[78-L] Escott, was Arnold Covey

[Erwin Kluwer]

cause it drags and doesn't rock....

Even Bill Monroe in 1946 or Flatf & Scruggs in 1948/9 had way more forward
momentum, looseness and excitement (a few of the nescessary ingredients of
true rock ' roll)  then this heavy, dull stuff.

On Friday, March 7, 2014, Joe Scott <joenscott at mail.com> wrote:

> Let's take "Rock The Joint" by Jimmy Preston. In your opinion why is it
> not true rock and roll?
>
> Joseph Scott
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Erwin Kluwer
> Sent: 03/06/14 01:20 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Escott, was Arnold Covey
>
> What a nonsense to indentify some jump blues records as true Rock ' n Roll
> and dismiss Sun records seminal place in creating the genre ... Talking
> about ignorance!!!! On Thursday, March 6, 2014, Joe Scott <
> joenscott at mail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > 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 own
>  ed 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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