[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 1, Issue 457

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In a message dated 1/22/2003 8:20:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com writes:

> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Country &Western to Dixieland?
> 

Dan Spink Attempts To Clarify The Original Thought:

Jim (and listmates):

I have no doubt that you can take any C&W song and make it sound Dixie and 
good. I'm sure you do the same with any kind of music, actually, including 
rock and classical. But that wasn't my original point so maybe I didn't quite 
get my own idea across. I was talking from the chords and melody thread. And 
I think it was Steve, agreed with me that the typical "structure" of C&W was 
different from trad jazz--the chords and songs etc. The word I used was 
"context." The Hank Williams song, Cheatin Heart, is almost a template for 
early C&W songs. When you talk C&W the people who listen to it EXPECT that 
template to be played out. Truth be known, I would prefer to hear Jim's Dixie 
version of it any time.

Dan (piano fingers) Spink  
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