Gospel Gold - 'The Songs Of Zion'

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The story of black music is also the tale of the enduring social struggles of American

history. Blues and gospel, the secular and sacred songs of everyday black folk, are both

bound up in sorrow, loss, despair, hope, redemption, resilience and dreams. While

remaining recognizable over many decades, the spirit and musical forms of these styles

have influenced much of the American music that has followed. The “blue notes” that are

characteristic of the form became prominent in country music, rock and roll and jazz. The

simple 12 bar A A B form of blues became the template for the first rock and roll songs,

from “Good Rockin’ Tonight” to “Rocket 88" to “Hound Dog” to “Johnny B Goode.”

And the world wide interest in American blues inspired such musicians as the Beatles, the

Rolling Stones and others abroad to not only take up their own instruments, but to reinfluence American popular music, borrowing the beat, the form and the sound of the

blues and infusing them with new sensibilities.