Let It Roll EXTRA

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com This episode discusses the UK folk scene from the peak of skiffle and Lonnie Donegan through the network of UK folk clubs who featured an open mic format that produced many of the leading talents of the coming UK folk-rock movement. We also discuss Paul Simon's sojourn to the UK during a career lull for Sim...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Today hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness are joined by producer Stephie Haynes to introduce the series and our main source book “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. In this episode, Nate, Ryan and Steph discuss their personal history with da...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com This episode discusses the peak of the Folk Boom in the US with the rise of Albert Grossman’s acts Peter, Paul, & Mary and Ian & Sylvia, Judy Collins' continued success and the rise of Grossman’s ultimate star, Bob Dylan. We cover Dylan's use of Child Ballads as source material and his ultimate abandonment...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness are joined by producer Stephie Haynes to introduce the series and our main source book “ Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey ” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This is the first of three series of dance music history that Ryan Harkness and...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music . (Note ordering the book using that link will help support the show via Amazon’s affiliate program). This episode discusses the Child Ballads about Ro...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music -- buy the book to support the show. This episode covers the collision of the Child Ballads with the leaders of the first American popular Folk Revival...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com This episode covers the emergence of the commercial recording industry into the story of the Child Ballads with producers like Ralph Peer, performers like The Carter Family, and “songweriters” like A.P. Carter all transforming the ballads for a new popular audience. Dave Thompson and Nate Wilcox also discus...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com This episode covers James Francis Child himself, how he came to collect British ballads and how they were published. We also discuss the recording career of Woodrow Wilson’s First Lady who was the second person to commercially record a Child Ballad, and the discovery of Child Ballads in the American South.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Host Nate Wilcox welcomes Dave Thopson to kick off a new mini-series on his book “ An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music .” The song lyrics collected by Francis J. Child in the 19th Century have contributed mightily to the repertoire of the people we often call “folk singers...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com In this episode, I discuss Nick Broomfield’s documentary The Stones and Brian Jones and in the full episode (for paying subscribers) I discuss Rolling Stone: The Life & Death of Brian Jones directed by Danny Garcia and the book Who Killed Christoper Robin: The Final Truth by Terry Rawlings with Paul Spindle...