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Dinah Washington - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

I had to laugh. Isn’t youth grand? The arrogance and ignorance of those who don’t have a clue. Most of whom, were not even born yet, or anywhere close to the time of when Rock music emerged with fire and brimstone.

Well, I have news for you. There isn’t one rock musician alive, or dead, today who hasn’t taken something from the Blues at one time or another. That’s right! Not one! Have they also created new innovative riffs and progressions, absolutely... or any of the others who used and infused Blues into their music or showed respect to the artists before them, you are a bunch of Posers. That’s right, you heard me… Posers... because I bet if you do your homework, much of what you listen to, play and/or have written emanates from some musician in the past that did it before you or wrote it or played it. And most likely it is from the Blues or Jazz, or Folk or classical music.

In the end, if the Blues and Jazz were the roots of Rock Music, then everything else in Rock that came after its birth, are the descendants of Rock and were conceived by the Blues. All share the same genetic code, just a different combination and variation thereof, like most offspring. Nobody stole anything, and the likelihood is that you Mr. and Ms. Rock Musician, Rap Artist, Hip Hop Musician, Country Musician, Pop Artist, Band and so on have and will continue to benefit from work done before you, because it is in your DNA. When one denies this fact, it tells me they don’t know what they are talking about, and furthermore, know nothing about rock music.


Dinah Washington - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
  • Composed by: Cole Porter
  • Release in: 1956
  • Genre: Jazz

"Dinah Washington gospel trained voice noted for its rhythmic precision and tonal clarity, performed blues, jazz, and ballads with equal authority. Master of all devices of the blues and gospel shadings, the bent notes, the broken notes, the slides, the anticipations, and the behind thevbeat notes."

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