What non Rock and Roll musicians do you think had the most profound impacts on early Rock and Roll?

These are some in my opinion





Jimmie Rodgers


Robert Johnson


Arthur Crudup


Ike Turner


Cowboy Records





So musicians who were not primarily Rock and Roll that being said no Chuck Berry, Elvis, Buddy Holly kind of answers...etc...etc|||Alan Freed


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed|||Rock 'n roll is a direct descendant of blues, so many blues artists have had a profound impact on rock music.


Joey DeMaio (Manowar) claimed that Richard Wagner might be the great-grandfather of metal, because of his massive orchestration and epic storytelling (although I find his operas a snoozefest). I disagree with him, but a lot of classical composers were an inspiration for neo-classical and power metal.|||* Django Reinhardt created rock guitar structures.


* Stephen Foster as the great-etc.-grandfather of popular music.


* Sousa's instrumentation was loud and brash; I've got to believe that inspired something.


* Does Hank Williams Sr. count? Lots of his songs were covered by early rockers.


* Charlie Parker's development of bebop.





Many others, but I'll leave this here so others can play!|||The inner bluesy pains, the instrumental mastery, the joyous expressions, and the soulful vibrations of many a musical geniuses have contributed to the evolution of what we recognize today as Rock and Roll. ... Music has always been a work in progress, it did not, and could not have, come about through the efforts of a single individual (or even a small group of individuals).





That said, like "Shades of Grey", I too believe that if one was to point to a profound singular impact, it has to be that of Muddy Waters'. ... He Was, Is, and Will Always be THE Granddaddy of Rock%26amp;Roll.





BTW: That version of Mannish Boy (Muddy Waters %26amp; The Band) is my all-time favorite, too. It's an unbelievably beautiful rendition, and I'm glad someone posted it on YT, again.








It's a GEM worth repeating here:





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQzZhkn0h鈥?/a>








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Mr. Muddy Waters


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQzZhkn0h鈥?/a>|||Gene Krupa

Buddy Rich

Amos Milburn

Andrews Sisters

Freddie Slack

Les Paul|||Conway Twitty|||Ray Charles


Hank Williams