MUSIC, MUSICIANS AND
PLACES AROUND THE
EAST.
WNCT'S DOMINIQUE
MOODY TAKES US
THROUGH THE JOURNEY
THROUGH THE EYES OF
LOCAL TRAILBLAZERS
AND THE IMPACT OF A
HISTORIC TRAIL FOR
AFRICAN AMERICAN
FAMILIES, CHURCHES,
AND COMMUNITIES.
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TONIGHT, WE DIVE INTO
THE HISTORY AND HEAR
THE LEGENDARY SOUNDS
AND THEIR INFLUENCE
ON THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN MUSIC TRAILS
OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.
"trying to help people to
remember how the music got
started, there's so much
misinformation on where the
music has come from and
how it has evolved over the
years and we'd like to set the
record straight on this." IT'S
A HISTORY LESSON, THE
GODFATHER OF THE
MUSIC TRAILS TRIALS
KNOWS ALL TOO WELL.
"I didn't have to read this, I
lived this you see.so I have
first-hand knowledge so
while I'm alive, and I can tell
the story.
I tell the story." MUSIC'S
IMPACT IN THE EASTERN
PART OF THE STATE IS
RICH. SO RICH THAT
MUSIC LEGENDS LIKE
BILL MYERS WANTS TO
SHARE WITH THOSE THAT
MAY NOT KNOW. "This is
why this trail has become so
important to us that we
recognize those pioneers.
Those people that played in
the chitlin' circuit and made
the 30 cents and had to walk
in those kind of things like
that.
That did not get the
recognition or the fame that
these people like Pat Boone
and Elvis got." WHILE FAME
MAY BE IMPORTANT FOR
OTHERS, IT'S THE
SACRIFICES MYERS AND
COUNTLESS OTHER
UNSUNG HEROS HAVE
MADE TO LAY DOWN THE
FOUNDATION FOR THE
FUTURE.
"I want people to know the
importance of those people
that played in those joints
before we did.when I
couldn't even go into the
hotel." MYERS BEGAN HIS
JOURNEY OF INFORMING
THE YOUTH, DURING HIS
TIME AS A SCHOOL
TEACHER, AND PRINCIPAL
IN WILSON.
AND EVEN AT 85.
..HE STILL HASN'T
STOPPED STICKING TO
HIS FIRST LOVE. "Music
is my life and you know. I'd
be really lost without it."
BUTTED TO "I intend to do
music as long as I have
some breath.
.my breath is getting
shorter as you hear but as
long as I can huff and puff
and play.that's what I
intend to do." BUT, MYERS
ISN'T THE ONLY ONE TO
RECOGNIZE THE
INFLUENCE OF THE
HISTORICAL TRAILS IN
THE EAST.
"It is something that
something that chronicle
chronologies what we have
done and African American
contributions to the music
industry but culture in
general, the arts." CARROLL
DASHIELL IS A MUSIC
PROFESSOR AT EAST
CAROLINA UNIVERSITY.
AS A PROFESSOR OF
HISTORY, DASHIELL
KNOWS THE POWER THAT
MUSIC CAN HAVE ON THE
NEXT GENERATION
.BASED ON HIS
EXPERIENCES.
"My music, meaning the
music that I play.it's
afforded me so many
opportunities, to travel the
world many times to
interchange musical ideas
with so many wonderful
musicians.professional
musicians, celebrities and
also my wonderful students
too." BUTTED TO "it is our
heritage." ONE OF THOSE
CITIES THAT'S REAPED
THE BENEFITS.IS
KINSTON.
AND EVEN WITH THE
PARK, THE INFLUENCE
STILL WEIGHS HEAVY.
FOR THE ARTIST OF
TODAY..INCLUDING
RECORDING ARTIST,
LESETTE KORNEGAY.
"If you walk, or get the
chance to walk through city,
walk through the park, you
will see different panels of
people that have made a
mark in history and they
either were from this city or
either from the local nearby
areas." NEARBY AREAS
LIKE WILSON AND
KINSTON WHERE BOTH
DASHIEELLE AND MYERS
HAVE SIMILAR
PHILOSPHIES.
SIDE TO SIDE "If we don't
have the earlier than we
don't have today." -
CARROLL DASHIEELE "If
you don't know where you've
been, you don't know where
you're going." - BILL MYERS
AND FOR THE
GODFATHER OF THE
TRAILS.
. THAT'S ALL THAT
MATTERS.
"we need to be proud of
it.that's my story and I'm
sticking to it.
." EACH SUMMER,
DIFFERENT NORTH
CAROLINA BANDS FILL
THE KINSTON PARK TO
BRING THE SOUNDS
FROM THE 60'S, AND 70'S
WHILE PROVIDING A
HISTORY LESSON TO THE
YOUTH.
FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN
MUSIC TRAILS HEAD
OVER TO WNCT DOT
COM.
DOMINIQUE MOODY,
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