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| Farewell episode | 29 Jan 2024 | 00:50:58 | |
Nate steps back from the show with a farewell Q&A with Steph.
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| Jim Morrison lived out the rock 'n' roll nightmare with The Doors | 22 Dec 2023 | 01:04:42 | |
As part of our Let It Roll Nightmares series this week we're recasting Nate's 2019 discussion with Christain Swain and Shelley Sorenson of the classic biography of Doors lead vocalist Jim Morrison "No One Here Gets Out Alive" by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman.
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| Melvins and TAD Were at the Forefront of Seattle's Grunge Wave When It Was Still An Indy Phenomenon | 06 Feb 2023 | 01:05:40 | |
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Chris Duncan discuss the documentaries "The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale" and "Tad: Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears" and try to parse out the relationship of grunge to the thrash and alt.metal scenes, the punk/noise rock scene and the pop/glam scene.
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| Thrash Metal Rose and Fell, Led by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth | 02 Feb 2023 | 01:07:00 | |
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Chris Duncan discuss the documentary "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal."
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| The Peppermint Lounge Took the Twist to the Top | 30 Jan 2023 | 01:00:36 | |
An interview with Joel Selvin and John Johnson, Jr. co-authors of "Peppermint Twist: The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s." Host Nate Wilcox asks them about the connections between music and organized crime, the beginnings of the Ronettes, The Beatles visit, and the launch of the Twist on the adult world of the early 1960s.
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| Doc Pomus Wrote Classic Songs for Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Dion & the Belmonts and Many More | 26 Jan 2023 | 01:05:20 | |
Host Nate Wilcox and Anthony Tusler of AboutDisability discuss the life and accomplishment's of America's foremost disabled songwriter. The discussion draws on the book Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus by Alex Halberstadt and the film AKA Doc Pomus directed by Peter Miller and William Hechter.
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| David Crosby, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman on Founding the Byrds | 23 Jan 2023 | 01:00:24 | |
An interview with Scott B. Bomar co-author of "The Byrds 1964-1967" with Roger McGuinn, David Crosby and Chris Hillman. Host Nate Wilcox asks Scott about the book, the formation and amazing run of the band, their management and more.
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Host Nate Wilcox asks John to untangle the web of frustration, competing egos and music-biz shenanigans that undid the Buffalo Springfield.
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| Buffalo Springfield Couldn't Contain Neil Young, Steve Stills and Richie Furay | 19 Jan 2023 | 01:07:41 | |
Host Nate Wilcox asks John to untangle the web of frustration, competing egos and music-biz shenanigans that undid the Buffalo Springfield.
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| Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and Creating The California Myth | 16 Jan 2023 | 01:07:05 | |
Host Nate Wilcox asks David about the new edition of his classic book and his role in the recovery and revival of Brian Wilson.
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| Jamaican Ska Evolved Directly From American R&B | 12 Jan 2023 | 00:59:34 | |
Hosts Nate Wilcox & Kit Mackintosh discuss the CD sets Roots of Ska 1942-1962 and Jamaica - Rhythm & Blues 1956-1961.
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| Duran Duran Mastered MTV and Ruled In the 80s | 09 Jan 2023 | 00:55:35 | |
An interview with Annie Zaleski, author of the 33 1/3 book on Duran Duran's Rio. Host Nate Wilcox asks Annie how Duran Duran rose so high and what happened after the peak.
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| Trap Music Took Atlanta's Rap Scene Global but Never Escaped Reality | 05 Jan 2023 | 01:04:48 | |
Host Nate Wilcox and A.R. discuss the origins of Trap music in Atlanta, its rise to global preeminence and it's failure to transcend the gritty realities of its origin.Buy the book and support the show.
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| Why was Brian Jones so wrong for the Rolling Stones? | 18 Dec 2023 | 01:00:21 | |
As part of our Let It Roll Nightmares series this week Steph asks Nate some questions about Brian Jones and the Rolling Stones.
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| Pop Had An Entirely Different Meaning Before 1955 | 02 Jan 2023 | 00:48:54 | |
Host Nate Wilcox asks Bob about the beginnings of the music industry in the first half of the 20th Century.
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| Rick James Took 15 Years to Become an Overnight Success | 29 Dec 2022 | 01:05:56 | |
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Brooks Long discuss the career of Rick James with an emphasis on his early years in Toronto, Detroit and Los Angeles, working with the likes of Neil Young and trying his hand at folk-rock, jazz fusion and finally funk.Buy the book and support the show.
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| Michael Jackson, Madonna and Prince Topped a Banner Year for Pop in 1984 | 26 Dec 2022 | 00:59:46 | |
Host Nate Wilcox asks Matos what made 1984 such a big year for pop music.Buy the book and support the show.
