True American Music

 

 

Saxophone wails,

washboard scratch,

drums beat percussion.

 

Dobro twang,

bass guitar licks,

harmonicas howl.

 

Juke-joint piano,

spoons click,

fiddles and accordion groove.

 

Soulful hollers evolved into lyrical sound,

Sex, hunger, work, love—

life’s rhythmic celebrations.

 

Three-chord progressions

in endless improvisation.

12-bar blues.

~Linda Joyce