Archive for December 13th, 2009
There is several elements that go into Rock and Roll, you’ve got to have a good beat supplied by a drummer, you need good rhythym from an electric guitar, and you need a driving beat that’s delivered by an bass guitar. Some bands rely on someone that either dresses in a unique fashion or has a personality that is above others, or has a talent to captivate an audience, that man or woman is called a frontman or front-woman.
Here are some of the very best in the business that I have thought of: For me the top frontman of all time was Freddie Mercury, while he had the guitar of Brian May in back of him he was the one that held his audiences in the palm of his hand. His live performances are among the very best of all times. You can’t talk frontmen without mentioning Mick Jagger, noone sold rock and roll like he did, he invented struting around the stage with the mic in his hand as so many do today. There was Debbie Harry with Blondie, as well as Janis Joplin fronting Big Brother and the Holding Company, she was a tiny girl with a powerful voice that would leave you shivering.