Question: What was the race of the man whose "St. Louis Blues."  were depicted in Blue Rhythm?

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Dan McLaughlin: Daniel "Dan" McLaughlin is a professional sports broadcaster who currently works on both St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues telecasts on the cable television channel Fox Sports Midwest.  He was born March 18, 1974 in St. Louis.  He used to be a play-by-play announcer for the "NFL on Fox" in 2006 with some involving the St. Louis Rams as he called the St. Louis Rams-Minnesota Vikings game with Tony Boselli.

1993–94 St. Louis Blues season: The 1993–94 St. Louis Blues season was the 27th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri, and the final season for the Blues at the St. Louis Arena.  The Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 40 wins, 33 losses and 11 ties, good for 91 points, and a trip to the NHL Playoffs, where they were swept by the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Quarter-finals.  For the second consecutive year, the Blues had two 50-goal scorers (Brett Hull and Brendan Shanahan).

Blue Rhythm: Blue Rhythm is a 1931 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Columbia Pictures.  The cartoon stars Mickey Mouse and depicts a multifaceted performance of W. C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues."  It was directed by Burt Gillett and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey and Marcellite Garner as Minnie Mouse.

1969–70 St. Louis Blues season: The 1969–70 St. Louis Blues season involved finishing in first place in the West Division for the second consecutive season.  The Blues were the only team in the West Division with a winning record, as they finished 22 points ahead of the second-placed Pittsburgh Penguins.  The Blues matched their previous season's total of 37 wins, but finished with 86 points, two points shy of the previous season's points total.  NHL legend Camille Henry played his final game with the St. Louis Blues.  Henry got 3 points in 4 games.

St. Louis blues (music): St. Louis blues is a type of blues music.  It is usually more piano-based than other forms of the blues and is closely related to jump blues, ragtime and piano blues.  It is sometimes performed to a "Saint Louis shuffle" beat: a drum rhythm with heavy on-the-beat accents.  A band performing St. Louis blues typically consists of one or a few singers, a pianist and a few other musical instruments (used primarily for rhythm), but it is also common for a guitarist to take the lead, even to play parts normally played on piano.

Blue on Blue (Bobby Vinton album): Blue on Blue is Bobby Vinton's sixth studio album, released in 1963.  Cover versions include the jazz songs "St. Louis Blues" and "Blueberry Hill", "Am I Blue", "Blue, Blue Day", the Fleetwoods' hit "Mr. Blue", "My Blue Heaven", three show tunes ("Blue Skies", "Blue Hawaii" and "Blue Moon"), and The Clovers Rhythm and blues hit, "Blue Velvet".

W. C. Handy: William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was an African American composer and musician, known as the "Father of the Blues".

St. Louis Blues: The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team in St. Louis, Missouri.  They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).  The Blues play their home games at the 19,150-seat Scottrade Center in downtown St. Louis.  Scottrade Center is the second home arena of the Blues, with the team first playing at St. Louis Arena from 1967 to 1994.

Rick Meagher: Richard Joseph Meagher (born November 2, 1953) is a former Canadian ice hockey player.  Meagher played almost 700 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Hartford Whalers, New Jersey Devils and St. Louis Blues.  He won the Selke Trophy in 1990 with the Blues.  s of 2010 he is a scout for the St. Louis Blues.

Kansas City Blues (ice hockey): The Kansas City Blues were a minor-league hockey team based in Kansas City, Missouri that played in the Central Hockey League from 1967 to 1972, and again in the 1976-77 season, mainly as an affiliate of the in-state St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League.  The 1967 Blues were owned by Missouri Lieutenant Governor (1968-1972) William S. (Bill) Morris, and represented the return of hockey to Kansas City for the first time in over 30 years.  Morris was determined to bring an NHL team to Kansas City and tried to lay the groundwork by convincing his friend Sid Soloman, owner of the St. Louis Blues, to create a farm team in Kansas City.  The Blues made history on February 21, 1971, when Blues goalie Michel Plasse became the first goaltender to score a goal in a professional hockey game, scoring against the Oklahoma City Blazers.  This goal was unfortunately witnessed by few as a snow storm was moving through the Kansas City area causing even the team's owner to leave the arena early.

Supporting paragraphs: Blue Rhythm W. C. Handy
Answer: African American