I forgot we have another class!

Sorry about that. I knew it was our last Friday, but I forgot that next Wednesday is a Friday as far as classes go.

Rest assured I will have something to do during class. You can write your weekly homework about anything you want.

Since someone asked about why people got angry when he played Soul Music, the answer is that Soul Music took several stylistic features of Gospel Music. Gospel Music was originated in the 1930s by Reverend Thomas Dorsey. Many people felt that Soul Music was sinful because they felt that Gospel Music should be used only in church to praise the Lord, and that using the Gospel "sound" for secular purposes was blasphemous. What they didn't know is that Reverend Dorsey was simply using techniques that he had used in his previous career as a secular musician when he wrote Hokum Blues.

Here's what Wikipedia says about Ray Charles and the origin of Soul Music:

Ray Charles is often cited as inventing the soul genre with his string of hits starting with 1954's "I Got a Woman". Charles was open in acknowledging the influence of Pilgrim Travelers vocalist Jesse Whitaker on his singing style.

Here's a YouTube video about Reverend Thomas Dorsey, "The Father of Gospel Music."