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The Rise & Fall of Phil Spector

10/28/2019

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In our first ever two hour episode, host Nate Wilcox interviews "Tearing Down the Wall of Sound" author Mick Brown to get the story of Phil Spector, a man who had reached the pinnacle of the music world by age 23, went on to produce the Beatles and is now rotting in prison.
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Rod Stewart & the Faces: A Complicated Alliance

10/21/2019

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From 1970 to 1975 the Faces were a top touring act in America, packing theaters, then arenas and even stadiums but they were fated to lose their competition with Rod Stewart's solo career. Host Nate Wilcox talks to Faces biographer Andy Neill about his book "Had Me A Real Good Time".
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The Songs Jazz is Built On

10/14/2019

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Ted Gioia, author of "The Jazz Standards" and host Nate Wilcox discuss the songs that make up the jazz repertoire, how that differs from the Great American Songbook and jazz musicians stopped interpreting newer pop songs in the 1960s for the most part.

Also check out Ted Gioia on The Cool: A 20th Century Phenomenon

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Stanley Booth on Adventuring with the Rolling Stones

10/7/2019

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Host Nate Wilcox speaks to author Stanley Booth about his classic "True Adventures of the Rolling Stones." Booth recalls knowing Brian Jones, hanging with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on the 1969 American tour and being on stage at Altamont.  

Also check out Stanley Booth On Otis Redding and Elvis                                          

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    Let It Roll is a series of in-depth interviews with music writers like Ed Ward, Robert Gordon, Paul Trynka, Peter Doggett, Elijah Wald and more.
    We're slowly but surely putting together a history of popular music in America with a focus on the social, technological and business forces that drive the culture.

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  • ABOUT THE PODCAST
  • Ed Ward's History of R&R
  • Tales From The Tour Bus
  • The Freebird Yeller
  • HIP HOP EVOLUTION