How race is involved with music.

In the most recent years of music dating from the early 1900's on, mass people have offen associated different styles of music with different races of people. Rock N' Roll and Bluegrass with white Americans. Blues and Hip Hop with African Americans. Metal with Europeans, mainly Sweden, Norway, Germany, and Austria. When you get down to it, there's really nothing different from any particular genre of music. The style is different, but what makes it all the same is the fact that it is all artists that are expressing themselves. There's a saying that's very common amongst Blues musicians. "There ain't no color to the Blues." I think it's safe to say that's the case with all music.

Rock N' Roll has often been described as an American, or British style of music. That's it's nothing but a bunch of white men making noise. But back in the 60's, the world was about to realize that there's always an acception to the rule. One of Rock's greatest legends, Jimi Hendrix, was a black guitarist from Seattle, Washington, that moved to England, and remained there until his tragic death in 1970. When he emerged in the late 60's, people were amazed at how a black man can rock out harder than any current white man that's already in the rock scene. Most people often say that, the only competition for Hendrix, was a young British guitarist by the name of Eric Clapton, who at the time, was playing with the notorious band Cream. Clapton was the only guitarist in history to have his name written on walls all around London, saying "Clapton is God". In all actuality, Hendrix and Clapton were very fond of each other, and were each other's biggest fans.

Blues, is referred to in most cases as "The Devil's Music". This is so because it was derived from Gospel music, but instead of songs of happiness, they were songs of depression, and alcoholism, and adultry, and sinning. It is referred to that also because of the story of how Robert Johnson went down to the crossroads in Mississippi, and supposedly sold his soul to the Devil, to be the best guitarist around. People believed this because of the fact that he wasn't seen for an entire year, and before he disappeared, he wasn't really a good guitarist at all. But there's acceptions to the color factor, which back up the saying "There's no color to the blues". Guitarists such as the late great Stevie Ray Vaughan, was a white guitarist born in Dallas, Texas, who made his mark in Austin, Texas, and reached the housewife contingincy in the 80's. He's believed to be the greatest guitarist of all time. He dedicated his entire life to the Blues.

Eric Clapton was also another guitarist to delve in the blues. Derek Trucks is a slide guitarist from the South, that has a Blues/Rock/Gospel/Middle Eastern style to his playing. He is also a white man. Music is the one thing in the world that does not discriminate against any race, any gender. It is often referred to as the universal language. Music is something that is heard, not seen, therefore anybody can be anybody through music. It eliminates Jazz musicians that can't walk, from being different than Blues musicians that can't see.