Sampling from the source
Yesterday’s arrival of Betty Wright the movie, sparked a conversation with Joseph about the upcoming Bobby Womack/Damon Albarn album (which I am very excited about), which prompted a conversation with my wife about how this was a continuation of a trend that has included Will.I.Am and his various collaborations with Sergio Mendez as well the Jack White/Loretta Lynn album Van Lear Rose and dozens more of examples of modern day artists resurrecting the careers of performers whose day in the sun has been over for a while.
My daughter added that it was “like sampling except going back to the source rather than the copy,” which I really liked as an idea and that got me thinking about how there’s something quite profound going on in culture here where artists of one generation don’t reject or revere the last, but instead they collaborate with them and how that’s a win for both generations.
I think there’s lots of ideas here that I might have had time to explore in a lengthy blog post a few years back but which I don’t have the time to do now, so I thought I’d at least try to get it down on paper so to speak because maybe it sparks something for someone else.