... We see this when she fights with Bessie smith for her song hound dog and wins. Ironically though segregation was in place many whites g found the jazz clubs seductive. This was the beginning of the white apparition of black music we see in the story. The deacon and indeed Traynor effectively con Gracie out of her song Hound Dog. Trainer copies her black American style of singing; this in time becomes Rock 'n' Roll. Whilst the song is not successful for Gracie yet as a Rock 'n' Roll song with a white male singer it is successful. This Rock 'n' Roll white mans music is ironically dwelled from black music, more specifically from the misery of slavery. Despite this exploitation Traynor does not truly understand the song's meaning. His relationship with Gracie is based on his search for the meaning of the song that made him have such a god ...

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