@n80- not to be picayune, but I generally don’t refer to Canada as America, even though we are on the same continent. The Band were great, love ’em.
To me, rock and roll is the stuff that came out of the ’50s as a mix of boogie, country, blues and other forms- represented by that long list of notable performers from the era. I think that it pretty much died by the time the Eagles came around; their first two albums, which were country rock, were good- then, they became a sort of stadium rock act.
None of it was rock and roll in the narrow sense that I’m talking about- Jerry Lee Lewis, Live at Hamburg, for example, is a mind blower--not released here in the States at the time due to his PR problems with marrying his young cousin.
Some of the bands mentioned (though not necessarily American) did dive into rock and roll on occasion, but acts like the Beatles (who did r/r covers early on) and the Stones (no matter how much they ’rock’) weren’t in my estimation, mainly "rock and roll."
If the question is best rock band, different answer.
But, you know like I do there is no ’best.’ Today, I spent time listening to "Barbed Wired Sandwich," Black Cat Bones, a precursor to the band Free-- delicious, biting blues rock. Love it, but it ain’t "rock and roll" to me.
Bill
To me, rock and roll is the stuff that came out of the ’50s as a mix of boogie, country, blues and other forms- represented by that long list of notable performers from the era. I think that it pretty much died by the time the Eagles came around; their first two albums, which were country rock, were good- then, they became a sort of stadium rock act.
None of it was rock and roll in the narrow sense that I’m talking about- Jerry Lee Lewis, Live at Hamburg, for example, is a mind blower--not released here in the States at the time due to his PR problems with marrying his young cousin.
Some of the bands mentioned (though not necessarily American) did dive into rock and roll on occasion, but acts like the Beatles (who did r/r covers early on) and the Stones (no matter how much they ’rock’) weren’t in my estimation, mainly "rock and roll."
If the question is best rock band, different answer.
But, you know like I do there is no ’best.’ Today, I spent time listening to "Barbed Wired Sandwich," Black Cat Bones, a precursor to the band Free-- delicious, biting blues rock. Love it, but it ain’t "rock and roll" to me.
Bill