The number of female vocalists who owe this woman a debt in some form or another is extraordinary. She redefined country back in the day and even now people are still taking cues from her expressiveness. _________________ I love all music. It makes you feel like living. Silence is death.
...You're joking, right? I can't tell how to read sarcasm on the internet anymore _________________ I love all music. It makes you feel like living. Silence is death.
...You're joking, right? I can't tell how to read sarcasm on the internet anymore
Actually, I was being completely serious, but only because I've never listened to her before.
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A good rule of thumb is that if they were a white person making music before 1967, they probably weren't blues and even at that, people after that point were probably doing blues ROCK, which is sort of different. _________________ I love all music. It makes you feel like living. Silence is death.
The guy was the most prominent artist of the brief Rocksteady movement, which would pave the way for reggae as we know it, and he was the first artist to have a 100% Jamaican style that charted significantly in the U.S.
He also did some work later in his career with the Specials, which has no bearing on his influence but is pretty cool.
Arguably more prominent and certainly more influential was Prince Buster.
Back to the beginning, I understand that bands were influenced by someone before them (in regards to JD influencing Nick Cave, Church etc.), otherwise music would not exist. I guess the other question to ask is whether people have listened to an offshoot of one band and loved them as much as the original.
A few subsequent offshoots that were an improvement on the original line-ups - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds/Birthday Party, Eno/Roxy Music and PIL/Sex Pistols. Neu were superior to Kraftwerk and Joy Division superior to New Order despite the fact that the latter were more popular than their original incarnations.
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The guy was the most prominent artist of the brief Rocksteady movement, which would pave the way for reggae as we know it, and he was the first artist to have a 100% Jamaican style that charted significantly in the U.S.
He also did some work later in his career with the Specials, which has no bearing on his influence but is pretty cool.
Arguably more prominent and certainly more influential was Prince Buster.
I dunno. Maybe equal, but I wouldn't say more. _________________ I love all music. It makes you feel like living. Silence is death.
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and even at that, people after that point were probably doing blues ROCK, which is sort of different.
