sangriaferret

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[–] sangriaferret 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] sangriaferret 1 points 1 year ago

Try New Orleans where it's like that in summer and winter.

[–] sangriaferret 3 points 1 year ago

Watch in a double feature with Arcade.

[–] sangriaferret 3 points 1 year ago

I love you 💋

[–] sangriaferret 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Jesus Christ, everybody just block this fucking guy.

If you haven't read the thread, don't bother. Trust me.

[–] sangriaferret 14 points 1 year ago

I understand them not wanting to get political but, damn, that's too good to pass up.

[–] sangriaferret 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're right. I shouldn't have suggested that the piano would be more popular than guitar, only that you might have heard a lot more piano if Jerry Lee had been the face of white rock instead of Elvis.

People are going to play whatever they can get their hands on. I remember reading in a Muddy Waters biography about someone who started off writing songs using an old piano wire attached to a shack because that's all he had available.

[–] sangriaferret 1 points 1 year ago

My coworkers and I tending bar on a busy night

[–] sangriaferret 5 points 1 year ago
[–] sangriaferret 1 points 1 year ago

True, but many of country's conventions were well established when he got into it. When he got into rock it was new, especially white rock. I think he would have a more significant influence there.

[–] sangriaferret 27 points 1 year ago (7 children)

A lot more piano probably.

Jerry Lee Lewis was poised to be one of the first white rock and roll superstars until his career was rocked with scandal. Had that happened it is very possible that the piano would become the predominant instrument in white rock.

The genre already has its roots in jump blues and boogie woogie, both piano driven styles. Little Richard and Fats Domino were at the top of the charts.

Had a piano player been the king of white rock then you would have likely seen a lot more artists picking up that instrument rather than the guitar.

[–] sangriaferret 2 points 1 year ago

Wow, that actually sounds really cool. Some of those 70s and 80s Japanese knockoffs were really good guitars. I, on the other hand, have a no-name SG knockoff that is as thick as a piece of plywood and feeds back into everything I plug it into. I love it.

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