Amoeba Music

Okay, if we’re going to generalize, we can say the sound of rock ‘n’ roll probably originates in the looming shadow of Will Dockery’s plantation, Dockery Farms, alongside the Sunflower River, in an isolated corner of the Mississippi Delta. I mean, who knows for sure, but Jimmy Page would probably go along with that. But there’s more to rock ‘n’ roll than a sound. There are requisite intangibles. Rock ‘n’ roll is Mick Jagger, prancing and strutting in the cape as Omega Man, taunting you, daring you to guess his name. It’s Page with strung-out showman’s flair, stabbing at the Gibson double-neck with a violin bow, grinding out the chords to “Kashmir” and “Stairway to... Read More

City Of Origin:

Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

Genre:

Spoken Word, History, Religion, Literature, Audiobooks

Birthdate:

10/12/1875

Death date:

12/01/1947