Hey Schubert is entitled to whatever view he wants to take on the subject of music. I worked with a colleague some years ago who didn’t listen to any music after the beginning of the 19th Century- and we worked together on catalog and masters, etc. for such luminaries as Bob Marley. I did OD on Marley after a while just cause it was 24/7, but talent? The guy was gifted and took that reggae thing (with Chris Blackwell’s help) to a whole other level, making it popular with rock audiences. My colleague- couldn’t stand any of it. We used to tease him about it.
Don’t dig rock- no skin off me. To each his own. I do, however, listen to classical, jazz and all kinds of other stuff, though, truth be told, I like the excitement of a good hard rock band, rock n’ roll, and the passion of well-played, heartfelt blues (most of which is electric, pretty hard to find rural blues played on acoustic instruments these days, but there’s some).
Wasn’t Charley Christian the guy who first amplified his guitar to take it from rhythm to lead in a big band? (I’m sure there were others who went ’electric’ before him). Remember what a controversy it was when Dylan ’plugged in’? Joe Boyd has a good story about that- he was the poor stage hand who literally plugged him in.
Do what you like.
Oh, I forgot the punchline. For my friend’s Birthday, I hired an impersonator to come up to his office as Marley and sing to him. He was really pissed at me.
Don’t dig rock- no skin off me. To each his own. I do, however, listen to classical, jazz and all kinds of other stuff, though, truth be told, I like the excitement of a good hard rock band, rock n’ roll, and the passion of well-played, heartfelt blues (most of which is electric, pretty hard to find rural blues played on acoustic instruments these days, but there’s some).
Wasn’t Charley Christian the guy who first amplified his guitar to take it from rhythm to lead in a big band? (I’m sure there were others who went ’electric’ before him). Remember what a controversy it was when Dylan ’plugged in’? Joe Boyd has a good story about that- he was the poor stage hand who literally plugged him in.
Do what you like.
Oh, I forgot the punchline. For my friend’s Birthday, I hired an impersonator to come up to his office as Marley and sing to him. He was really pissed at me.