I forgot this earlier....

Vinnie James - Myspace

Vinnie has been doing a lot of work with folk musicians in Scotland these past few years...and if you listen to 'County Line' you can hear some of those musicians in the intro....He's a really lovely man, so sweet and honest. Some won't like his page, because he's good looking, because he's a singer songwriter, but Vinnie has the most amazing social conscience....and he was bowled over when the people of Scotland surrounded him at a gig, when he had to face "Get off the stage you damn Nigger!" taunts from someone....

Vinnie's audience made sure the guy was surrounded and he spent the night in prison for that remark. He was astounded, literally astounded, as he told me that in the US, that remark would have gone by unnoticed.

I think his blog about the 'nigger' word is still on his page there...It has become a weird word, one that is used as 'brother' by Black Americans, and one that still carries its original abuse by some white people.

And no, I do NOT think that John Mayer used it to abuse.


For anyone new to this thread, John's apology on Youtube is further up this list of messages.