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fritter4me t1_iu6zzwo wrote

Are there any R&R pioneers left from the 50s scene or are we fully into McCartney Jagger territory?

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Hanginon OP t1_iu712xi wrote

They're all gone, Jerry Lee was the last of them.

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Hanginon OP t1_iu759fm wrote

Bonus edit; Here he is in England in 1964. For perspective, the number one Billboard hit that year was the Beatles, "I Want To Hold Your Hand".

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fritter4me t1_iu74e07 wrote

He was the male version of Olivia de Havilland!

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Hanginon OP t1_iu9er1s wrote

He was the last of the original mid 1950s Sam Phillips/Sun Records crowd; Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.

No one back then would have predicted that Jery Lee would be the Last Man Standing.

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Scat1320USA t1_iu8q6xv wrote

What about Carl Perkins ?

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fritter4me t1_iu8rdhi wrote

25 years gone.

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Scat1320USA t1_iu8uzs5 wrote

Little Richard died May 2020 . I guess they are all gone . Some country guys are still around ? Jerry Reed ?

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rico_pallazo t1_iu92uq0 wrote

Jerry reed has been dead since 2008 if I remember correctly

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Scat1320USA t1_iu9fjoy wrote

Johnny Rivers , Kieth Richards , Mick Jagger , Townsend , Daltrey , Tommy James .. I guess these guys are the elder statesman of Rock and Roll now.😎🤔CSN , Grateful Dead , etc

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rico_pallazo t1_iu9gwnk wrote

Keith richards could survive a nuclear war just him ozzy osbourne and the cockroaches

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