Some facts about rock and roll

• Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the U.S. during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
• The night of Jimi's first gig, Jeff Beck was coming out of the club and outside he ran into Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend. With a frightened expression he told them "I think we're in trouble here!".
• An early form of rock and roll was rockabilly.
• The Yardbirds were the ones who gave Clapton the nickname "Slowhand".
• Steve Morse's (Deep Purple) guitar has 11 different pickup positions.
• The solo in The Beatle's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is played by Clapton.
• Cobain's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was the name (or slogan...) of a deodorant brand.
• Sting's real name is Gordon Summer.
• Elvis Presley's former home, Graceland is the second most-visited house in America after the White House.
• Pink Floyd's original name was Sigma 6.
• From 1968 to 1970, Jim Morrison lived at the humble Alta Cienega Motel in Los Angeles, in a room with no telephone.