"Southern music is a direct backdoor entrance to raw, authentic Southern culture without having to go through any filtered Yankee nonsense."
But what if it is played by Yankee musicians? How is that conveyed to the audience.
Was thinking of how many musicians are "progressive" or supporters of the modern Democratic party. Is this tied to the heavy emotionalism of their music? How do musicians who play more "ordered" music (as delineated by traditionalists) compare regarding their political beliefs and party affiliations? Are Southern folk musicians free from sin and vice? (Womanizing and adultery, and so on?) Is the disorder reflective less of the music than with the lifestyle, which may seem irregular to an outsider?
I believe that the most significant difference between the South and the rest of the country is that in the South, although groups of people may not get along with each other and may clash and have their differences, frequently the people within the groups get along fine. They know each other, they work together, go to church together, and they’re neighbors. They have built relationships with each other, and they see eye-to-eye on a lot of face-to-face issues, and they are rightfully happy with that arrangement. However, outside the South, that situation is exactly reversed. Although groups of people may be technically cooperative, the individuals within the groups don’t have anything to do with each other. I like our way better.
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