http://www.metafilter.com/tags/rock-n-roll Posts tagged with 'rock-n-roll' at MetaFilter. Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:01:13 -0800 Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:01:13 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/44287/Im%2Dnot%2Dworthy%2DIm%2Dnot%2Dworthy <a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/index.htm">Rockin' Country Style</a> You usually hear the music termed "rockabilly," but the creator of this site prefers the term "country and western rock 'n' roll," a term he feels reflects what observers of the music's prime era (the mid-to-late 1950s) thought was going on, and is more inclusive besides (racially and also in regard to artificial genre boundaries). Whatever you think about his "theoretical scope," there is so much here to explore. And so much deeply, deeply odd music. The usual suspects are here, among them <a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/p/pres1000.htm">Elvis</a> and the <a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/p/perk1000.htm">usual </a><a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/l/lewi3400.htm">Sun</a> <a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/c/cash3600.htm">heroes</a>, as well <a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/v/vinc5000.htm">Gene Vincent</a> and <a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/h/holl5400.htm">Buddy Holly</a>, etc. What is really interesting about this site, however, is how one can explore the evolution of a performer's sound (see: <a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/w/wray3000.htm">Link Wray</a>) or the sounds of a <a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/geog/index.htm">geographical area</a> or city. Then there are just so many great song samples, like <a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/ss/00/ss92.mp3">Hep Cat Baby</a> from Eddy Arnold and <a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/ss/19/ss19170.mp3">Fickle Chicken</a> by the Atmospheres - and that's only from the <a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/ss/index01.htm">A's</a>! The site also features compilations by label, <a href="http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/pics/d03/3318.htm">photographs</a> of singles, and likes to sites dedicated to labels and performers. Terry Gordon, who oversaw the creation of this impossibly thorough database, is now working on a second database site dedicated to southern soul. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.44287 Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:01:13 -0800 country genre-busting music rockabilly rock-n-roll raysmj