[78-L] Escott, was Arnold Covey

[Ron L'Herault]

I wonder too if there are subtleties of rhythm that changed.  Jump bands
still swing from what I hear of them and rock bands tend to my ears to be
more 1-2-3-4 with little to no emphasis on any one particular beat.

Ron L

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On 3/6/2014 9:01 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> It has more to do with the role the guitarist plays, in my opinion, vs.
tenor sax. Just having electric guitar in a group isn't the sole criteria. I
don't think it's possible to define what is rock n roll and what isn't and
have everyone agree. I listened to Rock This Joint by Preston and it still
sounds like R&B/jump to me.
>
> Cary
>
Can't help but agree with this in principal. Blues/R&B/jump had the same
rhythm and chord progressions going way back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZYayVhXVQ
I think it was almost entirely how it was marketed and brought into
prominence. We might easily agree that what we might recognize as rock
probably was being played somewhere before there were mikes around to record
it. And I think also it has to do with when it became acceptable to a larger
white audience through various means, possible taken on as a symbol of
independence to an emerging adolescent culture (read, James Dean). AND when
it supplanted the old dance music (though I remember every guy wanted to
"slow dance" with is favorite chick even in the 60's when I was a lad).

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