The founder of Rolling Stone thinks only white men are 'masters' of rock.

[Harry Dresden]

Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone magazine are known for its left leaning politics. He does of course know rock music and its players.
This especially is going to tick a lot of people off:

• Wenner said that Black and female artists couldn't "articulate" at the same "level" as the white male musicians in his book.

• Rolling Stone cofounder Jann Wenner is publishing a book composed of interviews with rock "masters."
• Those "masters," who include Bono, John Lennon, and Mick Jagger, are all white men.
• Wenner said that Black and female artists couldn't "articulate" at the same "level" as the white male musicians in his book.

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jann wenner is a jerk.....he and his prople ruined the rock hall of fame........

 

[Harry Dresden]

What is often considered the first rock & roll song (Rocket 88) was done by Ike Turner.

it was actually done by Jackie Brenston and his delta cats..........ike just played piano.....

 

[skye]

The Stones surely are some of the best Masters of Rock!

I can not argue with that!

 

[Jarlaxle]

it was actually done by Jackie Brenston and his delta cats..........ike just played piano.....

The Delta Cats were actually Turner's Kings of Rhythm.

 

[katsteve2012]

A buddy of mine played bass in The Gap Band back in the 80's.

He always said, "All that matters is who gets the royalty checks, and people who didn't play or sing s*** get all the money".

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

He is correct.

Sure you have some great black musicians like bb king, jimi Hendrix, Louis Armstrong. But all in all most famous black musicians are just singers or jazz muscians and very very very few are rockers.

For every Living colour you have 100 white rock bands. Nearly all of the best rock, metal, etc are all white. And all of the classic and influential rock bands are all white.

Most blacks don't even play an instrument anymore. Almost all the blacks that are in music today just have generic computer generated music and auto tunes.

He isn't rock, but Louis Armstrong had more musical talent and ability in his finger than modern black musicians poses in their entire bodies.

Even motley Crue has more talent than any black musician since them because at least they wrote their own music, played instruments and so on and had multiple songs people still know and sing even today.

There are still plenty of black jazz musicians out there.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Well, you knew they would be coming for him.

Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial comments

Jann Wenner, who co-founded Rolling Stone magazine and also was a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making comments that were seen as disparaging toward Black and female musicians

abcnews.go.com

 

[Zincwarrior]

Hmmm. Actually, he's right! Blacks certainly dominated Blues. They own Hip Hop lock stock and barrell. Whites have rock and heavy metal.

Jimi Hendrix would like a word.

Also rock is dead.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Jimi Hendrix would like a word.

Also rock is dead.

As dead as Jimi Hendrix?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

There are still plenty of black jazz musicians out there.

Jazz, blues, rock not so much.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Jazz, blues, rock not so much.

Not many play blues. Mostly jazz.
I don’t count Retards Attempting Poetry as music.

 

[Godboy]

And a black man invented peanut butter but that doesn't mean white people haven't made some awesome sandwiches.

You guys really need to stop with the stupid racist crap.

YOU guys need to stop trying to give black people credit for everything. Rock music is simply not a part of black culture and never has been.

 

[Godboy]

So Jimi was chopped liver?

Compared to Stevie Ray Vaughan? Yes. Stevie could play Jimmy Hendrix songs better than Jimmy could.

There simply arent enough black rockers to be able to compete with the large number of white rockers.

 

[Godboy]

Prince was one of the best rock guitarist ever and musical composer. Usually the people who state these kind of things on either side are not great musicians themselves. I dont think they really understand what its all about.

Not even close. Prince was maybe an 8 on a scale of 1-10. There are literally thousands of guitarists today that are better than Prince. The best guitarists are usually not famous.

 

[Godboy]

What is often considered the first rock & roll song (Rocket 88) was done by Ike Turner.

The first super successful rap group was The Beasty Boys. The put rap on the map!

 

[Godboy]

Jimi Hendrix would like a word.

Also rock is dead.

Stevie Ray Vaughan was a significantly better blues/rock guitarist than Jimmy.

 

[Blues Man]

Hmmm. Actually, he's right! Blacks certainly dominated Blues. They own Hip Hop lock stock and barrell. Whites have rock and heavy metal.

There would be no rock and roll without the blues.

 

[Godboy]

There would be no rock and roll without the blues.

There can be no blues without the Spaniards who invented the guitar. There can be no guitars without the strings that were invented by the Chinese. We can keep going and going.

 

[Blues Man]

Stevie Ray Vaughan was a significantly better blues/rock guitarist than Jimmy.

I disagree.

Jimi is the one who realized the potential of the electric guitar and SRV was good but he was pretty much a one dimensional musician

 

[Blues Man]

There can be no blues without the Spaniards

make that link with a an example