Saturday music, rock and roll history, more…
12.11.2010 at 10:50pm
American Pie: History of Rock & Roll, at least until the late ’60s; Don McLean, released in ’71:
On the Dark Side with Eddie & the Cruisers (John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band):
Elvis, Blue Suede Shoes, 1956:
Beatles, Shea, 1965:
And the Stones, Satisfaction:
Publius,
Thanks. Nice post. Much appreciated.
Dave D.
Dave, thank you. My wife heard Don McLean and remarked, “that is so Vietnam.” Then, with the Stones, she said, “even more Vietnam.”
Richie Valens (Valenzuela) was a couple of grades ahead of me at the same school. Learned of his death, along with Buddy Holly and JP Richardson, at 5:00 on a cold Southern California AM in Feb 1959, when I saw the headline on the papers I was unbundling to deliver that morning. McLean was wrong about one thing, though. The music didn’t die.
I think our wartime music was better than today’s. But, then, I’m biased.
Excellent Dave Excellent!!!!