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Thread #137871   Message #3154780
Posted By: GUEST,Alan Whittle
15-May-11 - 10:29 PM
Thread Name: Hugh Laurie - Down By The River
Subject: RE: Hugh Laurie - Down By The River
Thought it was a bit rubbish. Alright he likes blues music. he was more convincing as Bertie Wooster.

The point that he misses - its not about whether he's got the right to sing them because he's white middle class. Serious musicians put their life on hold, and get those chops together. And play them different from other folk. Its not something you do in your summer holidays as light relief from being a hollywood megastar.

Dispespectful to Allen Toussaint, I thought. Like getting Picasso to paint the shithouse wall.