Comments on: Pioneers Of Another Sort

By: JamAce

JamAce — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:07:44 +0000

Do you really think that the music fans of today are that interested in where their favorite music genre originated from? And if these “founders” of the genre really were that talented, wouldn’t they be remembered even now by music fans? (i.e. The Beatles,Rolling Stones)? And I would like to think that musical talent should be more appreciated than anything else. I like a lot of different songs but I love rock music, and I honestly don’t care who founded the rock and roll genre. I am more interested in who is or which band is going to produce a new hit.

By: skittyblu

skittyblu — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:10:47 +0000

My favorite artists is John Hiatt. Anyone that puts out a Rock album (Tiki Bar) follows it up with a accoustic Folk Album (Crossing Muddy Waters) and follows that with a electic Blues album (Beneath the Gruff Exterior) is alright in my book. And independent artists have to give a nod of thanks to guys like Tom Petty, who had a guy drive around in a van to keep the suits from getting a hold of his master tapes. There are a lot of old timers out there who have been quitely fighting for Musical Independence for decades.
And now we have the internet and the power is back with the people. New music of all colors, scents and flavors available at the click of a mouse. As a music lover….I am in Heaven!

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:51:19 +0000

Has anyone heard of red car wire?? they are amazing!!! I JUST saw them at warped tour and now i’m obsessed! Check them out!!! http://www.myspace.com/redcarwire

By: Maylin

Maylin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:24:49 +0000

regarding your first post attagirl, i really think that you are right about that. we have different interpretations. and it is up to us how we see or understand something. these bands may seem to be like this and that but they may also have different interpretation of what they really are.

By: Maylin

Maylin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:17:53 +0000

you are right attagirl. but i think that putting music with different categories is a way of defining music. they have categories because it is also important for us to know which is which and what we should call that kind of music. but music is still music and i think whatever its category is, it does not matter for us listeners.

By: Maylin

Maylin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:43:43 +0000

music is a part of everyone’s life. and i really think that loving music does not depend on the singer, song and lyrics. it is how music touches your life. i have loved music ever since i was a kid. and i appreciate different kinds of music whether it is from my favorite singers and bands or not.

By: Attagirl

Attagirl — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:27:31 +0000

I am not even sure that the genre is important to anyone other than the people who need to place the music in some sort of category. I love to listen to music and it does not matter who the band is or where people place them in a genre. Music is music and that is it where i am concerned. What you might think is rock n roll may not be the same for someone else. SO what is the big deal with genre.

By: Fardreamer

Fardreamer — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:09:13 +0000

Thing about music of any kind is this: lots of different factors go into play when new genres or styles kick in. It’s almost impossible to point out when, say, rock n roll really started. Did it start out of nothing, born out of a musician’s skull fully formed like Athena coming out of her father Zeus’s head? No…it didn’t. It evolved from various other musical genres, such as pop music, jazz, the blues, and even country music.

By: attagirl

attagirl — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:22:05 +0000

This article was very interesting and raised a lot of questions about a lot of things. But you have to consider that each persons interpretation would be different and each person could say that another started it as we do not always hear everything that is available and for some people, it may have been started before it did for others.

When you attempt to play a style but think you do not know how, it really comes down to the fact that you play by how you feel. Some people and bands out there consider themselves to be one style when I cannot see that in the band at all. So as said interpretation is in the eye of the person.

By: Rocky Frisco

Rocky Frisco — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:18:59 +0000

You wrote: “While it is never completely accurate to say that a musical genre began on a specific date, in a specific place, with one or two individuals,”

The Tulsa Sound began one afternoon in the late 50′s at Perspective Studios in Tulsa, when Johhny “JJ” Cale was jamming with Bill Raffensperger and Rocky “Curtiss” Frisco.

As Cale says: “We were trying to play the Blues, but we didn’t know how.”

I’m not going to tell you the exact date; I’m saving that for the book.

-Rock