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The Warning - 23

By the early 30s, folklorists John Lomax and his son Alan were capturing some of the songs mentioning rock... for the Library Of Congress. Run Old Jeremiah was based on American rural South rocking and reeling spirituals, which had originated, as so much of popular music did, in churches. That tradition later found expression in Rock ’n roll.

The rise of the record industry in that decade accelerated the way different musical styles were spread and synthesized, at a time when the foundations of the sound of later rock records were being laid. Examples of this include Big Bill Broonzy’s work in Chicago, after he switched from singing acoustically to working with horns, piano, bass and drums. In Broonzy’s case this was to satisfy an urban audience that wanted to drink and dance to loud rhythmic music in crowded clubs. But the myriad influences included the close harmony work of the Boswell Sisters from New Orleans.

Rock also had its origins in the jazz jump music and R&B of the 40s... went as far as to say that  rock ’n roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat... It wasn’t only black musicians who were laying the ground for rock’s arrival. In the Deep South, large white western bands such as Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys were blending blues, big band jazz and rural country music into a potent mix that foreshadowed the sound of Carl Perkins’ Blue Suede Shoes.


The Warning - 23
  • Genre : Rock
  • Producer by: David Bendeth
  • Released on: The Warning album

"The Warning is a Mexican rock band. They are from Monterrey, Nuevo León and were formed in 2013. They have been described as a rock and hard rock band."

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