un-grateful acid...
HMISTRY@TrentU.ca
Wed, 14 Jun 1995 23:32:46 -0400 (EDT)
Ok...the comment about the Grateful Dead, being the true inovators of Acid
Jazz was probably meant to stir things up. (comment by some dude named DAN?
on the 14th). However, empty comments, on a list with integrity, just don't
cut it. Unless you want to be perceived as a....well, need not
elaborate...but, back up your statement, so that we don't have the option to
'perceive' at all. My friend Ashwin will agree that SOME of the dead's
stuff was funky, but the DEAD as the true innovators? My friend, with that
comment, you have quite literally erased the whole tradition of gospel,
blues, jazz, soul, funk. Gilles and the bothers in London were spinning
BLACK FUNK, during the whole acid-house thing, becuase they were craving
for some Black soul again, were they not?!? The 'lighter' side of the 'DEAD'
groove may have added to the whole funky aura we're experiencing right now,
but do not ignore the tradition of Black music that the roots of Acid Jazz
most humbly owes its roots to.
Huh--- next thing you know, someone's going to tell me that Elvis was the
Godfather of Soul.....
Peace, and remember: "THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF fUNk..."
Hiren Mistry ('The Brown Hornet')
hmistry@trentu.ca