Jimmie Rodgers; Singing Brakeman, Father of Country Music, God of Sex

published in SPIN

Jimmie Rodgers, "America's Blue Yodeler," a rambler and a rounder, has gradually been given the ill-fiting title "The Father of Country Music," primarily by those who've never heard him. Much more wisely, he is alleged to be worshipped by the Kipsigi tribe of East Africa, who have heard his 78's but lack the good fortune to have seen any of his portraits. Known to them as "Chemirocha" and considered to be a centaur-like spirit, half man and half antelope, young Kipsigi maidens are alleged to dance their most seductive dances and beg him to join them. I'd bet he does.

Elvis Presley; The Great Performances

by Bart Bull
(published in Details)

Elvis, of course, invented rock ‘n’ roll. And rap too. Elvis invented Judaism and schmaltz both. He invented the guitar and the gramophone, Dilaudid and the DEA, Dylan, Springsteen, Morrissey, Public Enemy, Guns N’ Roses, rock criticism, and the modern milking machine. He was the Singing Brakeman, the Father of Country Music, the Waltz King, the High Sheriff of Hell, the Woman Who Broke Up The Beatles, His Master’s Voice. Regrets ? He had a few. Then again, too few to mention.