Ultimately, the appeal of the musical ideas won out, but both men agree that the larger message is not only inescapable but appropriate. Byrd is cautiously optimistic. There's also the need to recognize that social issues in this country have been dealt with in the music business before they are dealt with on a mass social and political level. Maybe we can be a harbinger of a summit a real summit of Black and Jewish communities. And the dialogue between the two men continues to grow.
Dialogue is like that.
We are deliberately bringing in this other agenda going on with the music. It's not always going to be agreement. I caught Warren Byrd and David Chevan live at Makor on Thursday, February 8 and they blew the roof off the joint, despite some very noisy people in the club. They will be back in New York City in April. In the meantime, they're busy in New England the Mid-Atlantic States, so check out Davbid's website.