"Wasn't rock called "Bop" back then?"
I don't recall...
I was born in '48 so I reeeeely didn't get into music until the late fifties and rock & roll was well on it's way...
i was born in 1949 and was hooked on music as long as i can recall. early into blues, big band and swing then rockabilly came along and all else paled until the beatles.
then the sonics and syndicate of sound gave me a taste of garage and hendrix was my taste of early heavy guitar psychedalia. been jammin on psych and garage ever since. but the rockabilly sound is as good as it gets. i tell people if they can listen to johnny horton doing hard wood honky tonk floor and not tap your feet, then call in a coroner.
hail hail rock and roll.