[mplpost] Tangential Topic / How Rock 'n' Roll displaced Tin Pan Alley

[Dan Kershaw]

At 10:07 AM 11/11/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I caught this post on an e-books list I subscribe to. It's an interesting
>take on how Latin dance music, rock'n'roll, and country/western came to
>become popular on the airwaves. I wondered if there was a Canadian
>parallel to this story. Is there a folk music tie-in (US or Canada)?
>
>Gene

the discussion about how the ASCAP-BMI competition resulted in more 
diversity on the airwaves made me think of john malone's fine book, 
"country music usa", which delves into this in depth.

can't think of a canadian/folk-music parallel (unless it's the advent of 
can-con regulations), but it is interesting to note that a lot of the early 
sides cut by the likes of the carter family, jimmy rogers, etc, used 
material from tin pan alley.

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