I'm willing to listening to Tom Waits and the Beastie Boys with my husband, or The Wiggles and Raffi with Jem. But that's not really my kind of music... (I'll go into what my kind of music is another day.)In our house the one kind of music that we can all agree on is the blues. (Even Jemma. She especially likes Bo Diddley.) It makes us... happy. Which is a funny thing to say, since the blues are mostly, well - blue.
A friend of ours, Charles Montague, founded an organization, SOOTS (Sustaining Roots Music) to foster an appreciation for traditional Southern music. And, while we don't live near enough to go to the functions he's organized in the past, we were able to see one of the artists associated with SOOTS - John Dee Holeman - in an outdoor concert here in New York last year.
I don't recall the exact circumstances, but there was some confusion figuring out where we were going, and we were running a bit late. By the time we got there everyone was cranky - At least the grownups were. Scott and I weren't speaking, but Jemma was oblivious to our sulking, having made a new friend who had balloons.
Then we started listening. And the atmosphere changed... Completely. I simply forgot about whatever bee was in my bonnet (or was able to recognize its insignificance.) Apparently Scott did too... Because as evening settled in and the musicians played, he took my hand. And we ended up having one of the best times I can remember.
Charles is raising money for this year's concert. You can vote for Pepsi to donate $5,00
0 to his project by going to:http://www.refresheverything.com/soots
Here's a video of him with one of the musicians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8fXmHRB
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ReplyDelete1. Go to http://www.refresheverything.com/
2. At the bottom of the page click on "Join Refresh Everything"
3. Follow the directions for "Sign Up" (beware not to ask to be contacted about Pepsi Offers)
4. Then you should be able to "Sign In" everyday (by clicking on the words at the bottom left of the Pepsi Refresh Project Hompage)
5.When you sign in - type "soots" in the search box at the top right of the page.
6. Click on the "Support Sustaining Roots Music's Concert for Elderly Blues Musicians" to view info on the project.
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