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The Rise and Fall of Rock and Roll
In some ways, wasn't the world lagging behind? Like, was it yet the popular form of music or was it still sort of an underground door? Well, no, no. Rock and roll was a craze and people kept hoping it would go away quickly because it was creating juvenile delinquents. But RCA had Elvis back in, what was it, 56? So it had been around a while. And then we had Chuck Berry and we had Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins and Everly Brothers and Johnny Cash. There was quite a bit of rock and roll out there. All of those artists have more of a country flavor in their rock. It's all coming from the south