In the era when the Mitten State was the Automotive Capitol of the World, the pervasive industrial clamor and deeply ingrained work ethic that came with making Fords and Chevys had an influence that filtered down to young people who wanted to make cool noise. High-energy hard rock bands like the Stooges, the MC5, and the Frost that dominated the Detroit rock scene of the late 1960s have codified Michigan Rock in the minds of many,… As the liner notes acknowledge, licensing issues prevented a number of key Michigan acts from appearing in the collection (among them Bob Seger, Stevie Wonder, Ted Nugent, and Funkadelic), but David Wells, who compiled and annotated this set, used that as an opportunity to feature a number of lesser-known artists, and the unspoken theme of this anthology is that even the also-rans on the Michigan scene of the mid-’60s to the early ’70s had plenty to offer.
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Published at: 2025-04-29 21:20:16
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