Articles of category "Piano rock musicians"

Piano rock is not that old music style your parents or grandparents listened to. It first surfaced in the mid-1950's. At that time, piano rock pioneers such as Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis were creating a new style of music. The main difference of this style is that it is the piano which plays the main role and not the guitar as it is in rock and roll. Modern rock piano players still use most of the techniques of those times.

Piano rock is a part of the rock-n-roll movement that began in 1950s. Unlike classic rock compositions which are based on guitar this style compositions were (and are) based on piano. Such famous artists as Ray Charles were the actual piano rock pioneers. Jerry Lee Lewis was also one of them - his interesting manner to perform is still used by famous modern piano rock musicians like Elton John or Ben Folds.