I agree with you, Michael, that taken from the point of view of other regions, Southern Culture is a hybrid or amalgam. Bluegrass music and Jazz for that matter are good examples of what happens when black blues and gospel sentiment collide with (primarily) white instrumentation. But I still contend that white lower-class cultural and behavioral traditions were very much different at and around the Civil War than those of black slaves, isolated as they were one from another. In many cases the original tenets of those cultural traditions still hold sway, and are sources for ongoing friction.