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Dick Dale was the first to record "rock music" even though Ike Turner gets credit for the first "Rock and roll" record. Dick Dale recorded two albums that I would say are the roots of all rock music. Before Elvis even heard of Sun Records. Neither Ike nor Elvis, ever dreamed, on their best days, the grooves of Dick Dale.
posted by
ThomasWelch
on July 31, 2005 at 1:05 PM
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Old man
I never liked Sinatra either. I have no clue why he was so popular.
I also never said Elvis had no talent. I just said he was not as great as he is given credit for. I seriously believe that if he did not do it, with-in a year or so there would have been someone else to have done it. it was the right time for such a movement. he was not truly needed for that stage of rock and roll since he really was not the driving force. it was mostly his producers who pushed it at that point. If anything Sam Phillips should be given the credit for getting Elvis the popularity.
And in the end he had no real impact on the music itself. For the music to really evolve and go places you needed the real talent such as the Beatles were, not the figure heads which really is what Elvis was.
posted by
kooka_lives
on July 26, 2005 at 6:47 PM
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ok
posted by
Xeno-x
on July 20, 2005 at 9:37 AM
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ehp, lvis had it all, looks, sound, moves, style. Plus he was at the nexis of a changing and adapting Americana. I suppose Don Gibson, Jerry Lee, and the others could have continued the same course of history here, as the "Eisenhower kids" were so ready for anything. What linked them from Franky Snotrag to Bob Dylan was r 'n' r. But Elvis gave it the worldwide attention it deserved (or did not deserve). Elvis became the phenomenon that the Beatles aspired to, and surpassed, using the same exact forms.
BTW if you are serious about studying folk music, look into John Prine as having roots in Billy Ed Wheeler. I'd be interested in reading about that.
posted by
kingmi
on July 20, 2005 at 5:32 AM
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