Re: [Harp-L] what is ODBG ? (was creativity)

["Tom Muck" <tmuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

But correct in that it is very offensive, just as you wouldn't refer to your 
family members as "old dead relatives". The thread was about creativity and 
personal expression, and if you reduce human beings to a trite expression, 
you reduce their value as creative individuals.

Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <IcemanLE@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] what is ODBG ? (was creativity)


> In a message dated 5/12/2007 5:23:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> buzzo@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> It's  sort of an offensive reference to Old Dead Black Guys, a term I
> would not  use.
> buzz...........
>
>
> Close, but definitely no cigar.
>
> It means "Old Dead Blues Guys" and refers to Sunny Boy I and II, Little
> Walter, Muddy Waters, etc.
>
> The Iceman
>
>
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