Re: MG first "rock" song

[mleaman@sccoast.net (Mark Leaman)]

>I'd like to elaborate on my earlier views on this question. People have
>mentioned the Kinks, Byrds, Dylan and Beatles, all bands I admire, but while
>they show some of the elements which went beyond, or made somethig new of,
>the folk/r&b/soul/blues influences they started with, only the Who IMO
>recast those elements into the modern basis for rock as we know it today,
>i.e., pop songs based largely on a powerful, prominent rhythm guitar sound
>played suspended-style or in the thrashing Pictures of Lily mode, with
>virtuoso bass and drum backing. 

Gary M:

You put it so well in this and the other articulate, thoughtful note, I can
only bask in the glow of your post(s). Well done.



                   Cheers                   ML

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