Are you writing a book, AR? And are we going to be getting it chapter by chapter? From Scott Joplin to Gene Vincent! I am not sure how the world at large will take it, but I love it!

Anyway, a couple thoughts about the short life of real rock'n'roll on the pop charts--Rock'n'roll aroused incredible public outrage from religious leaders, politicians, and many others in postitions of influence--there were pickets and protesters outside performances, concerts were "banned", there were newspaper editorials denouncing it, classical and popular entertainers denounced it, and radio programmers tried to find less controversial music that still appealed to a"teen" audience--Colonel Tom Parker said that this was the main reason that Elvis stopped playing concerts and started making movies--it was just to difficult to fight all that, over and over again--

There were no venues for rock concerts in those days, and, with all the negative publicity, it was impossible for these guys to establish themselves--

I refuse to accept, for even a minute, the idea that the kids liked the watered down stuff better--I've been a musician and performer for nearly 40 years, and I have never played for an audience that didn't respond to "Be-Bop-A-Lula" or the one of the early Elvis tunes--

By the way, any idea what became of Paul Peek?