A Satirical Look at Rock and Roll
Posted: 14 Apr 2010 10:06 pm
A Satire
by Joe Drivdahl
Perhaps you haven't heard the history of two siblings, Country and Rock and Roll. Well if not, then sit back and get comfortable because I'm gonna lay it on ya right now.
Rock and Roll was born the illegitimate step brother (or sister) of Country music. They shared a common mother but their fathers were much different fellows. Rock and Roll, always the rebel without a clue, managed to gain a foothold in the 1950s due to people's ignorance of musical integrity. Propagated by inferior musicians, Rock and Roll managed to maintain its foothold even during the so-called "bad times" of Disco, a genre which was much more solvent musically than Rock had ever been, Techno, a particularly horrible form of noise that was thankfully short-lived, and the most horrid of all, Rap.
Dissatisfied with its minor role by the 1990s, Rock and Roll invaded Country's territory stealing almost all of the traditionally Country instruments, the pedal steel guitar being the last sentinel standing. With nothing but noise-makers to work with, Rock and Roll was hard-pressed to raise a musically literate musician capable of mastering Country's crowned head, but after 20 years, a select few have finally managed enough mastery to at least make noise on the steel, which of course is good enough for Rock and Roll, and are at this moment busily usurping Country's last surviving member of the royal family.
Oh its a sad day indeed. Rock and Roll condemned Country to a long, painful death. Oh its a sad day in Countryville tonight, folks, a sad day indeed. Please join me as we pay our last respects to an old and dear friend. Good Bye, Country. You will be missed.
Joe
PS: if you liked this, check out my web site at: www.4thstbooks.com
by Joe Drivdahl
Perhaps you haven't heard the history of two siblings, Country and Rock and Roll. Well if not, then sit back and get comfortable because I'm gonna lay it on ya right now.
Rock and Roll was born the illegitimate step brother (or sister) of Country music. They shared a common mother but their fathers were much different fellows. Rock and Roll, always the rebel without a clue, managed to gain a foothold in the 1950s due to people's ignorance of musical integrity. Propagated by inferior musicians, Rock and Roll managed to maintain its foothold even during the so-called "bad times" of Disco, a genre which was much more solvent musically than Rock had ever been, Techno, a particularly horrible form of noise that was thankfully short-lived, and the most horrid of all, Rap.
Dissatisfied with its minor role by the 1990s, Rock and Roll invaded Country's territory stealing almost all of the traditionally Country instruments, the pedal steel guitar being the last sentinel standing. With nothing but noise-makers to work with, Rock and Roll was hard-pressed to raise a musically literate musician capable of mastering Country's crowned head, but after 20 years, a select few have finally managed enough mastery to at least make noise on the steel, which of course is good enough for Rock and Roll, and are at this moment busily usurping Country's last surviving member of the royal family.
Oh its a sad day indeed. Rock and Roll condemned Country to a long, painful death. Oh its a sad day in Countryville tonight, folks, a sad day indeed. Please join me as we pay our last respects to an old and dear friend. Good Bye, Country. You will be missed.
Joe
PS: if you liked this, check out my web site at: www.4thstbooks.com
of NOISE on my steel when my band plays a rock or blues tune. 
.Hit that BOSS-DS 1 and let it rip. GLAD the band likes it 
YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.
