<p>This episode covers Jim’s experience as a musician growing up in the Midwest in the age of the collision of Bob Dylan’s folk, Sinatra’s crooning, and Kiss’s hairspray. It explores how music has tied families and communities of the Midwest together, even as its folk tones have shifted to the electric guitar of rock-and-roll in the past couple of generations. </p>

This episode covers Jim’s experience as a musician growing up in the Midwest in the age of the collision of Bob Dylan’s folk, Sinatra’s crooning, and Kiss’s hairspray. It explores how music has tied families and communities of the Midwest together, even as its folk tones have shifted to the electric guitar of rock-and-roll in the past couple of generations.

<p>This episode covers Jim’s experience as a musician growing up in the Midwest in the age of the collision of Bob Dylan’s folk, Sinatra’s crooning, and Kiss’s hairspray. It explores how music has tied families and communities of the Midwest together, even as its folk tones have shifted to the electric guitar of rock-and-roll in the past couple of generations.&nbsp;</p>

Midwest Rockstar

Did the good ol’ days really exist? What was it like to live through the loss of family farms and reliable factory work? And who is left out when we think of past decades as belonging to white people and the traditional nuclear family? In nine episodes, we share the stories of older folks from the often-mythologized middle of the country to challenge misconceptions and expand understanding of the Midwestern past. This podcast was written and performed by Ball State University students and produced by the BSU Digital Corps.

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Midwest Rockstar

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