What does it mean to Rock n’ Roll?

What does it mean to Rock n’ Roll?

This is an oft quoted phrase. I have seen it defined as a sexual term used in the south in the early days of blues to mean the rocking and rolling, I suppose, of two bodies making love.I think that is the most accepted version. It originated in the black community and the name stuck to mean a vibrant expressive dance in boogie-woogie where the female partner was swung between the mans legs, or to his side and flipped or into the air. It later became Rock n’ Roll a form of music and dance.

In the fifties it was looked down upon by the white community establishment when it was accepted by their youth. From then on in Rockabilly as well as Skittles in England, it became a worldwide-phenomenon among all races and finally was accepted by the East Coast establishment and in Hollywood and came of age in film.

I have to admit I came from the white collar eastern establishment and first heard, Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets in 1955 at the CASI Club in Buenos Aires Argentina when I was four years old. The club is still there and is the Argentine Mecca for Rugby. It is debated which was the first Rock n’ Roll song to become a hit and the meaning of what constitutes Rock still is debated today. In my mind this debate can never be resolved as Rock n’Roll as with all languages is living and changing. The elements that make Classic Rock I will try to express in my music. Rock was a revolutionary music and remains so today. Some may call it rock or soft rock or classic rock and everyone has a different idea of what to call it.