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Tom Daniel

Bluegrass and Jazz: What Do They Have in Common?

By Tom Daniel

If you’ve come across some of the other things I’ve written for Abbeville, you might have been exposed to my assertion that almost all of American music is Southern music.  Therefore, an obvious answer to… »

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  • Tom Daniel

Scotch Snaps and Southern Music

By Tom Daniel

I need to tell you one story in order to tell you another. The Czechoslovakian composer Antonin Dvorak moved to the United States in 1892, and immersed himself in American music while composing his New… »

  • Southern Music
  • Tom Daniel

Southern Music is American Music

By Tom Daniel

Why do Southerners continue to fall into that trap where we only talk about the years1861-1865?  There are almost 400 years of Southern culture to talk about, yet we keep limiting ourselves to just four… »

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  • Southern Music
  • Tom Daniel

Muscle Shoals Has Got The Swampers

By Tom Daniel
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  • 2018 Summer School: Southern Identity Through Southern Music
  • Tom Daniel

American Music is Southern Music

By Tom Daniel
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  • 2018 Summer School: Southern Identity Through Southern Music
  • Tom Daniel

Sacred Harp Singing

By Tom Daniel

If I was forced to give an example of at least one good thing we got out of the Puritans, I would quickly point to Sacred Harp singing.  Sacred Harp is a traditional, primitive method… »

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  • Tom Daniel

The Louisiana “Hippeaux”

By Tom Daniel

In America, there are a lot of places you can go that will make you feel like you’re in a foreign country.  Certain areas of Miami, Phoenix, or San Francisco immediately come to mind, and… »

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  • Tom Daniel

American Music Is Southern Music

By Tom Daniel

“American Idol,” a reality-based music singing competition on the Fox Network, has come to an end, and Yankees everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief, as their long, national nightmare is finally over.  Yankees haven’t… »

  • Southern Music
  • Tom Daniel

The Tuskegee Confederate Memorial

By Tom Daniel

For anyone with a casual knowledge about Alabama’s juicy and active history, the words “Tuskegee” and “Confederate” seem to be an odd match. Tuskegee, Alabama is the site of Booker T. Washington’s visionary Tuskegee Institute,… »

  • Confederate Monuments
  • Political Correctness
  • Tom Daniel

What’s Holding Alabama Back?

By Tom Daniel

As I watched my local Montgomery, Alabama news station this morning, I saw that question pop up on the screen. What’s holding Alabama back? Wait, what? What do you mean by “holding back?” In the… »

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