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| Genres: Pop vs Rock vs R&B vs Hip-Hop vs Dance vs Country vs Punk | 22 Dec 2022 | 01:02:58 | |
An interview with Kelefa Sanneh, author of "Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres." Kelefa and host Nate Wilcox discuss the last 50 years of music history through a lens of the 7 major genres of modern popular music.
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| Paul Simon's Brill Building Years Laid the Ground for Folk-Rock Success | 19 Dec 2022 | 01:00:54 | |
An interview with Peter Ames Carlin, author of "Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon." Peter and host Nate Wilcox discuss the early years of Paul Simon and his partnership with Art Garfunkel.
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| George Michael's Brilliant 80's Run Ended With His 90's Rebellion Against His Record Label | 15 Dec 2022 | 01:00:41 | |
Host Nate Wilcox and James discuss the meteoric rise of George Michael and his long, slow downfall.
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| Gene Clark's Songwriting Lifted the Byrds | 12 Dec 2022 | 01:03:11 | |
An interview with John Einarson, author of "Mr. Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of The Byrds' Gene Clark." Host Nate Wilcox and John discuss the career of Gene Clark, both with the Byrds and his later solo efforts and with Dillard & Clark.
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| Eddie Floyd Epitomized the Stax Records Approach to Soul | 08 Dec 2022 | 01:07:45 | |
An interview with Tony Fletcher, co-author of Eddie Floyd's autobiography "Knock! Knock! Knock! On Wood: My Life in Soul." Host Nate Wilcox and Tony discuss the career of Eddie Floyd and his connections to the wider world of R&B.
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| The History of American Pop Music Writing Tells a Story | 05 Dec 2022 | 00:55:22 | |
An interview with Eric Weisbard author of , Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music." Host Nate Wilcox and Eric discuss some of the twists and turns in the long narrative of American music writing.
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| The Record Exec Who Signed Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper and Ruled the 1980's | 01 Dec 2022 | 01:06:25 | |
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.
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| Little Willie John's dreams turned to nightmares | 14 Dec 2023 | 01:06:29 | |
As part of our Let It Roll Nightmares series we're re-casting Nate's 2019 interview with Susan Whitall author of Fever: Little Willie John: A Fast Life, Mysterious Death, and the Birth of Soul."
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| Vybz Kartel's Career Arc Landed Jamaica's Most Important 21st Century Musician in Prison | 28 Nov 2022 | 00:55:42 | |
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Kit Mackintosh discuss the rise and fall of Jamaica's top 21st century music star.
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| The Velvet Underground Brought the Avant-Garde to Rock and Presaged Punk | 24 Nov 2022 | 00:59:49 | |
An interview with Victor Bockris, the co-author of "Uptight: The Story of the Velvet Underground." Host Nate Wilcox asks Victor to detail the ups and downs of the Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable.
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| DJ Screw Slowed Hip-Hop Down and Built a Home Grown Empire in Houston | 21 Nov 2022 | 01:03:15 | |
An interview with Lance Scott Walker, author of "DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution." Host Nate Wilcox asks Lance about the rise and fall of DJ Screw and the influence of the chopped and screwed sound.
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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
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| Swing King Chick Webb Brought Ella Fitzgerald to the World | 17 Nov 2022 | 01:01:30 | |
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.
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| The Band That Broke Czechoslovakian Communism: Plastic People of the Universe | 14 Nov 2022 | 00:57:18 | |
An interview with Joe Yanosik, author of "A Consumer Guide to The Plastic People of the Universe."
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| Arthur Lee and Love Ruled LA's Sunset Strip Between The Byrds and The Doors | 10 Nov 2022 | 01:05:10 | |
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.
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| American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC Underworld | 07 Nov 2022 | 01:02:58 | |
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.
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| BB King's Beginnings in Memphis & the Mississippi Delta | 03 Nov 2022 | 01:01:01 | |
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.
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| My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth | 31 Oct 2022 | 00:59:27 | |
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.
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| Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler Produced Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and More | 27 Oct 2022 | 01:03:25 | |
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 Baker, Ray Charles, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin.
He also found time to be a villain in the stories of Stax Records, Bert Berns and FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
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Don't miss Nate's interview with David Ritz.
Don't miss Nate & Brooks discussing:
Aretha Franklin
Ray Charles
Don't miss Nate's interview with Bert Berns biographer Joel Selvin.
Don't miss Nate's interviews with Robert Gordon about Stax Records:
Part 1
Part 2
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| Mick Jagger on Brian Jones and forming the Rolling Stones | 11 Dec 2023 | 00:52:19 | |
As part of our Let It Roll telepathy series, Nate is discussing Mick Jagger's interview with Jann Wenner in the 1990s..
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| The Evolution of American Ska: The Untouchables, Fishbone & The Toasters Led the Way | 24 Oct 2022 | 00:58:53 | |
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.
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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.
