Re: American Rock

[magik <magik1@optonline.net>]

Just a couple of observations:
Pete & the Stones sneak some country & western stuff in here and there. And
didn't Keith have a thing for surfer music (Beach Boys) scene? And on the tour
2000, Roger insisted on singing Johnny Cash stuff whenever he could.

magik

Jeff House wrote:

> Oh yeah, English Boy!  Bullshit you, too.
>
> Of course rock is American.  Where did it come from?  England?
> I don't think so.
>
> Rock was born of the cultural soup that is America.  Sure, the Brits have
> made some great rock but the music is American.  The idea of rock and roll
> is American.  The first British rockers were imitating Americans, weren't
> they?
>
> Beatles = Elvis, Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins
> Stones = Elvis and Muddy Waters
> The Who = James Brown and Motown
>
> Jeff