Who invented Rock and Roll?

Griff • Oct 30, 2019 7:14 am
I know, I know evolutionary process...

But if you had to point at one band or performer who would it be?
zippyt • Oct 30, 2019 7:22 am
rocket 88 Ike( that low life tina beaten Scum Byotch ) Turner
Griff • Oct 30, 2019 7:26 am
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Griff • Oct 30, 2019 7:28 am
zippyt;1040563 wrote:
rocket 88 Ike( that low life tina beaten Scum Byotch ) Turner


That tune is clearly rock and roll. For an asshole Ike rocked.
lumberjim • Oct 30, 2019 11:12 am
The big 3 were Elvis, Chuck and Little Richard, i guess.


Chuck brought the guitar forward, though, and to me... THAT's rock-n-roll.



So... it was actually Marty McFly
Dude111 • Oct 30, 2019 11:29 am
I would say Fats Domino.. I had an album from him from the 50s but it was not the original MONO record,it was "RECORDED IN STEREOPHONIC SOUND" and it sounded horrible.. I got rid of it........

If a record is mono,LEAVE IT MONO!!!!!!!!!

If I can find it again IN MONO like it was recorded,I may get it again.... Most all Fats albums are highly priced!! ($30 or more)

The One I had was called "This is fats domino" with a red cover......

discogs.com/release/2755047
Undertoad • Oct 30, 2019 1:05 pm
The fact that this is not obvious is the really interesting part.
fargon • Oct 30, 2019 1:19 pm
lumberjim;1040570 wrote:
The big 3 were Elvis, Chuck and Little Richard, i guess.


Chuck brought the guitar forward, though, and to me... THAT's rock-n-roll.



So... it was actually Marty McFly


Like LJ said it was Marty McFly that invented Rock n Roll.
Flint • Oct 30, 2019 1:41 pm
This almost always comes down to the guitar, or the drums.

I'm not a guitar player, so I don't know what the "qualifiers" are, in sound or technique. What are they?

For drums, I would say it's 1) straight--not swung--8th notes, and 2) heavily accented snare on the 2 and 4.

...

I think it would be BOTH of these. If you're playing "rock guitar" over a shuffle, that's blues. If you're playing a backbeat to a big band, that's jazz.
Dude111 • Oct 30, 2019 2:58 pm
Undertoad wrote:
The fact that this is not obvious is the really interesting part.
Well on mine it was buddy,it said "RECORDED IN STEREOPHONIC SOUND" on the cover.....


The original release of that is mono......
Griff • Oct 30, 2019 4:59 pm
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Give this a few minutes.
fargon • Oct 30, 2019 6:20 pm
i wan't to change my vote.
Griff • Oct 30, 2019 6:48 pm
Pretty sure there are no wrong answers.
fargon • Oct 30, 2019 9:26 pm
You're prolly rite.
Clodfobble • Oct 30, 2019 11:14 pm
I don't have a vote, I'd just like to remind everyone of the fun fact that "rock'n'roll" was originally slang for fucking. It would be like if an entire genre of music were called "horizontal mambo."

"Oh man, I saw an awesome horizontal mambo show this weekend."
Gravdigr • Oct 30, 2019 11:17 pm
zippyt;1040563 wrote:
rocket 88 Ike( that low life tina beaten Scum Byotch ) Turner


Clodfobble;1040597 wrote:
I don't have a vote, I'd just like to remind everyone of the fun fact that "rock'n'roll" was originally slang for fucking. It would be like if an entire genre of music were called "horizontal mambo."

"Oh man, I saw an awesome horizontal mambo show this weekend."


Both of them are correct, y'know. On all counts.
lumberjim • Oct 31, 2019 12:41 am
Griff;1040585 wrote:
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Give this a few minutes.
Amanda and I watched the whole thing. Never heard of her before.. Thanks for this. Amanda had seen the train station clip, but no context. Amazing that I didn't know her name. January 11th is her day. And she's buried in Philly. What?
Griff • Oct 31, 2019 7:16 am
She's probably Rock and Rolls mother. There's a story that Richard Penniman was outside one of her shows singing back in his gospel days. She brought him in exposing him to her high energy show and eventually we get Little Richard.

It makes me wonder about all the players around the country who never made a disc but for sure made music.
sexobon • Oct 31, 2019 6:34 pm
I dunno. Little Richard was born in December 1932 and was only 15 years old on March 31, 1948 when, rumor has it, a baby was born that came out of the birth canal crying Wop bop a loo bop a lop bom bom!

Al Gore.
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 31, 2019 9:14 pm
Alan freed.

I saw a shown last week ago called the Million Dollar Quartet, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis. The set was Sun Studio with Sam Phillips MC-ing and he said he invented Rock and Roll. Since he recorded Rocket 88 at Sun I guess it’s not that outlandish a claim.
zippyt • Oct 31, 2019 9:38 pm
See Bruce agrees !!!
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 31, 2019 9:43 pm
Griff;1040604 wrote:

It makes me wonder about all the players around the country who never made a disc but for sure made music.


The lights are on in the garage...
lumberjim • Oct 31, 2019 9:52 pm
xoxoxoBruce;1040619 wrote:
Alan freed.



I saw a shown last week ago called the Million Dollar Quartet, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis. The set was Sun Studio with Sam Phillips MC-ing and he said he invented Rock and Roll. Since he recorded Rocket 88 at Sun I guess it’s not that outlandish a claim.
We saw that on the cruise we went on. And watched the show, Sun Records on CMT?

Good show. Sam definititely had a hand in it.
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 31, 2019 9:56 pm
I saw it at the Welk Theater in Branson MO, they looked pretty close at a distance but the sound was right on the money.
Luce • Nov 11, 2019 11:54 am
Big Bill Broonzy and Memphis Lil.
Griff • Nov 11, 2019 5:19 pm
Nice!
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