Hybrid vigour - the new strength that comes from mixing of blood, race, culture and music. It's the reason American music has been so important. Here's a lovely example.
I play the guitar very badly, and rarely, but among other things I like playing Appalachian flat pick tunes. Irish meets the rest of the world in the first mountains the settlers had to cross and where some of them stayed. The first hillbillys.
This isn't Appalachian, but the opening section reminds me of it, because of the strong Irish feel. Then it moves through Ghost Riders country to jazz, rock soloing (it's OK, it's still good) and back again.
Have a listen:
Via.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
An Irish air meets the Ghost Riders
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The boys in the mountains weren't "Irish" - they were that object of Irish race-hatred, Ulster Protestants.
I consider Ulster Protestants to be Irish.
You do, I do, but Irish Nationalists don't. Hey ho.
Mark you, that still leaves the hillbilly music as Scottish in origin.
Which, of course, means it's Irish in origin.
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