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In this Episode we continue to CELEBRATE 70 Years of Rock N Roll!

1956 - 2026

...from the very first HIT BLUES song ever in 1920 on the deep down low through the murky waters of the Mississippi Delta onto Robert Johnson, FOUNDING MEMBER of the 27 Club, through his TWO HISTORIC Texas Recording Sessions (1936 & 1937), Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Charley Patton, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Ry Cooder, the Rolling Stones and MORE! MORE! MORE!

Generations in the making, Rock N Roll officially became part of the cultural zeitgeist in 1956, the first year this perpetually evolving NEW MUSIC produced the most popular song of the year.

Rock N Rollers Little Richard, Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, Bill Haley And The Comets, vocal group The Platters, Johnny Ray and British skiffle sensation Lonnie Donegan were also present in the Top 50 Year End Singles Chart of 1956.

This had never happened before in the history of recorded music...

From this point on, Rock N Roll ruled the charts, becoming the most dominant genre of popular music for the next 40 plus years.

To celebrate this milestone. The GXO music podcast will, over the next few episodes, be exploring and expanding upon the ever evolving nature of Rock N Roll from it's humble acoustic beginnings through numerous other incarnations including, but not limited to, pub rock, punk rock, proto punk, post punk, industrial, disco, electronic, hardcore, rap, EDM, post rock, new rock and ultimately where she currently resides in the hills of contemporary NPR = New Post Rock where nary a guitar is likely to be found.

*WORDS AND MUSIC

Keith Richards interview...

1. Paris Texas by Ry Cooder

2. Me And The Devil Blues (1937) by Robert Johnson

Honeyboy Edwards interview...

3. Crazy Blues (1920) by Mamie Smith

4. Shave 'Em Dry (1924) by Ma Rainey

5. Rising High Water Blues (1927) by Blind Lemon Jefferson

6. High Water (For Charley Patton) by Bob Dylan

7. Moon Going Down (1930) by Charley Patton

8. Evil (Is Going On) (1954) by Howlin' Wolf

9. 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six by Tom Waits

10. John The Relevator (1930) by Blind Willie Johnson

11. Cocaine Blues by Reverend Gary Davis

12. Cocaine by Jackson Browne

13. You Was Born To Die (1933) by Blind Willie McTell

14. All I Want Is That Pure Religion (1926) by Blind Lemon Jefferson

15. True Religion by Hot Tuna

16. Blind Willie McTell by Bob Dylan

17. Death Letter Blues by Son House

18. Baby Please Don't Go (1952) by Big Bill Broonzy 

19. Baby Please Don't Go by Them

20. Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes, I Do by Captian Beefheart And His Magic Band

21. Love In Vain (1937) by Robert Johnson

22. Love In Vain by The Rolling Stones

23. Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters & Johnny Winter

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