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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Wiki:

"Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, from African American musical styles such as gospel, jump blues, jazz, boogie woogie, and rhythm and blues, along with country music."

I've never really put much stock in that sort of conventional wisdom that overstates the black roots of rock'n'roll, and only mentions country as an afterthought.

The mainstream pop rock'n'roll that became a teen-centric phenomenon in the 50s evolved most directly from rockabilly, which was really just up-tempo country with electric guitars.

63 posted on 01/15/2018 4:39:26 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Teardrop Valley-The Lonesome Drifter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EzLcBWbqaY

The Race is On-George Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IKBAyxULAo

Mama Tried-Ben Haggard (covers his dad’s song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T5OnZL2Jxg

High on a Hilltop-Merle Haggard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ8mCO4407I

Let’s Rock Tonight-Jimmy Grubbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tv1sdzygdk

High Class Feeling-Lee Finn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNOzXTfDGp8

Rock It-George “Thumper” Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac1VRXyfTDo

One Hand Loose-Charlie Feathers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLhGR13MRDY


78 posted on 01/15/2018 5:42:12 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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