[78-L] Rock & Roll rising (was: Escott, was Arnold Covey)

[eugene hayhoe]

I think bassists Ransom Knowling and Big Crawford get way too little credit for their influence in the development of the sound of 'rockabilly.' 

Not that either invented 'slappin' the bass' of course...



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On Fri, 3/7/14, gdkimball at cox.net <gdkimball at cox.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [78-L] Rock & Roll rising (was: Escott, was Arnold Covey)
 To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
 Date: Friday, March 7, 2014, 3:58 PM
 
 ---- Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com>
 wrote: 
 > Could it be possible that the dynamism between city and
 country, black 
 > and white, standard and non-standard, etc., musical
 forms is why Rock & 
 > Roll developed? That's far more likely, in my
 estimation.
 > Malcolm
 > 
 > *******
 
 This.  Most creation stories of musical styles fixate
 on a specific recording or session or artist.  It makes
 for good storytelling but the result is almost always
 wrongheaded.  Musical styles, like all aspects of
 culture, develop out of an accretion of countless human
 interactions, many of which didn't even leave an historical
 record.  We are talking about processes that not only
 involve the artists and the music but the audience as well.
 When Rock and Roll became a defined genre in the minds of
 listeners is just as important as stylistic considerations
 in my book. By the way, I'd be interested in your stylistic
 definition of Rock and Roll, Joe. 
 
 Given that the development of Rock and Roll was obviously a
 process of both music and market, it suprises me that the
 subtitle of Escott's book is so controversial.  "Sun
 Records and the Birth of Rock and Roll."  So
 what?  It's not "Sun Records Created Rock and
 Roll."  Yeah, it's a bit silly given the content of the
 book, which covers a wide range of musical styles and
 artists who recorded at Sun.  But are we really
 suprised that the title of a book might involve a touch of
 marketing hyperbole? 
 
 Gregg
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