How useful is a production of culture perspective in understanding the birth of rock and roll?

When looking at the birth of rock and roll, Robert Peterson states ‘we cannot effectively understand culture unless we analyse in the context of the producers’. Peterson adopts six key features that contribute to the emergence of rock and roll, and these predominately focus upon economic factors of the time. These only concentrate upon industry related circumstances and the way in which they evolved together to create the opportunity for new music to be established. The understanding of this perspective is highly questioned however. The main flaw within Peterson’s concept means he does not actually address the music itself. His theory does not specify why rock and roll music maintained the success that it did and why it was regarded as it was. Personally I don’t believe that culture perspective can ultimately define the birth of rock and roll, and feel it is essential to combine social factors to its influence.