[On July 6, 1925, Bill Haley was born. So for that centennial I’ve shared blog posts on Haley and other rock ‘n roll pioneers, leading up to this crowd-sourced weekend post featuring recent rock recs!]
First,
responses to this week’s posts:
In
response to my Chuck Berry & Little Richard post, Jessica Parr shared
on Bluesky, “Love Chuck Berry and that whole era. My late father DJ’ed school
dances in the late 1950s, and had a pretty extensive vinyl collection. Grew up
listening to it with him. That and blues.”
In response
to my Holly & Valens post, Dan R. Morris commented, “So I did
a story on this as well. I was thinking Valens hasn't gotten as much
acclaim in anything because he wasn't around very long. How did you become
entrenched in someone's heart with one or two songs? I feel like that's when
you decide you like the band and you get their next album.”
Next, a
couple prior posts with recent rock recs of my own:
The
Killers, and especially their “The Land of the Free”
Gary Clark
Jr., and especially his “This Land”
and Midnight
Oil, and especially their Resist.
I’d love
some additional recs from other RockStudiers, y’all!
Next
series starts Monday,
Ben
PS. What
recent rock would you recommend for the weekend post?
In the case that you and your readers haven’t already discovered it, https://500songs.com/ is an astounding series of podcasts on the history of rock music. I thought I knew a lot, but, pfft, I knew nothing about each song, performer, or associated businesses.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing it, Karl! Will check it out soon.
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