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<bb>>Rockb>bb>> and roll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

<bb>>Rockb>bb>> and roll emerged as a defined musical style in America in the 1950s, though elements of <bb>>rockb>bb>> and roll can be heard in rhythm and blues records as far back as the 1920s.
Early <bb>>rockb>bb>> and roll combined elements of blues, boogie woogie, jazz and rhythm and blues, and is also influenced by traditional Appalachian folk music, gospel, Hillbilly and country and western.
In 1954, Elvis Presley recorded at Sam Phillips' Sun studios in Memphis, the regional hit "That's All Right, Mama." Elvis played a <bb>>rockb>bb>> and country and western fusion called rockabilly, which was characterized by hiccuping vocals, slapping bass and a spastic guitar style.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll (1829 words)



Boston <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera

<bb>>Rockb>bb>> opera is a term used to describe a piece of music, generally a record album or CD, which tells a narrative through the songs.
Boston <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera performs <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera, <bb>>rockb>bb>> musicals, concept (or story) albums and story songs.
Our mission is to perform live stagings of <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera and concept albums and therefore, we do not negotiate the rights to make and distribute recordings of our shows.

http://www.rockopera.com/bro/faq.html (725 words)



The Drive-by Truckers: Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera - PopMatters Music Review

The influences for Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera were many, most obviously the music and story of Lynyrd Skynyrd as well as a variety of arena <bb>>rockb>bb>> bands and the Truckers' own experiences.
Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera's two discs are labeled "Act I" and "Act II": the first is an exploration of a young man's growing up in the South while the second recasts the Skynyrd story with him as the lead singer.
Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera is a complex work, a cohesive text that functions as a Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story; as an exploration of cultural issues that have defined the South; as an autobiography of the Drive-by Truckers; and as a reclaiming of Lynyrd Skynyrd's legend and music.

http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/drivebytruckers-southern.shtml (2763 words)



The Music Box: Drive-By Truckers - Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera (Album Review)

Throughout Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera, Drive-By Truckers takes its lyrical writing to the next level, and the three-guitar assault employed in its songs perfectly captures the sound of 1970s Southern arena <bb>>rockb>bb>> without ever sounding derivative or mocking.
Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> isn’t pretty, and nowhere is this more evident than in the music of the Athens, Georgia-based Dixie rockers Drive-By Truckers.
Rather than attempting an actual <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera with a linear story line (á la The Who’s Tommy), however, the Skynyrd story occupies less than half of the tracks on Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera.

http://www.musicbox-online.com/dbt-sro.html (622 words)



SAVATAGE Streets - A <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera reviews and MP3

It could be back to a reason (as a later Savatage song on another <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera states), back to a meaning, back to life, back to innocence.
This album truly deserves the name "<bb>>rockb>bb>> opera" but not any stigma that might normally be attached to such a title.
When hearing the combination of a piano and the <bb>>rockb>bb>> song the name of Jim Steiman comes to mind and Queen must have been an influence for the vocal outbursts even though I’m not exactly a fan of that band and I do like this album.

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=4515 (6261 words)



Rolling Stone : Drive-By Truckers "Opera" Restaged

Initially released last fall, Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera is something of a time machine, dragging listeners back to the Seventies through a pair of the decade's flagship institutions: Lynyrd Skynyrd and the <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera.
It's actually a significantly darker record than the <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera, but with this record we said if at any point in time we weren't having fun, we were going to walk away from it until we were ready to come back with a better attitude.
The double disc touches on the Skynyrd mystique, the allure of arena <bb>>rockb>bb>> (through a fictional Seventies teen and his band) and, as singer-guitarist Patterson Hood describes it, "the duality of the Southern Thing" -- the semi-nostalgic love/hate relationship between a man and a region.

http://rollingstone.com/news/story/5934316/driveby_truckers_opera_restaged (784 words)



