Lap steel and dobros all seem to be based in the 20th century as blues and bluegrass became a thing.

I'm curious about whether slides existed in earlier eras.

This is pretty random but it peaked my interest and I am curious to see if anyone knows anything more about this.

I was reading the credits on the 1968 album by Richie Havens "Mixed Bag" (one of my favourite albums) and looking at the writing credits because I know that Havens to my knowledge mostly covers songs but there are a few he is credited for, but one song caught my eye which was one of the personal stand out tracks to me, "Sandy" which is credited to Jean Pierre Cousineau, whom I looked up and found essentially nothing about, except that on Discogs that this song was his first credit and had only a handful of other credits in his career.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-o6pPmJ458

All the members of Lynyrd Skynyrd pictured on the cover of "Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd" have since passed away. Yet they seem to escape the tag as a zombie band, a touring band where none or all of the original members have left.
Am I misunderstanding the concept of a zombie band or is there something about the current line-up and its history where they are seen as a legitmate successor?

It got me thinking about other pop/rock (not folk or traditional) songs that have a historical period or event or character as a theme. What others do you know?

Hi, I'm writing a paper on orchestral excerpts and I'm unsure how to cite it. Is it a manuscript? Is it even considered published?!? I've found a couple of lists I want to used published in other works. But more contemporary examples have not been included in any other research. And I don't think this is included in the Holoman book.

Anyone have experience with this?

Thanks!

Hello all! First off, this post is in the wrong subreddit please let me know.

I have been listening to Public the band (John Vaughn, Ben Lapps, and Matthew Alvardo) and they have been pretty much radio silent for over 2 years, I have not been able to find much of anything regarding the band, their band is not listed under their Record Label's page, however the indivudal members have fairly active social media lives.

Does anyone know anything about the status of the band, new music, etc? I figure reddit is a million times better than a simple google snooping session.

Respectful greetings. I’m looking for where this term comes from. I heard it, it has something to do with rites, musicians who are not playing written music, rather translating the spiritual realm into sound.

Many thanks in advance for any indicators.

Why is it that blues, jazz, and rock all operate under similar music theory and ideas, I know that western and African music theory sort of got smushed together but I still don’t have the full story, how was western music theory different before music from other parts of the world were incorporated?

Calling all tapers, music fanatics, and historians! The recently revived Armadillo World Headquarters brand is seeking concert audio, video, photos, and any other artifacts from this iconic venue in Austin, Texas, from 1970 to 1980. Please let us know if you have anything, no matter how big or small!  

Hey everyone, sorry if this is not the appropriate place to ask this question, but I was reading a book about Austrian middle class families during/after WW1, and one of the sons of the writer (Anna Eisenmenger) was a talented musician who published a Requiem in Vienna (where they lived), with some success, it seems. Yet I am unable to find any information on him. His name was Ernie, this was in the early 1920s, but maybe he had a different surname. Is there some place one could look for his works, something like Vienna musical archives? I am very much ignorant about such things. I do not know either if he became a full throated composer or dedicated himself to other things, it was obviously a difficult time period. Thank you for any help

Are there any newspaper articles or reviews from the 60s and 70s about bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin etc. that criticized them, didn’t see the potential in them and didn’t think the successes these bands later had were possible?

To my knowledge, the original titles were War, Reminiscence, Home Expanses, and Victory, but he decided against it and used the tempo markings as titles. Was this due to censorship during the Stalin regime? Wanted to allow interpretation in his music, kind of like the 5th symphony? Just wanted to/no real reason at all? Why??

Thanks in advance!

Hi, I'm looking for sheet music to the song 'The Girls All Dote on a Military Man' by Bennett Scott and A.J. Mills, from 1911. The only place I can find it is on the Australian National Library. As an American, I can't actually access the images. If there are any Australians that can help me, I'd be very appreciative, or if anyone else could find the song somewhere else.

Thank you!