How useful is a production of culture perspective in understanding the birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll

In his production of culture perspective Peterson (1990) looked to explain the emergence of rock ‘n’ roll in 1955. He looks at how law, technology, industry structures, organisational structures, occupational career and market impacted the breakthrough of rock ‘n’ roll.

One major flaw in Peterson’s discussion is that he fails to recognise why it was rock ‘n’ roll that broke through. It could have been any genre of music that emerged in 1955. Also he mentions technology but only concentrates on consumption rather than production, he ignores the technology that made rock ‘n’ roll sound the way it did, be it the electric guitar, amplification etc.

I feel Peterson’s production of culture perspective gives a good outline of the reasons there was space for a new genre to break through. However his exclusion of why it was rock ‘n’ roll weakens it slightly.