Markus and Ray launch into 2020 recorded live at the Crooked Eye Brewery, inviting listeners to give their Five Favorite Party Tunes, before giving their own on the way to a countdown to Midnight! Happy New Year from The Imbalanced History Of Rock And Roll!

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Ray and Markus add a few notes missed and correct some mistakes in previous podcasts like The Many Faces of Alice Cooper and Robert Johnson and the Progenitors of The Blues. We also thank listeners who have reached out. Thank you for listening to The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll. May the Holiday Season bring you lots of joy as we Roar into The 20s.

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Since joining The Pantheon Podcast Network, we have noticed a large number of people downloading The Case For The Beatles, which was our second episode, after our trailer (Questions And Answers). New subscribers, and Beatles fans alike will enjoy our holiday gift to our audience, a reimagining, and reimagining, of this episode. Embellished by the music and words of "the lads," we hope you like it...again!

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Ray and Markus jump in and discuss their Five Favorite Rock and Roll Christmas Songs. Two people from two different worlds. Markus only really began celebrating Christmas fully with Rock and Roll Christmas music in the last 15 years. But, there is so much really good stuff for the holidays! We hope that you share yours with us. We wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season!

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Ray And Markus take a quick look at 2019 in Rock And Roll and what we can look forward to in 2020. We were fortunate there was a plethora of great albums in 2019. Tool, Cage The Elephant, Rival Sons, Gary Clarke Jr., Marcus King Band, Raconteurs, Papa Roach, Foals as well as many others we weren't able to name. We also spoke about some music to look forward to in 2020 including Dirty Honey, AC/DC, Guns N Roses (Maybe/hopefully), Ozzy, The Struts, Them Crooked Vultures(fingers crossed!), The Foo Fighters and more. We expect to do a follow up or addendum and cover some of the music we left out of this particular discussion. Rock And Roll is NOT dead. It's very much alive and magnificent.

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Among the greatest live albums of all-time, few have had the career transforming effect of Frampton Comes Alive! Peter Frampton's collective solo work found new life in the landmark 1976 release! Markus and Ray discuss the music and the atmosphere that created the perfect opportunity for one of Rock's greats to rise to new heights!

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From their early days as a band, through a 45-year solo career for the singer, Alice Cooper has evoked a certain response!

From the fans? Hell yes! But also from parents and some critics who just never got it. Markus and Ray go digging in Alice's closet with some surprising results!

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Rock and Roll music lovers did not like 2016 very much as it thumped us with a long run of particularly painful Rock and Roll deaths. Wrapping up 2015 with Scott Weiland and Lemmy Kilmister's passing felt foreboding as to what may lie ahead. So, Ray and Markus take a look at the wave of loss in 2015, 2016 and early 2017 with the realization that over the next 10-15 years we will lose most of the remaining figures who shaped our Rock and Roll World.

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Markus and Ray had an overflow situation in Episode 30, Robert Johnson And The Progenitors Of The Blues! There was too much info on too many artists! This Addendum completes the full picture intended when they set out on their journey to that infamous Crossroads.

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Robert Johnson is a central figure of The Blues! In this episode, Markus and Ray discuss Johnson and those Blues artists who preceded him. Not only do we go over Johnson's life and the lives of some of his contemporaries, but we also dig back on Leadbelly, Bessie Smith, Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Patton, "The Mississippis" (John and Fred), Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, and Blind Lemon Jefferson.

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