This is one of the most well researched pieces of work I’ve ever come across. Like somebody’s PhD dissertation. A ten year project for the author. I can’t recommend it enough.
So just to throw some names out there of white people who significantly influenced rock music: Johnny Otis, Bob Wills, Cosimo Matassa.
Seriously, check out this podcast you’re interested in this stuff. I think it’s on other platforms if you don’t have Spotify.
It’s assumed here that rock is derived from blues
EDIT : Blues is blues, which is obviously black.
Blues is the plural of blue which is a different color from black according to modern color theory
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Rock had a whooole lot of influences including white ones.
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How much time do you have, ha?
This is one of the most well researched pieces of work I’ve ever come across. Like somebody’s PhD dissertation. A ten year project for the author. I can’t recommend it enough.
So just to throw some names out there of white people who significantly influenced rock music: Johnny Otis, Bob Wills, Cosimo Matassa.
Seriously, check out this podcast you’re interested in this stuff. I think it’s on other platforms if you don’t have Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/show/7KGhTDsEpOgBAT24WfpTkk