Nate Wilcox and Ed Ward conclude their discussion of Ed’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963⁠⁠⁠⁠ “⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with part two of 1963.

We’ll hear about about the Lebanese Restaurant that birthed surf music and saved Fender guitars, how Murray Wilson’s failed musical career laid the groundwork for his sons’ amazing success, how Columbia buried Bob Dylan’…

Nate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963⁠⁠⁠⁠ “⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with the first of two shows discussing 1963. This week we’ll be talking about how Berry Gordy perfected his Motown assembly line, Phil Spector and the wrecking crew, Roy Orbison’s operatic dramas, Patsy Cline’s final year, and how James Brown f…

Nate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963⁠⁠⁠⁠ “⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a look at 1961 and 1962, years that are often written off as “the dark ages” of the first rock and roll era. As Ed Ward points out, “any time you’re a teenager is the best time for rock and roll!”

Nate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963⁠⁠⁠⁠ “⁠⁠⁠ with a look at 1960, a year when the American corporate brass thought they had tamed the rock and roll rebels of the 1950s.

Nate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963⁠⁠⁠⁠ “⁠⁠⁠ with a look at 1959, a year that started with tragedy for rock n’ roll and went on to see the first flowerings of soul music and the Brill Building pop that would dominate the early 60s.

It was also the year that the music business figured out how t…

Nate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963⁠⁠⁠⁠ “⁠⁠⁠ with a look at 1958, the backlash year. This was the year that Elvis got drafted and Jerry Lee Lewis ruined his career with a bigamous marriage to his 13-year-old cousin.

It was also the year that the music business figured out how to package pretty…

Nate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963⁠⁠⁠⁠ “⁠⁠ with a look at what Ed calls the “Miracle Year” of rock and roll. The year when Elvis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and others were at the peak of their powers and dominated the charts.

Nate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963⁠⁠⁠⁠ “⁠ with a look at rock and roll in 1956, focusing on the rocky yet productive relationships between African-American recording artists and the Jewish entrepreneurs who brought their work to market. We discuss the relationship between James Brown and Syd N…

Nate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ⁠⁠⁠History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963⁠⁠⁠ with a look at 1955 and 1956. These are the years when the “American Prometheus” brought forth Elvis Presley, when Chuck Berry culturally appropriated Western Swing for his first hit and Hollywood shocked the masses with the first rock and roll movies. As al…

Nate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ⁠⁠History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963⁠⁠ with a look at the period when Rock and Roll really got started.

We’ll hear about the woman who discovered Elvis Presley, a pair of Jewish music fans who become legit R&B legends, how a Turkish record mogul wrote Ray Charles’ first hit, when country music disco…