Im schnelllebigen Pop ist es mit der Historik noch mal heikler. Die Nachwelt flicht dem Popstar keine Kränze, es kommt einfach der nächste. Wer hört hierzulande noch die Musik Elvis‘ aus den 50ern?
YouTube channel Polyphonic (whose videos I’ve featured before) has taken on an ambitious project: tracing the history of the electric guitar solo from its origins in blues and country music in the American South all the way up to the present day. The series is called Axe To Grind and the first three episodes are available on YouTube (the first two are embedded above). People are sharing their favorite early electric guitar players in the comments of the first video.
(via Kottke)