Owling_Wolf Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl71 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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