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60:41

George Michael's Brilliant 80's Run Ended With His...

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2022/12/15

Host Nate Wilcox and James discuss the meteoric rise of George Michael and his long, slow downfall.Buy the book and support the show. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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63:11

Gene Clark's Songwriting Lifted the Byrds

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2022/12/12

Host Nate Wilcox and John discuss the career of Gene Clark, both with the Byrds and his later solo efforts and with Dillard & Clark.Buy the book and support the show. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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67:45

Eddie Floyd Epitomized the Stax Records Approach to Soul

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2022/12/08

Host Nate Wilcox and Tony discuss the career of Eddie Floyd and his connections to the wider world of R&B. Buy the book and support the show. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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55:22

The History of American Pop Music Writing Tells a Story

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2022/12/05

Host Nate Wilcox and Eric discuss some of the twists and turns in the long narrative of American music writing. Buy the book and support the show. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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66:25

The Record Exec Who Signed Michael Jackson, Bruce...

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2022/12/01

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Brooks Long discuss the merits and demerits of Walter Yetnikoff's storied run at CBS Records.Buy the book and support the show. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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55:42

Vybz Kartel's Career Arc Landed Jamaica's Most...

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2022/11/28

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Kit Mackintosh discuss the rise and fall of Jamaica's top 21st century music star. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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59:49

The Velvet Underground Brought the Avant-Garde to...

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2022/11/24

Host Nate Wilcox asks Victor to detail the ups and downs of the Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable. Order the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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63:15

DJ Screw Slowed Hip-Hop Down and Built a Home Grown...

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2022/11/21

Host Nate Wilcox asks Lance about the rise and fall of DJ Screw and the influence of the chopped and screwed sound. Order the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. More Hip-Hop on Let It Roll: Hip-hop's early entrepreneurs: Sugar Hill & Def-Jam. Time-Warner and the Campaign against Ice-T and Body Count J Dilla Transformed Time For Q-Tip, The Pharcyde, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu & Common Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email

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61:30

Swing King Chick Webb Brought Ella Fitzgerald to the...

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2022/11/17

Host Nate Wilcox asks Jeff Kaufman, the director of "The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America," about the great swing drummer Chick Webb and his impact on American music. Order the movie. For more information about THE SAVOY KING, including DVDs with a free eBook. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn

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57:18

The Band That Broke Czechoslovakian Communism:...

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2022/11/14

Host Nate Wilcox asks Joe about the history of this remarkable band.Order the book. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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65:10

Arthur Lee and Love Ruled LA's Sunset Strip Between...

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2022/11/10

Host Nate Wilcox asks John about the ups and downs and self-imposed limitations that kept Arthur Lee and Love strictly a Southern California phenomenon.Buy the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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62:58

American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC...

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2022/11/07

Host Nate Wilcox asks Dale about the musical ferment bubbling under the New York demimonde in the 1800s.Buy the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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63:01

BB King's Beginnings in Memphis & the Mississippi Delta

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2022/11/03

An interview with Daniel de Visé, author of "King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King." Host Nate Wilcox asks Daniel about B.B. King's beginnings on Beale Street. Buy the book and support the podcast. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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61:27

My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth

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2022/10/31

An interview with Emily Bingham, the author of "My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song." Host Nate Wilcox asks Emily to detail the 150 years of myth-making around Stephen Foster's song. Buy the book and support the podcast. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad

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65:25

Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler Produced Aretha...

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2022/10/27

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Brooks Long discuss "Rhythm And The Blues: A Life in American Music" by Jerry Wexler and David Ritz. Brooks Long is back and that means he and Nate are talking about a book written or co-written by the great David Ritz. While at Billboard magazine in the 1940s, Jerry Wexler coined the term Rhythm & Blues. He went on to become one of the great "record men" at Atlantic Records in the 1950s, 60s and 70s where he produced career-peak recordings by legends such as Ruth Brown, LaVern

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60:53

The Evolution of American Ska: The Untouchables,...

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2022/10/24

An interview with Marc Wasserman, author of "Skaboom!: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History." Host Nate Wilcox talks to Marc about the beginnings of the 3rd wave of ska in 1980s America. Buy the book and support the podcast. Don't miss Nate's discussion with Ed Ward on the origins of reggae. Don't miss Nate's discussion with Ryan Harkness about ska's place in the history of DJ-centric music. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email

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64:26

Metal Evolution Led to Extremes: Grindcore, Death &...

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2022/10/20

Hosts Nate Wilcox, Eugene S. Robinson & Alexei Auld discuss the fan-funded "Extreme Metal" episode of the documentary series "Metal Evolution." The Puncholes wrap our look at metal evolution with a discussion of grindcore, death metal and black metal. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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65:14

J Dilla Transformed Time for Q-Tip, the Pharcyde,...

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2022/10/17

An interview with Dan Charnas author of "Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm." Host Nate Wilcox talks to Dan about what exactly made J Dilla's work as a producer, rapper and solo artist so unique, innovative and influential for some hip-hop, EDM, jazz and classical musicians. Buy the book and support the podcast. Don't miss Nate's two other interviews with Dan: Dan Charnas on hip-hop's early entrepreneurs: Sugar Hill & Def-Jam. Dan Charnas on

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68:38

Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool &...

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2022/10/13

The Puncholes debate the history of progressive metal with a lot of contention about whether or not Tool represented a clean break with the previous prog metal tradition. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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66:30

New Orleans Music from Fats Domino thru the Meters to...

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2022/10/10

An interview with Ned Sublette author of "The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans." Host Nate Wilcox talks to Ned about the music of New Orleans in the 2nd half of the 20th Century including R&B, funk and hip-hop. Listen to part one of our discussions with Ned about New Orleans and its musical history. Buy the book and support the podcast. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on

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