Friday, 8/12/11

by musicclipoftheday

only rock ’n’ roll
(an occasional series)

MC5, “Kick Out The Jams,” live, Detroit, 1970

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Rock ’n’ roll, requiring no formal training, depending more on verve than virtuosity, is a kind of folk music. Folk music, at its best, evokes a particular place. Can you imagine these guys coming out of, say, San Francisco?