Originally Posted by
juicefree20
Honestly, they're too numerous to mention.
From Stax/Volt/Atlantic, there were a lot of hits which employed studio musicians whom were indeed Caucasian. And to be honest, I was shocked when I learned that some 20=something years ago, but it was cool with me.
Now if there was anything that REALLY shocked me, it was the discovery that Rhodes-Chalmes-Rhodes who blessed all of those Al Green hits with their wonderful voices were NOT Black. There are people who believe that I'm putting them on when I tell them that.
Either way, these musicians did what they did, they did it superbly & are a part of most of my fondest memories & I appreciate them for that & I wouldn't care if they were polka-dotted. I'm just glad that they played what they played, sang what they sang & also glad to have read where each & every one of them gave props to the Black music that inspired them.
They didn't try to steal a culture, they paid homage to it & I believe that for that, we're all the better for it.
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