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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It's assumed here that rock is derived from blues

EDIT : Blues is blues, which is obviously black.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Blues is the plural of blue which is a different color from black according to modern color theory

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Blues is the plural of blue which is a different color from black according to modern color theory

Big if true

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Rock had a whooole lot of influences including white ones.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

How much time do you have, ha?

This is one of the most well researched pieces of work I've ever come across. Like somebody's PhD dissertation. A ten year project for the author. I can't recommend it enough.

So just to throw some names out there of white people who significantly influenced rock music: Johnny Otis, Bob Wills, Cosimo Matassa.

Seriously, check out this podcast you're interested in this stuff. I think it's on other platforms if you don't have Spotify.

https://open.spotify.com/show/7KGhTDsEpOgBAT24WfpTkk