Why is rock and roll considered an amalgam of country and R&B?

I don't hear the country side of it.Why is rock and roll considered an amalgam of country and R%26amp;B?
When Chuck Berry came along and basically created rock (which the Beatles would completely re-invent not too long after), he actually did mix a hell of a lot of blues and country together. You can hear more country elements in Berry's guitar playing than you can in modern rock. Also, you can hear a lot of country elements in the Beatles' music but, unlike Chuck Berry, the Beatles also incorporated jazz chord progressions and really re-wrote how rock could be played and not all that long after Berry came along.



Anyway, rock is basically a mix of three different genres: blues, jazz and country. Of course, blues is the strongest influence and those three genres are not always the only influences. And, nowadays, you rarely ever hear a real country influence in rock. Jackyl was probably one of the last few bands (I believe they got their start in the early 90's) to do a real country-sounding song with "Secret of the Bottle." Cinderella, known as an 80's hair band, also did a country tune in 1990 called "One for Rock and Roll." And, of course, Bon Jovi has done two 'country' tunes recently but, in all honesty, they sound more like rock when compared to real country and the country-style songs by artists such as the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Badfinger, Cinderella, Jackyl, etc.





Also, do keep in mind that many country artists (those who play actual country music) were also influence by rock. For instance, Chet Atkins--who influenced the Beatles and came out before them--was actually influenced by the Beatles as well. Then, there was also Buck Owens who was a fan of rock and even covered Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode." Modern country actually has Brad Paisley (who, by the way, is one hell of a guitarist) who has many non-country influences including Eddie Van Halen, Eric Johnson and the Beatles (he also has many jazz and blues influences as well and, obviously, many country influences). Anyway, in reality, all genres of music are more closely related than many people seem to realize.
its acually a combo of blues and r%26amp;b



who told you country?



of course, there can be country elements to rock (Eagles) but the basic Rock is blues and R%26amp;BWhy is rock and roll considered an amalgam of country and R%26amp;B?
Early rock bands had a lot of blues influence (Janis Joplin, Deep Pruple, The Who.)

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And a lot of these bands had country influences too. (Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbQ0Cb6h3鈥?/a>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tIozFYys鈥?/a>
Puh. Blues, yes.Why is rock and roll considered an amalgam of country and R%26amp;B?
Most early Rock and Roll was steeped in rockabilly. Some swing. Some REAL country music. Not this watered down rock and roll wannabees you hear today. Elvis gets WAY too much credit for his contributions to rock. Elvis was Elvis. Not taking anything away from that. However, he didnt fuse black and white music. If anything, he drew a line that black musicians of the era could not cross. He got his music played in places where nobody even thought of listening to the black artists of the time. Beyond that, Elvis owes his career to the likes of Carl Perkins. Even Elvis would tell you that if he could.



The music was a logical progression in many ways. Gary U.S. Bonds, Little Richard, Smokey Robinson, The Five Satins, The Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline...a vast myriad of great artists who blended gospel music, rockabilly, early soul and country music are what brought us to what we call rock and roll.



Back to that line I mentioned. R%26amp;B moved to Hittsville in Detroit. The early Motown bands, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Primes and the Primettes (Temptations and Supremes) were really the forerunners of soul. They along with people like Mary Wells, The Ronnettes, The Isely Brothers, The O'Jays...that was making an entirely different line of music that was as important and exciting as any of the "white" music that came out of the era.



Bands like the Beatles, Stones, Dave Clark 5, Herman's Hermits (who actually were second to the Beatles with rock hits in that era,) The Yardbirds (with Clapton, Page and Beck) modified the blues music, added a little acid to it and became Cream, Buffalo Springfield, The Dead, The Airplane, Quicksilver...most of the San Francisco bands grew out of those early Sun artists and the others I mentioned.



I got to see most of this happen. I'm no expert. I'm not saying other people wont disagree. But all I know is that as a young musician in the early 60's who grew up with the likes of Les Paul, Django Reinhard, Louis Armstrong and others from the "Big Band" era...(one of my uncles played with Tommy Dorsey)...I feel I have a pretty good perspective on it.



Anyway, great question really. You should get some interesting answers!!!
Because the people who thought of that were idiots.