[lbo-talk] Jobs in religion, was Marxism and Religion

[Miles Jackson]

Dennis Claxton wrote:
>>  and there would have been no R & B, no rock and roll without
>> the music of the black protestant churches in the U.S.
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>> Joanna
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> I don't know about that, but we can't prove it either way.  Without 
> the gospel it would have been Saturday night without Sunday 
> morning.  There's strength in the tension, but it's not a sine qua non.   
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No, I think J. is pointing out that music in black protestant churches 
is the musical precursor of R & B.  Lots of flatted sevenths and flatted 
thirds, IV-I (plagial) cadences.  I agree: without that culture of black 
gospel music, there's no R & B (or soul or funk or rock!).

Miles