Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Series produced by Jamie Dell'Apa
Music from that time when rhythm and blues and rock and roll were emerging but hadn't yet become a predictable formula. A time when musicians were listening to and incorporating these exciting emergences into their own style of music. We focus on music that is difficult to categorize. C&W that sounds like rockabilly and rockabilly that sounds like R&B which sounds an awful lot like rock. That's the sweet spot for the music on the show and, sure enough, that's where the New Orleans sound is centered.
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What does music sound like when it is taken out of context? When John Coltrane quits walking the bar for dance patrons or some English kids leave gentle pop music for the blues of the American south, they're following their muse. Breaking out of the formula. The result can be a disaster or miraculous. Dr. Demento plays the disasters. We play the miraculous. Music from that time when rhythm and blues and rock and roll were emerging but hadn't yet become a predictable formula. A time when musicians were listening to and incorporating these music's exciting emergence into their own style of music. We focus on music that is difficult to categorize. C&W that sounds like rockabilly and rockabilly that sounds like R&B which sounds an awful lot like rock. That's the sweet spot for... Show full description
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Bought by Raven Radio, KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media and more
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Bought by KFCF FM, KPRG, Delmarva Public Media, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more
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Bought by KPRG, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, and Delmarva Public Media
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Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio, and KSLU
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- Length: 02:57:00
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