Monroe's Influence on Rock and Roll

[ralph johansson]

“ “ Rock and roll music is a derivative of rockabilly music; rockabilly music is Bill Monroe and the blues tied together. That’s it.”

Ah, yes, because the blues was really the missing ingredient in Monroe's music!

[Rick Albertson]

"Ed Perl, the founder of the Ash Grove on Melrose in West Los Angeles, the center of the the folk revival in L.A., recalls Alan [Lomax's] coming in the club while Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys were appearing. He walked straight up the stage, and after the second number he asked Monroe where he got the song he'd just played... Bill responded, 'Is that you Alan?' and they proceeded to talk about and demonstrate the influence of black music on Bill and bluegrass."

Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World; John Szwed

[Mike Bunting]

Ah, yes, because the blues was really the missing ingredient in Monroe's music!