It's hard to pinpoint exactly where rock'n'roll started but if you listen to Sister Rosetta Tharpe you can hear rock'n'roll 15 years before it was a thing.

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In this episode we look into other influences for rock'n'roll. Bob Wills is the king of western swing and he could put on a performance. He also might sell some product for companys too

Howlin' Wolf may have gotten a late start to his career but he would end up becoming one of the most influential blue artist

Pat Hare helped make distortion more popular but he is more well known for a song that would predicting his future.

Some songs are life changing in turns of the music business. Big Joe Turner didn't get his credit when he was alive so we try celebrate his contribution to rock n roll

If there is one song that every bodies heard it's hound dog. Elvis is not the first person to record this song. That honor goes to Big Mama Thornton 

From childhood to adulthood, Billie Holiday's life was filled with nothing but turmoil.

Django Reinhart invented gypsy jazz but it almost didn't happen because of an accident the severely damaged his main tools to play the guitar. His Hands!

Sometimes music isn't appreciated in its time and only survives because of the passion that the artist put into their songs. On this episode we talk about Bukka White who never got the recognition he deserved until later in his life.

We have mentioned John and Alan Lomax more then anybody else up to this point so its about damn time wwe covered them.