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

[Blues Man]

So did Eddie Van Halen. He popularized finger tapping.

So what? That is just a technique. Hendrix changed the way the electric guitar was perceived and opened the door to the sonic capabilities of the guitar and the gear

 

[Blues Man]

I know that because all blues music had guitars very early on.

Again so what?

If there were no guitars then it would have been played on other instruments.

 

[Harry Dresden]

They invented the guitar. Chinese invented strings, so the guitar wouldnt exist without the Chinese. Do you see how fultile it is to go backwards?

and a German guitar maker named Christian Martin was the first to use metal strings back in 1833.....

 

[DudleySmith]

Bob Wills had more to do with inspiring rock n roll than any black musicians did; Chuck Berry got his ideas from Wills. Before Wills, bluegrass fiddlers and banjo pickers like Flatts and Scruggs were the first 'speed metal' players on strings.

 

[DudleySmith]

I know that because all blues music had guitars very early on.

Most of them couldn't tune them; the 'old timey black blues' sounds like shit, moaning drunks and halfwits with zero musical sense. Jazz was a different story, much better.

 

[Burgermeister]

In fairness to Wenner, articulate black people is a recent phenomenon.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Update - “Jann Wenner has been removed from the Board of Directors of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation,” the hall said Saturday, a day after Wenner’s comments were published in a New York Times interview.

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

Jann Wenner, a founder of both Rolling Stone magazine and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making disparaging comments toward Black and female musicians.

apnews.com

should have been done 40 years ago.....

 

[pknopp]

Again, no one did it better than Chuck Berry and Little Richard. Nearly every band from the local garage band to the Beatles covered their songs.

Some can be argued to be as good but no one did it better.

 

[Harry Dresden]

What did Hendrix invent? Playing with his teeth maybe? Thats about it.

he may have got that from Eddie Jones AKA Guitar Slim......jimi's dad took him to one of his concerts when he was a teen....big impact....

 

[August West]

Blues met gospel and country and rock was born.

Yep. That`s the stuff that put Elvis on the map.

 

[Burgermeister]

But there would still be blues music.,

Sorry Blues Man, but blues is incredibly annoying. Basically the same three chords, in the same simple progression, with different lyrics.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Sorry Blues Man, but blues is incredibly annoying. Basically the same three chords, in the same simple progression, with different lyrics.

the same 3 chords that influenced many rock guitar players to play guitar....

 

[Burgermeister]

the same 3 chords that influenced many rock guitar players to play guitar....

No shit.

 

[Harry Dresden]

No shit.

you are the one who said it aint great guitar playing....apparently many would say you are full of shit...

 

[Blaster]

Meet the Black musician behind Elvis' biggest songs, who had to give up his writing credits and never met The King in person

Otis Blackwell wrote songs for musicians like Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, though his contributions to rock 'n' roll were often erased or forgotten.

www.insider.com

 

[Burgermeister]

you are the one who said it aint great guitar playing....apparently many would say you are full of shit...

I didn't say that. I said it's annoying, repetitive, and simple. You're getting indignant about the wrong thing. To your earlier point about those three chords getting people into guitar - yes, but I don't want to hear everyone's version of the beginning of Smoke on the Water over and over again. That's what blues is like to me. If you enjoy it, good for you.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Meet the Black musician behind Elvis' biggest songs, who had to give up his writing credits and never met The King in person

Otis Blackwell wrote songs for musicians like Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, though his contributions to rock 'n' roll were often erased or forgotten.

www.insider.com

he was in on only 10 songs.....Lieber and Stoller wrote 23 songs for him....

 

[Zincwarrior]

And...he's wacked.
Just got fired. Joan Jett approves.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I didn't say that. I said it's annoying, repetitive, and simple. You're getting indignant about the wrong thing. To your earlier point about those three chords getting people into guitar - yes, but I don't want to hear everyone's version of the beginning of Smoke on the Water over and over again. That's what blues is like to me. If you enjoy it, good for you.

when you say the guitar playing was annoying,repetitive and simple....sure sounds like thats what you said....

 

[Burgermeister]

when you say the guitar playing was annoying,repetitive and simple....sure sounds like thats what you said....

Can't help you with your logic, but I'll say this and be done with it - Jimi Hendrix or EVH could be playing the blues and I would still find it annoying, repetitive, and simple.