the main body of your post doesn't interest me all that much. Of course that doesn't mean there isn't any merit in it.