[Dixielandjazz] The British are Coming . . . again.

[Steve barbone]

Uh, oh. The British are coming again. What now, "British Trad R&B"? :-) VBG.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone


British Pilgrims' Grail: Real R&B (Don't Call It Doo-Wop)

NY TIMES - By JOHN STRAUSBAUGH -  May 3, 2006

It can be dizzying to sit in a hotel bar in New Jersey listening to
pinkish-white Yorkshiremen and middle-aged Cockney Londoners discussing the
merits of 60's soul music in minute detail. About 400 British music fans
invaded the Hilton hotel in East Brunswick for Northern Soul Trip USA, a
weeklong pilgrimage to the land of R&B that ends today. Dancing to vintage
singles and swapping bragging rights about their collections of the same,
these fans claim to be "keeping the faith," cherishing and preserving
American music that Americans have forgotten and discarded.

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