"They started playing these songs, and they were basically these white guys playing this Black music and they were doing it their own way, they were interpreting it." "They rejuvenated it, or revived rock 'n roll, they resuscitated it from its death," they said. Or in the case of Lewis, ostracized for marrying his 13-year-old cousin.Īnd he believed the British invasion of the '60s saved the music from extinction, at least according to Giradosian. That's when artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers peaked and then disappeared, a lot of them dead or retired. "Every musical genre has its beginnings, its birth." "The '50s was when rock was created in America, so that's a crucial time - it was a breakthrough so-to-speak," he said. According to Giragosian, British bands took American music and re-recorded it in a way that was more appealing to a white audience and not a Black one. Between songs, he will tell the audience where they're headed to next, which artist was based in that city, provide insight/background into that performer and explain the importance of said artist before repeating the act with another musician. "It's the same act, same concept as it has been for a long time," said Kevin Giragosian, referring to what he described as a rock 'n'roll historical tour featuring songs and narration of the genre's birth and death in America in the 1950s and its resuscitation by English bands in the '60s. The band is made up of brothers Kevin (lead singer, guitar and harmonica) and Kegham Giragosian (lead singer, drums) and Mike Bradburn (bass, background vocals). 3 with the show, "A Rock 'n' Roll Tribute from Elvis to The Beatles Featuring The Neverly Brothers." This will be the second time performing what Kevin Giragosian referred to as a bus tour following last year's December show. 22-A history of music returns to the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center Nov.
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