<bb>>Rockb>bb>> music - definition of <bb>>Rockb>bb>> music in Encyclopedia

<bb>>Rockb>bb>> and roll emerged as a defined musical style in America in the 1950s, though elements of <bb>>rockb>bb>> and roll can be seen in rhythm and blues records as far back as the 1920s.
<bb>>Rockb>bb>> and roll, also called <bb>>rockb>bb>>, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles.
If punk <bb>>rockb>bb>> was a social and musical phenomenon, it garnered little in the way of record sales (small specialty labels such as Stiff Records had released much of the punk music to date) or American radio airplay, as the radio scene continued to be dominated by mainstream formats such as disco and album-oriented <bb>>rockb>bb>>.

http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Rock_music (5877 words)



New <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera challenges corporate structure - Features

Publicist Margaret Chaney described it as a <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera.
Rouse said a recording of the opera's music will be released this week and can be purchased on iTunes.
Rouse said he began writing the second opera, "Dennis Cleveland," in 1996, and it premiered in 2002.

http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2005/09/09/Features/New-Rock.Opera.Challenges.Corporate.Structure-980139.shtml (805 words)



Drive By Truckers Song By Song - Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera

We began writing the Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera some years ago.
Musically, it's the most blatantly "Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>>" of any of the songs on the album.
When <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Stars hit it big, they tend to put everything they own in those indestructible road cases (with the name of their band stenciled on them).

http://www.drivebytruckers.com/writeup_sro.html (1278 words)



Savatage - Streets: A <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera

This is the task I undertook when I decided to write a review on Savatage's 1991 album Streets: A <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera.
Streets is a concept album which focuses on a former <bb>>rockb>bb>> star who has hit hard times.
It is true that Jon Oliva's vocals take some getting used to (at least on the rockers) but don't pass up this album because of that.

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/2786/savstreets.html (1079 words)



<bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera is a Smash - Arts & Entertainment

Instead of fusing opera with <bb>>rockb>bb>> to create a new sound, the band gives opera a contemporary sound with a <bb>>rockb>bb>> edge.
The same energy, drama, intensity and raw human expression opera reflects can also be found in <bb>>rockb>bb>> music; thus the band's choice in using <bb>>rockb>bb>> to interpret opera with a modern edge is a no brainier.
"Opera" is an obvious buzzword to any opera fan, but when "opera" is in the band's title, the fan is left to wonder if the music is even operatic.

http://www.pacepress.org/news/2005/09/28/ArtsEntertainment/Rock-Opera.Is.A.Smash-1002330.shtml (533 words)



Original <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Musicals -- A List of New and Undiscovered <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Musicals

<bb>>Rockb>bb>> musical based on Charles Dickens' "Tale of Two Cities." Sounding somewhat like rockified traditional broadway songs, the music mixes upbeat pop-driven tunes with generous libretto.
1991 album by the <bb>>rockb>bb>> group Savatage, depicting the life of a <bb>>rockb>bb>> star borne of the street and struggling with his addiction to drugs.
This site is intended as a resource for those who are interested in original <bb>>rockb>bb>> musicals and for those who have written original musicals and want to develop and/or promote their work.

http://www.donlinke.com/musicals (951 words)



Amazon.ca: Streets - <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera [CD]: Music

Streets:A <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera by Savatage is an amazing album.
I have listened to all kinds of music, <bb>>rockb>bb>>, metal, jazz, blues, country I have heard it all.
I have to say this album has it all.

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002IS7 (609 words)



<bb>>Rockb>bb>>-Opera

A <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera with orginal lyrics by Shakespeare.
Two sequial <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Operas with orginal lyrics by Goethe.

http://www.rock-opera.net (17 words)



<bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera

One of my oldest dreams since I listen to this kind of music is to write a Hard <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera.
Maybe it will be more like a narrated and sung story than a real opera, but this isn't decided yet.
The music which deals with the woman will be more romantic, the music for the good guy more heroic and the music for the bad guy more aggressiv.

http://www.rium.de/rockopera.html (430 words)



southern <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera, drive-by truckers

"Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera" makes constant references to it, not only in the lyrics, but in the playing.
Now it might occur to you that writing a two-hour <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera about Lynryd Skynryd is not the very best idea that anyone ever had.
<bb>>Rockb>bb>> is pop music and is best absorbed in fairly brief, discrete chunks.

http://www.crispinsartwell.com/truckers.htm (699 words)



Amazon.com: Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera: Music: The Drive-By Truckers

