[78-L] Escott, was Arnold Covey - here's Jimmy Liggins to testify

[eugene hayhoe]

Ike ain't here to answer charges, LOL...

78 RPM: Jimmy Liggins & his Drops Of Joy - Cadillac Boogie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1QJQ-AO8mo&feature=kp



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On Thu, 3/6/14, Joe Scott <joenscott at mail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [78-L] Escott, was Arnold Covey
 To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
 Date: Thursday, March 6, 2014, 2:00 PM
 
 I wish Escott were enough of an
 expert on early rock and roll and/or forthright enough that
 the existence of 1949 recordings such as "Rock The Joint"*
 by Jimmy Preston, "Hole In The Wall" by Albennie Jones,
 "Rock That Boogie" by Jimmy Smith, and "Boogie At Midnight"
 by Roy Brown, which all sound similar to each other because
 they were all part of a new fad sound, before Sun existed, a
 sound that Billboard was calling "rockers" before Sun
 existed, would prevent him from coauthoring a book called
 _Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records And The Birth Of Rock 'N'
 Roll_. The idea that Sun Records had something to do with
 the birth of rock and roll sells great and is completely
 false.
 
 Joseph Scott
 
 *The first record Escott ever owned was the London LP _Rock
 The Joint_ by Bill Haley.
 ----- Original Message -----
 From: warren moorman
 Sent: 03/06/14 09:50 AM
 To: 78-L Mail List
 Subject: Re: [78-L] Lester Young - or Arnold Corey?
 
 [...] Colin Escott, who's authoritative knowledge of country
 and early rock&roll is unquestionable, was associated
 with the most incredible liner note howler I've ever known,
 not once but twice. In his first book on Sun records, he
 printed an extremely unlikely explanation about Eddie Hill's
 record "The Hot Guitar", then many years later, a Mercury
 box set he produced carried a different but equally
 preposterous explanation. Yet he's undoubtedly expert[....]
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