Archive for March 17th, 2010
The 50′s & 60′s were a great time for music, it was the start of rock and roll with many new innovations. Buddy Holly gave us the idea that a rock and roll band can be just three instruments, a guitar, a bass, and drums.
The 1960′s brought us the British invasion, it took Buddy Holly’s idea and expanded it to two people playing guitar (usually electric guitars), one playing lead guitar and the other playing rhythm guitar. There was someone playing bass guitar now instead of an up-right bass and of course a drummer. Some bands added a person playing keyboards while taking away one of the guitars, some bands just added a keyboardist to make a five man band.
It was this era that was responsible for bringing us what is a common fixture today, the rock and roll band. This concept brought about the idea of people from all over purchasing cheap electric guitars and cheap bass guitars and starting their own band.