![]() Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. String instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), and fiddles as well as harmonicas. ![]() Generally simple forms, folk lyric and harmonies accompanied by mostly It takes its roots from genres such as folk music (especially Appalachian folk and Western music) and blues.Ĭountry music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with Like Shake Rattle and Roll.Country music ( / ' k ? n t r i/), also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. So black music went a different way, because the whole industry was segregated.ĮTA: In the early days, the system was such that songwriters sold their songs to performers, so a lot of black rock songs were then resold to and rerecorded by white people to be suitable for white radio and white charts. It was harder to get hits on the white charts, hard to get played on white radio stations because of payola, etc. But as time went on black people were relegated more to the sidelines. So in the early days, rock n roll was racially mixed, and leaders of the movement were black. There was some crossover successes, various singles and that, but if you were a black artist you were played on the black radio station and could mostly only get hits on the black charts. In the 50s there were separate music charts, basically segregated "hit lists" of black music and white music. Rock music started to gain steam when white suburban kids started listening to the black radio stations, and white musicians took up this trend and wrote music that borrowed heavily from R&B and other black genres. Whereas the most influential and popular rock music from that time period was predominantly made by white peopleīecause of rock's history. Just that as a whole, the most relevant and popular black artists made music outside of rock from the 60s until now, although the genre has black roots. I'm no "authority", just curious why this may be the caseĮDIT: Just to clarify, I'm not claiming that there haven't been black rock artists over the years. Why didn't artists like Jimi influence more black kids to play rock?Īgain, please let me know if I'm off base here. So how did this happen? Black people essentially created rock music in the 50's and earlier, but as it grew in popularity, they seem to have moved away from the genre into other styles. And a few alternative rock bands in the 2000's featured black singers, like TV On The Radio, Alabama Shakes, and Bloc Party.īut overwhelmingly, from the 80s forward, as hip hop started to take form and r&b dominated in the mainstream, black musicians as a whole have tended to gravitate towards these genres rather than rock or its related subgenres, a trend which has continued until now. The 90's had Lenny Kravitz and Rage Against the Machine. Bad Brains were a big inspiration in 80s hardcore punk, and Living Colour in the hard rock scene. That trend continued into the 80's and 90's, with a few exceptions. With notable exceptions like Jimi Hendrix, most popular black artists in the 60's and 70's seem to have explored genres like R&B, soul, funk, disco, whereas most notable rock from that era comes from white musicians. However, from that point forward, it seems like for the most part, black musicians strayed from rock into other genres. A sound which white artists like Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly would work with and popularize. From the early 20th century blues and soul musicians that laid the groundwork, into the 50's with artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, BB King and Muddy Waters, they served as early pioneers for the sound. ![]() Black musicians, especially in America, had a very primary role in the creation of rock and roll music. In recently reading some articles and skimming playlists, as well as my own general knowledge of popular music, I've noticed an interesting/strange phenomenon. Just observations by me trying to start a discussion. Just to be clear I'm not meaning for this to be disparaging in any way, nor am I an expert. Disclaimer - I realize the current social climate is very tense regarding race, for very good reason. ![]()
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