Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Series produced by Jamie Dell'Apa
Music from that time when rhythm and blues and rock and roll were emerging but hadn't yet become a predictable formula. A time when musicians were listening to and incorporating these exciting emergences into their own style of music. We focus on music that is difficult to categorize. C&W that sounds like rockabilly and rockabilly that sounds like R&B which sounds an awful lot like rock. That's the sweet spot for the music on the show and, sure enough, that's where the New Orleans sound is centered.
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What does music sound like when it is taken out of context? When John Coltrane quits walking the bar for dance patrons or some English kids leave gentle pop music for the blues of the American south, they're following their muse. Breaking out of the formula. The result can be a disaster or miraculous. Dr. Demento plays the disasters. We play the miraculous. Music from that time when rhythm and blues and rock and roll were emerging but hadn't yet become a predictable formula. A time when musicians were listening to and incorporating these music's exciting emergence into their own style of music. We focus on music that is difficult to categorize. C&W that sounds like rockabilly and rockabilly that sounds like R&B which sounds an awful lot like rock. That's the sweet spot for... Show full description
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Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 02:55:44
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Bought by Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester, and WYAP
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- Length: 02:56:40
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Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Jun 26, 2020
- Length: 02:58:31
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Bought by WXXI Rochester and Prairie Public
- Added: Jun 19, 2020
- Length: 02:56:42
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Bought by WXXI Rochester, WYAP, and Prairie Public
- Added: Jun 12, 2020
- Length: 02:56:44
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Bought by Prairie Public and WXXI Rochester
- Added: Jun 05, 2020
- Length: 02:57:13
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Bought by Prairie Public and WXXI Rochester
- Added: May 29, 2020
- Length: 02:57:23
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Bought by Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester, and WYAP
- Added: May 22, 2020
- Length: 02:58:03
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Bought by Prairie Public and WXXI Rochester
- Added: May 14, 2020
- Length: 03:00:46
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Bought by Prairie Public and WXXI Rochester
- Added: May 08, 2020
- Length: 02:57:35
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Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: May 01, 2020
- Length: 03:00:43
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Bought by WXXI Rochester and Prairie Public
- Added: Apr 24, 2020
- Length: 03:00:13
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Bought by WXXI Rochester and Prairie Public
- Added: Apr 17, 2020
- Length: 03:08:28
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Bought by WXXI Rochester and Prairie Public
- Added: Apr 10, 2020
- Length: 02:53:48
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Bought by WXXI Rochester and Prairie Public
- Added: Apr 03, 2020
- Length: 03:04:25
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Bought by Prairie Public, WSLR, and WXXI Rochester
- Added: Mar 29, 2020
- Length: 02:51:44
- Purchases: 3
Bought by Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester, and WSLR
- Added: Mar 22, 2020
- Length: 02:54:27
- Purchases: 3
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- Length: 03:44:36
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- Length: 02:58:58