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The Gospel Blues Society |
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Welcome to The Gospel Blues Society. We are dedicated to
defining, researching, documenting, and
promoting the musical genre sometimes known as Gospel Blues. We
believe that the musical genre known as the Gospel Blues did not start with the
recordings made in the 1920's, which is what most of the Blues history
books state. There are usually one or two statements that link the Gospel
Blues
to the old Negro Spirituals but no definitive study of the EARLY
days.. We intend to show that the form known as
the Blues came out of the Negro Spirituals of the mid to late 1800's, left
the church, went to the bars, and tried to return to the church in the
20's. This is when Thomas Dorsey found the Lord and brought the Blues, as
it had been performed in the juke joints and barrelhouses since before the
turn of the century, back into the church, where it became known as the "
devil's music". It
was God's music first! Please visit and contribute to our forum. That's where the action will be!!
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