The Big Picture by Lennie Peterson for March 25, 2019

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    katina.cooper  over 5 years ago

    The people who listen to their songs don’t know that it is the same guy who was raised in Boston and took voice lessons from an expensive singing teacher that his parents paid for when they paid a university to let him in. What surprises me is that Ginger didn’t swat that clover off that guy’s hat.

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    Indianapolis Smith  over 5 years ago

    Aye, laddie! And what makes ye think me accent be false?

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    Plods with ...™  over 5 years ago

    Hmmmm lessee: peyote, cnáib, and ganja

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    Perkycat  over 5 years ago

    It’s whatever brings in the bucks. You can fool some of the people some of the time, etc. etc.

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    noaishte Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Makes me think of CCR – John Fogarty was from…what? Berkeley California? His Cajun southern accent was all for show. And that’s just off the top of my head. I don’t think it’s limited to the Boston area!

    Of course, that said, I did sing a couple of songs for St. Paddie’s Day, and there was some Gaelic in one of them, so I tried my best to make sure that pronunciation, including the accent, was appropriate, but I like to think that was done more out of trying to honour the songs and my heritage. Oh, and I’m not in a band, I don’t get paid to sing, and it was just in honour of the holiday, not something I do all the time. So I try to limit my hypocrisy, right?

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    Diana Gregory Premium Member over 5 years ago
    And – why would a blues band singer go south. Should be Chicago! </blues snob> Seriously – another reason I like Davy Knowles – sings like an old blues guy – talks like a Manx (which is where he’s from).
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    Naomi Dunbar  over 5 years ago

    I’m fairly certain that’s true for anywhere in the world. I live in Saskatchewan, Canada, and the same thing happens here. The only one who doesn’t to my knowledge is a local blues singer who now lives in Chicago. He’s a total stubble jumper in accent and dress.

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    WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Hey – it’s your strip. Say what you need to get off of your chest! (Try not to get too political…)

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    Mighty Phavahg  over 5 years ago

    R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

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    BlueIris Premium Member over 5 years ago

    What about Rory Block? My husband and I saw her once. She sounded like she was trying to imitate a black man half the time. When she wasn’t doing that, she wasn’t too bad.

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    tomtrow44  over 5 years ago

    It really is a blessing that no singer with a Boston accent has made it big. ‘Park your car,’ in a country Boston Song??

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