RIP Wilko Johnson: documentary on at 10pm tonight.

[Owling_Wolf]

Oil City Confidential, a documentary about the cult r&b (original r&b from before its name was stolen) band Dr. Feelgood, is on Sky Arts at 22.00 tonight: obviously to mark today's news of the unique guitarist Wilko Johnson.  

[owl71]

RIP

[Andyben]

On 23/11/2022 at 21:34, Owling_Wolf said:

Oil City Confidential, a documentary about the cult r&b (original r&b from before its name was stolen) band Dr. Feelgood, is on Sky Arts at 22.00 tonight: obviously to mark today's news of the unique guitarist Wilko Johnson.  

Original RnB, Fred?

Originally music sold to / played by poor black Americans in cities, stolen by posh white kids in England, then once again the sound of poor black America.

Edited November 25, 2022 by Andyben

[Owling_Wolf]

On 25/11/2022 at 22:23, Andyben said:

Original RnB, Fred?

Originally music sold to / played by poor black Americans in cities, stolen by posh white kids in England, then once again the sound of poor black America.

But a completely different style of music, Bendy, which is my point, not who or what 'owned' it.  

[Owling_Wolf]

When I first encountered it in the 1960s R&B, played in the 50's & '60s by the likes of Bo Diddley, was a half-way house between the Blues and Rock n Roll, hence the name: Rhythm & Blues, shortened then to R&B.  Very different to the stuff called R&B decades later.