Let It Roll
Pantheon Media
"Let it Roll" is a podcast about the history of popular music from the 19th Century to the 21st. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.
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May 2, 2022 • 1h 4min
Cream Combined Heavy Blues Rock With Jazz Improv and Psychedelic Pop
Host Nate Wilcox asks Dave to delve into the story of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker and the out of control super group they formed in 1966 and its less than 2 year life span.Buy the book and support the show.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 28, 2022 • 47min
TechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in Dance Music
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness kick off their discussion of Michaelangelo Matos' "The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America" with a look at the role of radio, dance clubs, DJs like Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Hot Mix 5 in the first outbreak of modern electronic dance music in the USA.
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Apr 25, 2022 • 1h 2min
Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder Invented Electronic Dance Music With "I Feel Love"
Host Nate Wilcox asks Dave Thompson to discuss the origins of "I Feel Love", the careers of Summer and Moroder before and after the song, and some of the other songs and artists whose work anticipated electronic dance music.Buy the book and support the show.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 21, 2022 • 1h 4min
Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience
Nate debates the virtues of thrash with Eugene and Alexei who have some strong opinions about the virtues of the various thrash bands of the 1980s.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.
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Apr 18, 2022 • 1h 1min
Guns N’ Roses Reigned Over the Late 80's and Fell Hard in the 1990s
An interview with Art Tavana author of "Goodbye, Guns N' Roses: The Crime, Beauty, and Amplified Chaos of America's Most Polarizing Band."Host Nate Wilcox asks Art about the band that seemed like America's Rolling Stones for a few years in the late 1980s but slid into bloat and hubris in the 1990s.Buy the book and support the show.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 14, 2022 • 1h 4min
Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses
Nate, Eugene and Alexei ponder the meaning of hair metal and how it produced its own nemesis in Guns N Roses.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.
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Apr 11, 2022 • 1h 3min
Why Does Some Old Music Still Sound Contemporary and Some Sounds Very Dated?
Host Nate Wilcox asks writer J.D. Considine to elaborate on his thesis about the enduring popularity of some older music.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.
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Apr 7, 2022 • 57min
Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
After punk rock took over Britain in the late 1970s, a new wave of heavy metal bands emerged in response.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.
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Apr 4, 2022 • 58min
Milton Brown Mentored Bob Wills and Invented Western Swing
Host Nate Wilcox gets Cary Ginnell to tell the tale of Milton Brown, founder of the Light Crust Doughboys and father of Western Swing. They discuss Brown's pioneering combination of traditional country string band with the new jazz sounds of the era.Buy the book and support the show.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 31, 2022 • 1h 1min
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music
Three legendary bands ruled the hard rock roost in Britain in early 70s but none of them really accepted the terrm "heavy metal." That changed when Judas Priest emerged later in the decade.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.
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