Beyonce vs Country Music: Texas Hold 'Em

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People did “covers” all the time on “Black peoples songs “ and get a “hit “. No royalty or credit to the original owner.

Charley Pride was definitely a Black country music star. He was around for a long time.❤

Ken Burns, a well known documentarian, launched a country music documentary a few years ago that highlighted the black American roots of country music. He discussed in depth on how the early founders of country music were musically mentored by black Americans.

I am 61 years old and rarely buy music anymore, but this banning nonsense is the reason I will buy her new country music! WTH!

Beyonce's from Texas, I'm not surprised she'd want to do country. I went to a Nelly concert at the DE state fair, expecting to hear hip hop songs I prefer. I learned Nelly has a huge country following, which the concert catered to. Many musicians get to the point where they want to play other genres. Music connects people.

I'm not surprised. They don't give black people credit for Rock & Roll either.

RACISM. Who banned Taylor swift’s switch to POP? No one . Who resisted Taylor swift ? No one .

This an example of certain people not giving black people credit for contributions to society...... We were second class citizens so we were never allowed to patent or copyright anything😢

I see you that you know that Beyonce is cajun royalty. She is the 6th great granddaughter of Joseph Broussard, the man who led the Acadians to Louisiana. Beyonce's creole roots stretch way back on her mother’s side of the family. Tina Knowles’ parents were both born in Louisiana. Tina’s mother, Agnez Dereon, was born in New Iberia, Louisiana. and her father, Lumas Beyince, was from Abbeville Louisiana. Both the Dereons and Beyinces were of French Creole heritage with ancestry stretching through African, French, Native American, Spanish and Indian cultures. Her ancestors were wearing cowboy hats, boots, and riding horses before most of the country was a part of the country. :-) BTW, the reaction was the same when Ray Charles came out with a country album. And you should have heard the groans when Elvis starting doing country music.

"African American slaves on southern plantations cultivated their own musical styles, which later evolved into gospel, blues, and what is now known as bluegrass and country music. Slave fiddlers often provided dance music for the southern white gentry, and the sound we recognize today as country fiddling is partially the product of the slave fiddler." Black Americans made country music

Maybe I am wrong, if so, correct me. I thought that "Country" (it used to be called "Country and Western") was a genre of music and identified by the instruments, chords, and rhythms, not by the performer making the music. There are "crossovers" all the time. Obviously, the fans want to hear the music played on the radio. Again, I could be wrong, but it sounds like the radio stations are alienating their listeners.

Thank you for bringing the receipts for what black people have been saying all along. Great episode!

"the influence of black musicians on whites in Appalachia was profound but is now rarely acknowledged. In the early twentieth century, people in the mountains were listening to blues records and to black guitarists such as Blind Lemon Jefferson and Blind Blake, blues singers such as Bessie Smith, and to the jazzy string band music of groups such as the Mississippi Sheiks. The guitar itself was introduced to the region by blacks. It was this interaction between blacks and whites in the unique social, economical, and geographical environment of the Southeast and particularly in Appalachia that led to the development of commercial country music and later bluegrass. Source: Africa, Appalachia, and acculturation: The history of bluegrass music music Charles W. Perryman -Ph.D. dissertation

I am old enough to remember what is now called “Negro Prison Songs or chain gang songs,”the sound of the tools, axes, were the percussion beat. Her 16 chariots reminds me of that format!

I was just recently listening to the song, O'Death, which was featured as part of the soundtrack of the movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and it has always been obvious to me that the song sounded like a Black spiritual or folk song in the way it was sang. Well, once I looked it up, though it's described as an Appalachian folk song, a printed version of it was cited in 1913, in the Journal of American Folklore as being sung by "Eastern North Carolina Negroes" circa 1908. Newsflash, Black people resided in Appalachia also. As I commented to another one your videos, all Black people want is for everyone to be honest, tell the truth, and give credit where it's due. Syncretism happens over time and it's expected, however, everything African Americans have originated and contributed which has been appropriated in some form or fashion becomes effected by a revisionism of history that always attempt to erase us. Anyway, great video with a very knowledgeable guest.

Whitney Houston did Dolly Parton's "and I. Will always love you for the Bodyguard. No one made a big deal of it.

This was very enlightening. I was dumbfounded by the information shared in this video. Just last night I watched a Ted talk with Queen Esther: The true origins of country music. There are those who say 2024 is the year for truthtellers.

I'm not a Beyonce fan. My pop music taste goes back to the Supremes, Stevie wonder, Marvin gaye and so on. But I applaud Beyonce musical adventure. I wasn't aware of the African connection to country music fascinating. Africa seems to have influenced much of the music in the Americas. In Angola Africa dance is called semba. When the Africans arrived in Brazil the pronunciation changed to Samba. The African yambu in Cuba became the rumba. The rumba is today's salsa. Dominican merengue also originally a slave dance. The Mexican song la Bamba is actually a slave wedding folk song. The line in the song de ti sere means I'll be yours. There is no Bamba in Spain. The Bamba comes from the Bamba people of central Africa. So we are connected. Don't get me started with reggae and Calypso.

Thank you Beyonce, Danielle and, Chris for opening my eyes to the connection to the origins of country and bluegrass music. I never thought of the connection between blues and bluegrass. Danielle, your content continues to be amazing and thank you for sharing and persevering through the controversies encountered along the way. ❤