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re: Oh poor thing - Beyonce 'did not feel welcomed' in country music
Posted on 3/21/24 at 3:57 pm to gumbo2176
Posted on 3/21/24 at 3:57 pm to gumbo2176
I’m going assume downvotes here but…
I think a lot of y’all are off on using Charlie Pride as an example against Beyoncé. Both Charlie Pride and Freddy Fender were minorities who made inroads into country music, but they didn’t blaze any sort of trail for more minority singers after them. They were outliers.
I’m not agreeing with her that somewhere there is some conspiracy to excluded black people from country music. I think that Darius Rucker is a much better example though.
I think a lot of y’all are off on using Charlie Pride as an example against Beyoncé. Both Charlie Pride and Freddy Fender were minorities who made inroads into country music, but they didn’t blaze any sort of trail for more minority singers after them. They were outliers.
I’m not agreeing with her that somewhere there is some conspiracy to excluded black people from country music. I think that Darius Rucker is a much better example though.
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Posted on 3/21/24 at 4:31 pm to alajones
Everybody liked them both, but no one else (minority-wise) really tried to follow them. There wasn't a concerted effort to exclude anyone, at least to my knowledge.
Country wasn't considered a cool format back then.
( I was a radio DJ in late 70s-early 80s)
Country wasn't considered a cool format back then.
( I was a radio DJ in late 70s-early 80s)
Posted on 3/21/24 at 4:35 pm to alajones
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I think a lot of y’all are off on using Charlie Pride as an example against Beyoncé. Both Charlie Pride and Freddy Fender were minorities who made inroads into country music, but they didn’t blaze any sort of trail for more minority singers after them. They were outliers.
I’m not agreeing with her that somewhere there is some conspiracy to excluded black people from country music. I think that Darius Rucker is a much better example though.
I don't understand this loud group of people who need there to be more minorities in country music, country is consumed mostly by white Americans.
There just aren't going to be a lot of minorities who grown up listening to country organically and thus gravitate toward becoming a country artist. Many of the ones we do see, are trying to crossover from another genre which is always tough, regardless of color.
As an aside, it's interesting that so many whites do consume hip hop yet whites are barely represented within the genre as artists.
Posted on 3/21/24 at 5:56 pm to alajones
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I think a lot of y’all are off on using Charlie Pride as an example against Beyoncé. Both Charlie Pride and Freddy Fender were minorities who made inroads into country music, but they didn’t blaze any sort of trail for more minority singers after them. They were outliers.
Guess you don't realize the climate of the times when Charlie Pride and Freddy Fender were making inroads in country music. There was so much racial tension back then---WAY more than there is now even though so many blacks will want you to think otherwise.
It was a hell of a lot harder for them to do what they did under the societal situations they faced. Hell, there were times Charlie Pride couldn't even get hotel rooms with the crew he was traveling with when on tour due to being black.
It took Faron Young on several occasions to threaten some businesses to get them to comply and he became one of Charlie Pride's best friends.
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