Let It Roll EXTRA

Host Nate Wilcox and music writer James Porter continue their discussion of Ken Burns' Country Music with a look a Hank Williams, the living avatar of honky tonk, his closest rival Lefty Frizzell, as well as Eddy Arnold, who offered a pop-country alternative, and Kitty Wells whose answer song prefigured feminist country music.

Hosts Nate Wilcox and James Porter discuss how Ken Burns presented the story of Country Music during the Depression and World War II, and the artists, such as Roy Acuff and Bob Wills, as well as the Maddox Brothers and Rose, who dominated the era.

Hosts Nate Wilcox and James Porter kick off their discussion of Ken Burns' "Country Music" documentary series with a look at episode one, “The Rub.” They talk about the musical sources of country music, Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family. There’s also a little meta discussion about the series and their thoughts on Ken Burns.

Today special guest scholar and musician Yuri Campbell returns to review the key lessons we learned from Nate’s discussions with Ed Ward about his book “⁠The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964-1977 The Beatles, The Stones and the Rise of Classic Rock⁠” and the Let It Roll series covering it. We talk about Ward's cultural scholarship and what lessons…

Nate Wilcox and guest Yuri Campbell look back on Ed Ward's book ⁠"History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963⁠⁠⁠⁠ "⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and the Let It Roll series covering it. We talk about Ward's cultural scholarship and what lessons we can learn from his method of studying music history.

Ed Ward and Nate Wilcox conclude their discussion of Ed's book "⁠⁠The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock⁠⁠" with a look at the bloating of the music biz in the early 70s and the feeling that everyone was waiting on something to happen, Bob Dylan vs David Geffen, the New York Dolls at the Me…

Ed Ward and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Ed's book "⁠⁠The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock⁠⁠" with a look at the splits between AM and FM, hard rock and soft rock and John, Paul, George and Ringo.

Ed Ward and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Ed's book "⁠⁠The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock⁠⁠" with a look at the origins of reggae in Jamaica and a survey of the funk scene as it stood when James Brown was king and Sly Stone was emerging as his biggest rival.

Ed Ward and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Ed's book "⁠⁠The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock⁠⁠" with a look at 1969, Woodstock, and the invention of “the sixties.”

Ed Ward and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Ed's book "⁠⁠The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock⁠⁠" with a look at 1968: the year of riots and revolution, the year of newcomers like Led Zeppelin and Sly & the Family Stone and The Band who led a musical counter-revolution.