BAO (tunde@arches.uga.edu)
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:19:28 -0500 (EST)
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> Also, the appeal of a musician like Fela among the general public is not the
> way to measure that artists influence on Western music. Take a look at how
> frequently that artist's music appears in the collections of other musicians.
> Thats when the movement of musical styles, rhythms, etc becomes more apparent.
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> Listen to Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) and then listen to Nusrat Ali Fateh Khan...
> Vedder doesn't just say he's a fan.... you can hear Nusrat's style being
> modeled in Veddder's voice.
This is what I was saying. The question asked about influence on western
music, not whether their are cool african musicians.
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