beyond the obvious religious content, they really are two different things.plus, we now know of the some of the social communication purposes that the spirituals served.I don't think the spirituals had as much of a solid musical structure before the Fisk singers kind of formalized them in the 19th century, either…
_____________________http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/287/6/c/the_wire_lineup__huge_download_by_dennisculver-d30s7vl.jpgThe man who thinks at 50 the same way he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life - Muhammed Ali