[78-L] World's First Rock & Roll Song Identified

[Matthew Duncan]

Agreed - definitely.

The article also stupidly states that Crudup's song was an example of rockabilly 
with blues tinged melody lines issued in 1946 (??!!)

Yes, of course, Rockabilly, that well known 1940s form of African American music 
- NOT!

Total waste of an article that will only confuse people or misinform those who 
wish to learn about the roots of rock n roll.

Hopefully, the article will have some positive impact if readers were to later 
invest time in listening to Crudup and others named on that page as they are 
very fine artists.


Matthew.




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From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Tue, 23 November, 2010 23:06:57
Subject: Re: [78-L] World's First Rock & Roll Song Identified


This guy Burns (who has the misfortune of sharing a surname with another musical 
revisionist) has got the gall to say he has "identified" the first rock 'n' roll 
record as if it were an archeological dig that everyone else missed. Although 
it's plausible to rate Crudup's "That's All Right (Mama)" as a progenitor of 
rock 'n' roll, he lost me when he said that one of the criteria was that the 
song has "the first ever guitar solo break." Without even breathing hard, I'm 
sure most of us could identify dozens, if not hundreds of guitar breaks that 
preceded Crudup's (and he basically only had one at that, which he repeated on 
all of his records). That statement shows Burns' ignorance and points out that 
he's merely out to grab a headline rather than treat musical history with any 
kind of seriousness.

When are these pseudo historians going to realize that there is no such thing as 
THE first rock 'n' roll record? There doesn't have to be one at all. Rock 'n' 
roll, like most other musical genres, was the result of a process that took time 
to develop and change. You can't say that the music wasn't rock 'n' roll one day 
and it was the next. 


The article also spells Sister Rosetta Tharpe's name wrong and says Alan Freed's 
nickname was "the Moondoogie." That should say enough about this quack's 
credibility.

Cary Ginell

> From: saxmania at ripco.com
> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:02:52 -0600
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: [78-L] World's First Rock & Roll Song Identified
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> 
> interesting article
> 
> 
http://news.discovery.com/human/worlds-first-rock-and-roll-song-identified.html
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