I know. You can’t expect these people to actually know history. For instance I’m a huge fan of classic blues and country as well as early rock and roll. There are endless articles about white musicians who were influenced by black musicians or accusations like with Elvis that he “stole” black music despite the numerous articles where he talks about who influenced him.

But you see very few articles about these early black musicians influenced by white artists. Howlin Wolf for instance was a great blues musician and he named Jimmie Rodgers (father of country music) a major influence and he even tried to do his yodel which turned into his signature howl. Mississippi John Hurt was another blues artist who named him as a major influence. Gallows Pole was a great song by Zeppelin, which was done by Leadbelly but originally comes from a Scottish Ballad.

Anyway all that to say the people writing this article are morons