Having listened to several of DBT's previous albums, "Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera" is even more amazing.
"Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera" is also the best <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera since the heyday of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and The Who's "Tommy." If you think this is all hypebole, then just listen to the album.
A southern <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera about growing up in the south in the 70's, the rise and fall of arena <bb>>rockb>bb>>, the mythology surrounding the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and common misconceptions about the south.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000068FUS?v=glance (1871 words)



<bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera At The Regent

So, back by popular demand, The Ultrasonic <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Orchestra once again puts the '<bb>>rockb>bb>>' back into '<bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera,' with their 8 musicians and 18 singers delivering you amazing renditions with jaw-dropping intensity.
Spurred on by these successes, they have begun their latest venture an original <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera that tells the tongue-in-cheek tale of a star-struck would-be songwriter and his quest to write the ultimate <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera and thereby win the approval of his lifelong hero Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Led by Ultrasonic Productions co-founders Sal Clemente and Alan Ware, the Ultrasonic <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Orchestra performs songs from Superstar and Tommy, and breathes new life into classic songs by The Beatles, David Bowie and Queen.

http://boston.craigslist.org/muc/141437312.html (180 words)



Table <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera House -- Pawnee County History

The Table <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Herald, advertised as the only Populist paper in the county, was published from 1893 to 1894, and its columns carried several references to the construction of the opera house, although no change in its physical appearance is ever noted.
Or the enlarged opera house might have been completed anytime after September, 1894, to before November, 1895, because no city newspapers are available for this period, and checks of newspapers in neighboring cities give no hint of what was happening at the Table <bb>>Rockb>bb>> opera house.
The opera house building in Table <bb>>Rockb>bb>> is a three-story structure with the second story being the main floor of the auditorium and with a balcony, high auditorium ceiling, and stage loft making up the third story.

http://www.pawneecountyhistory.com/yesteryear/tropera.html (11326 words)



The Music Box: Drive-By Truckers - Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera (Album Review)

Throughout Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera, Drive-By Truckers takes its lyrical writing to the next level, and the three-guitar assault employed in its songs perfectly captures the sound of 1970s Southern arena <bb>>rockb>bb>> without ever sounding derivative or mocking.
Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> isn’t pretty, and nowhere is this more evident than in the music of the Athens, Georgia-based Dixie rockers Drive-By Truckers.
Too many elitist critics and fans see Southern <bb>>rockb>bb>> as a punch line rather than a movement to be celebrated and enjoyed.

http://www.musicbox-online.com/dbt-sro.html (622 words)



SACD News: Sony Music Releases Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds in 5.1 SACD Surround Sound [HFR]

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera is one of the best selling albums of all time in the U.K. which explains its appearance initially in Europe.
The re-release of this classic <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera that first appeared in 1978 is being made in anticipation of the release of a new movie version of War of the Worlds directed by Steven Speilberg and starring Tom Cruise and Tim Robbins.
Both the Jeff Wayne <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera and the upcoming movie are based on the H.G. Wells novel about an attack of Earth from Mars.

http://www.highfidelityreview.com/news/news.asp?newsnumber=19437495 (2062 words)



dOc DVD Review: <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera (1999)

Austin has continued to be the hotbed for alt music for the last decade or so, and in the 1999 indie <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera we're given witness to the seedy glory of its drug-addled underbelly in this quasi-comedy slathered in local underground <bb>>rockb>bb>>, with all roads leading to the search for the perfect high.
The Making of <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera (10m:08s) has Bob Ray commenting on how the film is "no more absurd than reality", while the Old Stupid Shit section gathers up ten of his short films (most running just three or four minutes).
Everyone simply does it as part of their daily existence, with <bb>>rockb>bb>> music as a chaser.

http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=7390 (1052 words)



The Drive-by Truckers: Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera - PopMatters Music Review

Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera's two discs are labeled "Act I" and "Act II": the first is an exploration of a young man's growing up in the South while the second recasts the Skynyrd story with him as the lead singer.
The influences for Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera were many, most obviously the music and story of Lynyrd Skynyrd as well as a variety of arena <bb>>rockb>bb>> bands and the Truckers' own experiences.
Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera is a complex work, a cohesive text that functions as a Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story; as an exploration of cultural issues that have defined the South; as an autobiography of the Drive-by Truckers; and as a reclaiming of Lynyrd Skynyrd's legend and music.

