LA
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Just some thoughts:
I'm glad I was around for the birth of rock-n'-roll.
Supposedly the first rock-n'-roll song recorded was a little ditty done by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats called "Rocket 88." I am sure one can get debate on that matter. Ike Turner (Ike and Tina)
played the lead guitar on that song.
There has been and still is today a lot of stuff folks put out there that they want to call rock-n'-roll. Personally I don't think much of what has come out since about the time Elvis passed away.
Exception, Bob Seeger. Fabrication is what it is...
Give me the real thing....like the song says...
THE REAL THING I was on a bus comin' back to us from Atlanta in '53 And I picked up a Rhythm & Blues magazine Layin' underneath my seat And I found out the stuff they'd been playin' us Wasn't made from grits and bone ]And it would take more than the Crew Cuts And Pat Boone to take me home I want the real thing/ Work with me Annie Or the songs they's sing/ Annie had a baby I don't want you under my roof with your 86 proof Watered down "till it tastes like tea You're gonna pull my string Make it the real thing I remember old Elvis when he forgot To remember to forget And when young Johnny Cash hadn't see this side of Big River yet And old Luther and Lewis and Perkins was pickin' And playin' them songs for me I want the real thing/ Give me the real thing Make it loud I'll make you proud Or the song they'd sing I don't want you under my roof with your 86 proof Watered down 'till it tastes like tea You're gonna pull my string/ Make it the real thing |
In my (humble) opinion today there are too many "one string guitar"pickers who have only one knob on their amps..(up) give me the real thing...like ole' Chuck, Jerry Lee and them early boys...now that's just my opinion....you don't have to agree....
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September 17, 2016
Keep on,
Larry Adamson