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| Metal Evolution Led to Extremes: Grindcore, Death & Black Metal | 20 Oct 2022 | 00:47:50 | |
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.
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| J Dilla Transformed Time for Q-Tip, the Pharcyde, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu & Common | 17 Oct 2022 | 01:03:14 | |
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.
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Dan Charnas on hip-hop's early entrepreneurs: Sugar Hill & Def-Jam.
Dan Charnas on Time-Warner and the Campaign against Ice-T and Body Count
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| Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah | 13 Oct 2022 | 00:48:45 | |
Hosts Nate Wilcox, Eugene S. Robinson & Alexei Auld discuss the "Progressive Metal" episode of VH1 documentary series "Metal Evolution." 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.
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| New Orleans Music from Fats Domino thru the Meters to No Limit and Cash Money | 10 Oct 2022 | 01:04:30 | |
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.
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| Power Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish | 06 Oct 2022 | 00:50:04 | |
Hosts Nate Wilcox, Eugene S. Robinson & Alexei Auld discuss the "Power Metal" episode of VH1 documentary series "Metal Evolution."
The gang struggles to come to grips with Sam Dunn's definition of power metal, his belated coverage of German metal bands like the Scorpions and Accept, as well as discussing both first and second wave power metal bands from Manowar and Helloween to Blind Guardian and DragonForce.
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| The Outlaw Country of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings was the Second Wave of Progressive Country to Come out of Austin | 03 Oct 2022 | 00:59:26 | |
An interview with Jason Mellard author of "Progressive Country: How the 1970s Transformed the Texan in Popular Culture." Jason and host Nate Wilcox also discuss the late Jan Reid's classic "The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock."
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| Shock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson | 29 Sep 2022 | 00:46:53 | |
Hosts Nate Wilcox, Eugene S. Robinson & Alexei Auld discuss the "Shock Rock" episode of VH1 documentary series "Metal Evolution." The gang grapples with the "shock rock" umbrella that Sam Dunn uses to discuss a wide range of acts that combined intense rock with the shock aesthetic of the Grand Guignol. Slipknot emerges as a surprise favorite of the Puncholes.
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| The Wu Tang Clan's Brilliant Business Plan Was Great While It Lasted | 26 Sep 2022 | 01:01:35 | |
An interview with S. H. Fernando Jr., author of "From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga." Host Nate Wilcox asks S.H. to walk us through the story of the brilliant and ambitious RZA and the talented rappers he brought together to conquer the rap game. We hear how it came together and how it fell apart.
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| Korn and Limp Bizkit Led the Nu Metal Charge, Linkin Park Followed Up | 22 Sep 2022 | 00:52:23 | |
Hosts Nate Wilcox, Eugene S. Robinson & Alexei Auld discuss the "Nu Metal" episode of VH1 documentary series "Metal Evolution." Nate struggles to keep the team on track as long-held anti-Nu Metal biases threaten the attempted objectivity that's sacred to the Let It Roll approach.
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| The Grateful Dead were the pied pipers of psychedelics | 07 Dec 2023 | 01:08:49 | |
As part of our Let It Roll Nightmares series we're re-casting Nate's 2019 interview with Jesse Jarnow author of "Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America." The interview focuses on the Grateful Dead's outsize role in bringing psychedelics to a mass American audience.
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| Record Men From Thomas Edison to John Hammond & Chris Blackwell | 19 Sep 2022 | 01:01:19 | |
An interview with Gareth Murphy author of "Cowboys and Indies: The Epic History of the Record Industry."
Host Nate Wilcox gets Gareth to detail his researches on the earliest days of the record industry when Thomas Edison battled The Victor Talking Machine company for control of the industry.
Then the conversation follows the record industry's evolution into the "race records" era of the 1920s, John Hammond's career at Columbia Records.
Then we focus on Chris Blackwell, the British record man behind Island Records and wrap with some of his contemporaries in the UK record industry of the 70s & 80s.
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| Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV | 15 Sep 2022 | 00:51:30 | |
Hosts Nate Wilcox, Eugene S. Robinson & Alexei Auld discuss the "Grunge" episode of VH1 documentary series "Metal Evolution." Nate and the team grapple with the meaning of grunge, its place in heavy metal history and our own tastes and biases.
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| The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead and the Hell's Angels All Faced a Reckoning At Altamont | 12 Sep 2022 | 01:08:07 | |
An interview with Joel Selvin, author of "Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day." Host Nate Wilcox asks Joel about his research into the causes and impacts of the disaster at Altamont in 1969.
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| TechnoRoll 3.20: Interview with Michaelangelo Matos | 08 Sep 2022 | 00:41:57 | |
An interview with Michaelangelo Matos author of “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America.” Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness ask Michaelangelo Matos the questions raised over the course of TechnoRoll series 3
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