http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/drivebytruckers-southern.shtml (2745 words)



Mp3 and WAV File Downloads: Space Rocker <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera

One of several songs about relationships and caring, one of the <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera themes.
<bb>>rockb>bb>> opera, this song tries to point out the healing involved by resolving conflicts in feelings of self worth.
(mp3 - 900 K) Title song and main theme to the <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera.

http://www.web-a-dex.com/wavfiles.htm (572 words)



accretions...catalog...darius: a <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera

The debut CD from Barefoot Hockey Goalie, a four-piece <bb>>rockb>bb>> band from San Diego, quickly gathered attention on the West Coast with the hockey <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera 'Darius' as well as other socially poignant and topical songs.
"How many bands have the guts, much less the musical ability, to create a <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera as musically adventurous and as emotionally gripping..."
From 70s <bb>>rockb>bb>> to punk to cabaret, the versatile BHG skates through them all rather tastefully and with tongue in cheek.

http://www.accretions.com/catalog/darius.asp (177 words)



Neumu - 44.1kHz

The "hero" of the piece grew up a Skynyrd fan in the 1970s, but chose punk when it ripped the story of <bb>>rockb>bb>> in half, and now he's slowly been piecing his own personal <bb>>rockb>bb>> 'n' roll story back together.
But all of them have been living the life that got them that way — the <bb>>rockb>bb>> 'n' roll life, as it was defined in the pre-punk 1970s.
In the meantime the characters are dealing with the consequences of their <bb>>rockb>bb>> 'n' roll lifestyle, some of it set to music you'd automatically associate with "Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>>" — the bluesy shuffle of "Wallace" or the three-guitar onslaught of "The Southern Thing" — and some of it not.

http://neumu.net/fortyfour/2002/2002-00200/2002-00200_fortyfour.shtml (886 words)



Nostradamus - The <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera - Re: <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera Cds Discussion Forum

Most of these aren't even concept albums, let alone <bb>>rockb>bb>> operas...
Re: Most of these aren't even concept albums, let alone <bb>>rockb>bb>> operas...
They fit the standard, accepted, unspoken definition of a <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera -nt-

http://www.nostramusic.com/phorum/read.php?f=1&i=155&t=151 (119 words)



Plan 9 Music: Album: Drive By Truckers - Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera

You're impressed by the lyrics, and taken aback by the ferocity of the attack; you're pissed off that this band's put out three previous albums that you knew nothing about (although Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera is by far the best of the group's four discs).
Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera is 100% punk-fueled Southern <bb>>rockb>bb>>, but don't let the twang and drawl stop you from giving it a shot.
Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera isn't perfect, but its faults are easily forgivable in light of its ambition and successes.

http://www.plan9music.com/?node=item&id=2147492312 (1380 words)



Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . FEATURE . Christian <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera "!Hero" . January 2, 2004 PBS

Christian Book: "Hero: The <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera": CD Track Listing and Sound Clips
Now, a popular new contemporary <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera depicts the Gospel story of his life, death and resurrection -- and does so with gritty, urban music.
It's a gritty, urban tale with <bb>>rockb>bb>> 'n' roll, hip-hop and rap.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week718/feature.html (453 words)



THE HIGH HAT POPS & CLICKS: Ambition

Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera is a deadly serious record, an act of atonement from a musician who “came of age rebelling against the music of my high school parking lot.” 69 Love Songs is something else entirely: cheeky, parodic, a genre clusterfuck that plays like a mix tape by someone with a very eccentric record collection.
The title Southern <bb>>Rockb>bb>> Opera is both a great joke and exactly what the record delivers: a fiercely unironic two act fantasia about “the whole Skynyrd thing in its misunderstood glory,” with spoken interludes, printed libretto and a stomping three-guitar climax.
These are interventionist records, striving to resuscitate discredited forms: <bb>>rockb>bb>> opera, mid-tempo Southern boogie, the twinky sputter of analog synthesizers.

http://www.thehighhat.com/Pop&Clicks/001/pop&clicks001_ambition.html (1529 words)

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