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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod
I get the career aspect, but one is shaped in their earlier years. Her former husband helped in getting Radio One started as well.
There's also Bob Gibson from Omaha as well.
Look no one wants to take credit away from a city producing a person, but I think your point is irrelevant in this thread about "Black Meccas." Cathy made her mark in DC and Radio One was founded here for a reason not in Omaha, NE.
I've often wondered why Black folks, who pioneered rock 'n roll, seemed to have abandon the genre. .
They moved on to other things. Its not as if there was a cultural desert after blacks left rock for whites. In fact the 60s and 70s were very dynamic times for black music.
Look no one wants to take credit away from a city producing a person, but I think your point is irrelevant in this thread about "Black Meccas." Cathy made her mark in DC and Radio One was founded here for a reason not in Omaha, NE.
My post wasn't about "giving credit". In that portion of the thread, Omaha and people from there were mentioned. That's all. It really wasn't that serious and it was in context to the post I was responding to. That is why I responded to your first post the way I did and I know a little bit about her story in regards to Radio One and TV One.
It would be like me saying that this guy is from Kinston NC, eventhough a lot of his work was done in Rome NY, if Kinston was mentioned in the thread: John Dove - The Creator of CD Rom Technology
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They moved on to other things. Its not as if there was a cultural desert after blacks left rock for whites. In fact the 60s and 70s were very dynamic times for black music.
That's not a reason though. We didn't abandon jazz, blues, Gospel, hip hop, etc. which we also pioneered, so that begs the question, why rock 'n roll?
That's not a reason though. We didn't abandon jazz, blues, Gospel, hip hop, etc. which we also pioneered, so that begs the question, why rock 'n roll?
The only thing I can think of is that the "roll" was eventually dropped from mainstream rock and roll altogether. Chuck Berry and Bruce Springsteen sound nothing alike. "Rock" was simply a greater departure, imo, from its roots than what we see between present day jazz and its earliest incarnations. What the African American community knew as "rock and roll," I think, ended up being incorporated into subsequent genres such as funk.
The only thing I can think of is that the "roll" was eventually dropped from mainstream rock and roll altogether. Chuck Berry and Bruce Springsteen sound nothing alike. "Rock" was simply a greater departure, imo, from its roots than what we see between present day jazz and its earliest incarnations. What the African American community knew as "rock and roll," I think, ended up being incorporated into subsequent genres such as funk.
And Go-Go.
Good points.
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