PeterC wrote:Richard Harvey wrote: They buy into the image and fashion of it all.
Exactly. Countless times I've heard 50s fans (I won't call them rock 'n' roll fans) dismiss things such as The Rolling Stones performing Chuck Berry songs as "unauthentic", yet (to them) "True Love Ways" by Buddy Holly is rock 'n' roll... I like them both, but I know which one I would call rock 'n' roll!
Good example. You're listening to the music, whereas a blinkered r&r fan just sees the name 'The Rolling Stones' and shuts down. Yet the Stones in the sixties did more for the popularity of 50's rock & roll than many of the original 50's stars did.