Mike Pedicin

In a fairer world, Mike Pedicin would be as well-known as Bill Haley, or, at least, thought of as highly as, say, Johnny Otis -- his name should evoke smiles of delight from anyone old enough to remember rock & roll when it was dance music, before it was "art" or made a social statement. He doesn't evoke such smiles (except maybe from some perceptive Philadelphians), but he should, because Mike Pedicin was there playing rock & roll about as early as any white musician this side of Haley or Otis. Pedicin might not have been the oldest man ever to play rock & roll -- a few Blac...