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Hello Roger On 17/07/06, Roger and Allison Kulp wrote: > Dylan was found by John Hammond.The same guy who had previously > discovered Benny Goodman, Bessie Smith,Count Basie,Billie Holiday,and > Pete Seeger,amoung others.Columbia Records pretty much respected his > judgement,by 1961,and pretty much gave him carte blanche to sign > whoever he wanted. The book "John Hammond On the Record" is well worth reading. > As for Nirvana,many people do not realize A) Kurt Cobain was quite > the record collector,and student of rock history.Pull up a list of the > songs he recorded,by other people,especially on the bootlegs.B)Nirvana > were unlike anything around at the time,but they were a real > throwback,to a lot of lesser-known bands,from the early 70s, who were > combining metal,punk,and folk-rock. > Roger Kulp > > phillip holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I agree, but it takes someone with some vision (and clout) to sign > people like Bob Dylan. I remember the first time I heard Nirvana. It > was pretty radically different than anything else on the radio. Two > years later everything sounded like Nirvana. And most garage bands > sound different from the next one. But most of those bands won't get > polished enough to get a record contract. > Phillip > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. > Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]