Rolling Stone magazine founder and fanboy Jann Wenner has found himself wildly out\u002Dof\u002Dtune with 2023.
And Bowman would know. He, too, has interviewed the white men in Wenner’s book, and he has nothing against them. But he’s also interviewed Joni Mitchell, Mavis Staples and Grace Slick. They are “very, very smart.”
Willis wrote: “When a bunch of snotty, upper-middle class white males start telling me that politics isn’t where it’s at, that is simply an attempt to defend their privileges.”Article content“They [Wenner’s staff] were all white, upper-middle class, literary majors obsessed with the lyrics,” Bowman said. “There’s an interview with Pete Townshend and he’s talking about the Vietnam War.
“He put down Grace Slick and Janis Joplin … it’s unforgivable,” Bowman said. “All of the founding fathers of rock are Black, starting in 1948 or ’49. Only when Elvis hits six or seven years later is there a white artist on the scene.Article content “We’re long past the point where white men playing guitars is the definition of rock and roll but Jann Wenner was locked into that period,” Bowman added.And some of that has been reflected in who does — and more importantly — doesn’t get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
“Steppenwolf aren’t in either. Why aren’t the MC5 in? Little Willie John? Sonny Boy Williamson? There are 100 artists that I personally think should be in,” Bowman said, adding there are also some who probably shouldn’t be in.
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