Let It Roll

58:18

TechnoRoll 3.4: Rave and Early Internet Culture Rose...

Let It Roll ·

2022/05/19

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness talk about Matos' interpretation of the early days of Rave culture in Northern California in the early 1990s. Buy the book and support the show. 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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68:25

HolyRoll 1: In America African Culture Survived as...

Let It Roll ·

2022/05/16

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Garrett Cash kick off a new mini-series with some talk about spirituals and Gospel's roots in African music. Based on Robert Darden's "People Get Ready!: A New History of Black Gospel Music." Buy the book and support the show. 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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57:33

TechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester and Hip-House Don't Quite...

Let It Roll ·

2022/05/12

Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about the slow build of rave culture in the USA in the 1990s. Buy the book and support the show. 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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60:44

From Louis Armstrong to the White Stripes, 'St James...

Let It Roll ·

2022/05/09

Host Nate Wilcox asks Robert Harwood about the origins of "St James Infimary" and how he determined that prior histories of the song that linked it to the old British ballad "The Unfortunate Rake" were completely wrong. Buy the book and support the show. 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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57:00

TechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton and...

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2022/05/05

A continuing discussion of "The Underground Is Massive" by Michaelangelo Matos Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness mull Matos' telling of the emergence of the first wave of Detroit Techno, led by the Belleville Three: Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. As May said, "The music is just like Detroit, a complete mistake. It's like George Clinton and Kraftwerk are stuck in an elevator with only a sequencer to keep them company." Buy the book and support the show. Have a question or a

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63:41

Cream Combined Heavy Blues Rock With Jazz Improv and...

Let It Roll ·

2022/05/02

Host Nate Wilcox asks Dave to delve into the story of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker and the out of control super group they formed in 1966 and its less than 2 year life span. 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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66:29

TechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in...

Let It Roll ·

2022/04/28

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss the role of radio, dance clubs, DJs like Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Hot Mix 5 in the first outbreak of modern electronic dance music in the USA. Buy the book and support the show. 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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62:17

Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder Invented Electronic...

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2022/04/25

Host Nate Wilcox asks Dave to discuss the origins of "I Feel Love", the careers of Summer and Moroder before and after the song, and some of the other songs and artists whose work anticipated electronic dance music. 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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63:57

Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought...

Let It Roll ·

2022/04/21

Nate debates the virtues of thrash with Eugene and Alexei who have some strong opinions about the virtues of the various thrash bands of the 1980s. 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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61:16

Guns N’ Roses Reigned Over the Late 80's and Fell...

Let It Roll ·

2022/04/18

Host Nate Wilcox asks Art about the band that seemed like America's Rolling Stones for a few years in the late 1980s but slid into bloat and hubris in the 1990s. 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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63:49

Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene...

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2022/04/14

Nate, Eugene and Alexei ponder the meaning of hair metal and how it produced its own nemesis in Guns N Roses. 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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62:33

Why Does Some Old Music Still Sound Contemporary and...

Let It Roll ·

2022/04/11

Host Nate Wilcox asks writer J.D. Considine to elaborate on his thesis about the enduring popularity of some older music. 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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56:48

Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave...

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2022/04/07

After punk rock took over Britain in the late 1970s, a new wave of heavy metal bands emerged in response. 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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58:24

Milton Brown Mentored Bob Wills and Invented Western...

Let It Roll ·

2022/04/04

Host Nate Wilcox gets Cary Ginnell to tell the tale of Milton Brown, founder of the Light Crust Doughboys and father of Western Swing. They discuss Brown's pioneering combination of traditional country string band with the new jazz sounds of the era. 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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60:36

Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the...

Let It Roll ·

2022/03/31

Three legendary bands ruled the hard rock roost in Britain in early 70s but none of them really accepted the terrm "heavy metal." That changed when Judas Priest emerged later in the decade. 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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60:07

Etta James' Was a First Wave Rock N Roller and Later...

Let It Roll ·

2022/03/28

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Brooks Long discuss Etta James storied career and stormy personal life in this discussion of "Rage to Survive" the autobiography she wrote with David Ritz. 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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62:34

Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges and MC5 Invent...

Let It Roll ·

2022/03/24

The gang chews through the implications of Sam Dunn's second episode of "Metal Evolution" which focuses on the rise of American hard rock in the late 60s and early 70s. 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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57:17

Rod McKuen's Songs Sold Millions of Records but...

Let It Roll ·

2022/03/21

Host Nate Wilcox discusses Rod McKuen with his biographer Barry Alfonso. Topics include the pop-folk origins of the wildly popular poet-songwriter, his pioneering self-promotion and direct sales techniques, and the critical backlash he endured. 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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66:06

Heavy Metal Emerged When Blues Rockers Added Elements...

Let It Roll ·

2022/03/17

Nate, Eugene & Alexei discuss Sam Dunn's take on the origins of heavy metal music in the blending of rock n roll, blues, jazz, classical and opera. 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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61:15

Nicky Hopkins' Piano Graced Classic Rock by The...

Let It Roll ·

2022/03/14

Host Nate Wilcox discusses the amazing career of England's top session pianist with author Julian Dawson. 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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