| Rock music is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody, accompanied by guitar, drums, and bass. Many styles of rock music also use keyboard instruments such as organ, piano, mellotron, and synthesizers. Other instruments sometimes utilized in rock include saxophone, harmonica, violin, flute, French horn, banjo, melodica, and timpani. Rock music has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll and rockabilly, which evolved from blues, country music and other influences. According to the All Music Guide, "In its purest form, Rock & Roll has three chords, a strong, insistent back beat, and a catchy melody. Early rock & roll drew from a variety of sources, primarily blues, R&B, and country, but also gospel, traditional pop, jazz, and folk. All of these influences combined in a simple, blues-based song structure that was fast, danceable, and catchy." In the late 1960s, rock music was blended with folk music to create folk rock, blues to create blues-rock and with jazz, to create jazz-rock fusion, and without a time signature to create psychedelic rock. In the 1970s, rock incorporated influences from soul, funk, and latin music. Also in the 1970s, rock developed a number of subgenres, such as soft rock, heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, and punk rock. Rock subgenres that emerged in the 1980s included synthpop, hardcore punk and alternative rock. In the 1990s, rock subgenres included grunge, Britpop, indie rock, and nu metal. |
Rock Song Jam Session - Rory Mazzela Big Jay McNeely at Green Bay 1 Big Jay McNeely at Green Bay 2 Tribute to Bill Haley (Rudy´s Rock) and great Rudy Pompilli. Saxophone solo by Hank Sippola A high resolution performance from Live in New York City 1999. Possibly one of the greatest performances of all time. Poetic lyrics, guitar, keyboard solos and the epic saxophone solo by the Big Man Clarence Clemons. Roger Hodgson "Take the Long Way Home (live)" - August 1996 for the live album "Rites of Passage". Featuring his son Andrew on drums and John Helliwell on sax. |
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