haha, Lawrence Welk? a rocker? andah 1 andah 2 andah haha haha

Posted by Worm on Monday, 08/18/2014 @ 13:35pm

I know Tahvo no longer posts here, but he would be disappointed to know that I've retracted my stance on Thelonious Monk. I've given Monk more of a chance recently and have now grown to admire his complexity as a pianist and composer. Since the piano is my favorite instrument, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised that I eventually came around to liking Monk. I've currently got Mulligan Meets Monk on my library queue.

Still can't stand The Beatles, political music, Lawrence Welk, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, or folk music. :-)

Posted by Zach on Tuesday, 09/30/2014 @ 17:46pm

Yes, you don't need to be a rocker to influence rock music.

Before there was MTV, there was variety shows and Lawrence is a pioneer of these kind of shows along side Ed Sullivan and Sid Caesar, variety shows helped jump started the careers of some of the biggest names in music.

He's one of biggest names in the Big Band, this genre helped popularize basic concepts of rock, like improvisation, booming sound, complex arrangements and instrument solos, the impact of Big band on rock is massive and the legends of this genre (like Lawrence )need to be added to the hall.

Posted by Timothy on Wednesday, 07/5/2017 @ 18:24pm

Lawrence Welk should not be in the Rock Hall of Fame. He might have made it if his idea of forming a new group with Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield had worked out. It didn't as Kooper and Bloomfield were then tied up with Dylan and Highway 61 Revisted. As it is, he would be better in the Jazz Hall of Fame as his recordings with Ornette Coleman and Raashan Roland Kirk are classics. I heard both of them while on acid before they were released. Cecil Taylor once said Welk was the furthest out cat he had ever heard - way ahead of his time.

Posted by Bogus Wingnut on Sunday, 08/1/2021 @ 13:38pm