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Beyond YouTube: Mapping Music on the Internet, Rock Edition F

Please click the link here to scroll down to the post being discussed: Even Before John Mayall, There was Alexis Korner … There Would Have Been Rock and Roll Without Little Richard, But it Wouldn’t Have Been as Good … Judging Elton John–Correctly This Time … Rory Gallagher, Guitar Hero … ZZ Top: “I Gotsta Get Paid” and “La Grange”

 

Even Before John Mayall, There was Alexis Korner


There Would Have Been Rock and Roll Without Little Richard, But it Wouldn’t Have Been as Good


Judging Elton John–Correctly This Time


Rory Gallagher, Guitar Hero


ZZ Top: “I Gotsta Get Paid” and “La Grange”


Even Before John Mayall, There was Alexis Korner.

“One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer. REPLACE
There Would Have Been Rock and Roll Without Little Richard, But it Wouldn’t Have Been as Good


Judging Elton John–Correctly This Time


Rory Gallagher, Guitar Hero


ZZ Top: “I Gotsta Get Paid” and “La Grange”

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Reading Music

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Duke Ellington brought class, sophistication and style to jazz which, until that point, was proudly unpolished and raucous. His story is profound. The author, Terry Teachout, also wrote "Pops," the acclaimed bio of Louis Armstrong. Click here or on the image.

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What else is there to say? Here is the story behind every song written by The Beatles. Click here or on the image.

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The Grateful Dead don't get enough credit for the profound nature of its lyrics. Many of the band's songs are driven by a deep and literate Americana ("I'm Uncle Sam/That's who I am/Been hidin' out/In a rock and roll band" and "Majordomo Billy Bojangles/Sit down and have a drink with me/What's this about Alabama/Keeps comin' back to me?").

David Dodd's exhaustive study tells the story, song by song. Click here or on the image.