Thursday, November 29, 2012

JOE BUSSARD HATES ROCK 'N' ROLL

The guy above is Joe Bussard. He is a fiend. There are a number of things that, on paper, should annoy me about him. He thinks jazz ended in 1933. He hates, hates, hates rock 'n' roll. His attitude borders on pissy. But, you know what? It's the way he hates rock 'n' roll. He's all low key fuck-you-in-your-face about it.  This is but one exchange in a long interview at Dust and Grooves: 

Q: Is there a music genre that you avoid?
A: Rock-n- roll. Period. Any of it. Hate it. Worse thing that happened to music. Hurt all types of music. They took blues and ruined it. It’s the cancer of music….ate into everything. Killed Country music, that’s for sure.

Every one of us (assuming that you're here because you like music) has a bit of Joe Bussard in us. And I'm sure that there are others that are more fiendish than him. I don't know any, which is why the interview is such a good read.  There's also a streaming 43 minute mix of cuts he selected, and good photos of him in his record room. This guy is cool, and he didn't have to spend hours in the mirror trying to look like a rock star to be cool. He just is. He is a rock star, and he probably hates it.

Joe Bussard, 78 collector - Interview, photos and streaming mix at Dust and Grooves.

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