Who's Priority?

It is amazing the way we treat each other at times. From a moral standard you would sometimes assume that humans would be a little more sensitive in regards to certain people. For example, the aged, crippled, deformed or sick.The government do make an effort at times to create certain priorities but maybe these are not sufficient.Many private companies also create special services and facilities for people like these.
I am annoyed about this trend I have been seeing on the Marta public transport system. I am very aware that there are priority seating for these people on the buses and the trains, however, they at times do not enjoy the liberty of using these. The reason for this mainly is that other able bodied persons have deprived them the chance! Why?
I understand at times that we all can be tired while traveling these systems but at least when there a need for the use of the priority seatings for the intended purpose, please give them up. On Friday, I saw an old, shaky lady entered the Marta train with few bags and hardly walking. She looked around and all the priority seats were taken. Of course these were occupied by some strong, able-bodied folks, who sat there looking as if they had no clue they ought to offer the old lady the seat which was meant for her! I was so ashamed. I myself was standing so I could not offer her a seat.
After about ten minutes of ride, a young lady got up from one of the regular seats further away from the old lady and offered her the seat. She accepted and sat with such a deep sigh I could actually feel her pain.Sometimes I wonder if this is the way some of us treat our own family members who are ill, aged or handicapped. It is sad. We ought to really think about this and try to make a change.

Cedell Davis-Inspirational Musician

Born June 9,1927 in Helena, Arkansas, USA. I considered this artist as inspirational as he beats the odds in many ways.

Cedell Davis suffered from a series of accidents and injuries but remained dedicated to his music. He was infected by typhoid, then polio at an early age of about 9 years old. Due to polio, he lost most of the use of his right hand. In spite of all his devastating dilemmas, he still played his guitar and did his 'blues' music. He changed how he once played to incorporating a butter-knife technique. ( Done because of his illnesses suffered.)

After his previous traumas suffered (mentioned earlier), he was trampled in a bar brawl and crippled which caused him to be confined to a wheelchair. Yet, he pursued and enjoyed his 'blues' just th esame.

I listened to some of his music and enjoyed them so far. The album I found was titled: The Horror of It All. The songs I listened to were : If You Like Fat Women, Worried Life, Cold Chills, The Horror, and Mistreating Me. These titles seem suggestive to me. From these songs I depicted he was singing about pain, love, romance, stories of his situation with women, and relationships. The guitar as played by Cedell sometimes mad some unbelievable sounds which were also pleasing. I enjoyed th esounds effects he mad with his mouth. You may use this link to listen to truncated pieces of his lyrics:
http://www.emusic.com/album/10596/10596881.html

His music does not readily make sense, you have to listen to it repeatedly. In order for listeners to understand his music, they must be attentive. Davis has logic and consistency in his music. Sometimes he goes deep down in his guts to bring out his songs; this sometimes made it humourous. His music reflects the hard times he experienced as a black poor man in the deep South of Mississippi. His muci also had happiness in some of his lyrics but they depicted many emotions overall. His music also has many electrifying tunes and lyrics. They also have roots and cause you to want to listen. I nebver used to listen to these types of music but after viewing this documentary about these country bluesmen, I got really interested. I was also really scared of some of the sounds of the guitar in his music , but after listening few times, I appreciated the sounds. I would recommend his albums to my friends.

You See Me Laughin'...

I really like this film so far.' You See Me Lauhin' is a full length documentary about four great Mississippi Bluesmen and the Oxford MS based label Fat Possum Records.Some great icons in this film were R.L Burnside, David Kimbrough and Asie Payton. The setting of this documentary depicted poverty as the interviews and stories were told in some poor like looking settings.This film presented music as an art form and showed how much music has changed over the years. It was interesting how this film also depicted the exploitation of musicians by record companies.

This documentary was interesting as it captured the soul of some real African American Bluesmen musicians. The film showed how these old time musicians set a trend with their music for present day music. This is great as it helps us in a sense to understand the roots behind some of our present day music. The better part though, is that back then these musicians had more emotions in their music and did it for the true love of it. Nowadays, it appears as if musicians are getting involved with music for the monetary aspect of it.

This documentary was also very hilarious even though it had interesting interviews which at times retold some disturbing stories. For example, Burnside retold his story of his occasion of killing a man and then spending six months in prison for it. T-Model Ford spoke about his abusive punishment he received once from his father which damaged him really seriously. This film was an intense film which grabbed my attention as I was really interested in their stories. The great part about all of this is that the stories are real.

I also noticed throughout the film that most of the 'stars' as well as other characters had missing teeth and poor living conditions. In spite of these conditions, they were having fun and loving the music. Also, few of these bluesmen spoke openly about their promiscuous behaviour back then!

I would surely recommend my friends and modern day musicians to watch this film. I do not have much to say about the Fat Possum Records Label because I thought what they did to these guys was awful and inconsiderate.( As you can tell from the image presented above). Some parts of this film was a little sad but it was worth watching.