I was on my way to perform in a play set in racially tense Alabama, in 1935. I was riding with a nemesis in the play and we saw the bumper sticker "No Whites, No Blacks, Just Blues."
Without thought of that an eye opening conversation took place in the ladies dressing room before the play that shed light on the ignorance called racism that still permeates our peaceful society (at least I'm at peace,) and one of the many -isms, that drives politics. We all have something about us against which can be discriminated, so why race - something over which we have no control - still causes contention, I don't know. Of course, it was ALL LOVE amongst us sisters from different misters; we hugged it out til we could have had blisters.
No thought about it again until I was back in my insomniac state and this young gentleman who I saw in concert on TV months back, whose name I'd forgotten, was being repeated tonight: a Blues guitarist. He reminds me of Al Green if Al were a young, Caucasoid Blues guitarist. Johnny Lang has jammed with BB King sang Stevie Wonder better than anyone else I've ever heard do Stevie except for Stevie. He has sung w/Michael McDonald, (yep,) loves James Taylor...well, anyway, my day has come full circle. My day started with disappointment but acceptance, then I experienced harmony, I stood up for peace, played disharmony, felt satisfaction, got high off elation, endured heartache, and ended with NO BLACKS...NO WHITES...JUST BLUES!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZwm8ffjn58
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