Topic: Charlie and Joe McCoy

[Stuart]

Via the PWBG:

http://tinyurl.com/363s3k2

[uncle bud]

I'm glad Arlo's event (and Charlie and Joe) is getting some media attention. But it's a shame they have to sell the McCoys as "some of the earliest figures of rock and roll music". I understand what leads to that ("how can we make this relevant to today's reader?" or "how can I trick my editor into running this?"), but surely it's time the world got over this "all roads lead to Rock and Roll" mentality.

[Stuart]

I guess we should be used to this by now, but if it draws attention to something that otherwise would be neglected, then so be it--and perhaps so much the better. I remember that right after The Anthology of American Folk Music was released on CD by Smithsonian Folkways I saw it in the local Tower Records with an orange and black sticker on it that read, "THE SECRET HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL." I suppose for the purists among us that would be enough to gag a maggot, but on the other hand, there's always room for a few more converts in the flock.