Tag: Midwest

by Extroverting

A look at the musicians who came ‘Before Elvis’

Music is the most cannibalistic creative endeavor, with musicians not only drawing inspiration from predecessors and contemporaries, but often imitating specific techniques, stealing catchy riffs or covering entire songs. For music historian Preston Lauterbach, Elvis Presley stands out as an artist who synthesized a remarkable range of styles — “Black and white, urban and rural,