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1970-1979

All Let It Roll episodes covering the music of the 1970s.

Let It Roll Podcast
Jun 8, 2023
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Let It Roll Originals

  • The Neville Brothers took New Orleans R&B to a whole new audience

  • Peter Asher scored in the British Invasion and ruled in the Singer-Songwriter era

  • Black Sabbath invented heavy metal with Ozzy Osbourne and perfected it with Ronnie James Dio

  • Hipgnosis designed iconic album covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and many more

  • David Bowie 75 years after his birth

  • Steppenwolf's John Kay Came to Hard Rock from the Toronto Folk Scene

  • Gene Clark's Songwriting Lifted the Byrds

  • Eddie Floyd Epitomized the Stax Records Approach to Soul

  • The Velvet Underground Brought the Avant-Garde to Rock and Presaged Punk

  • The Band That Broke Czechoslovakian Communism: Plastic People of the Universe

  • The Outlaw Country of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings was the Second Wave of Progressive Country to Come out of Austin

  • Sly Stone Embodied the Optimism of Woodstock Nation Until He Didn’t

  • Bad Brains' HR Created a New Template for Hard Rock Then Tore It All Down

  • Yoko Ono Brought Classical and Avant-Garde Techniques to Rock

  • From Jimi Hendrix to R.E.M., Warner Brothers Records Provided Artists a Rock Era Oasis

  • Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder Invented Electronic Dance Music With “I Feel Love”

  • Rod McKuen's Songs Sold Millions of Records but Triggered a Critical Backlash

  • Nicky Hopkins' Piano Graced Classic Rock by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, and Many More

  • Aerosmith, KISS, Cheap Trick & Starz Carved Out a Space for Weird Rock in the 1970s

  • The Kinks' Class-Consciousness Made Them Wary of the Promises of Swinging London

  • Aretha Franklin Brought Gospel Fervor to the Top of the Charts

  • Joan Jett's Years With the Runaways Laid the Groundwork for Solo Stardom

  • The Triumphs & Tragedy of Marvin Gaye, Motown's Greatest Male Solo Singer and First Album Artist

  • The Lost Art of Elevator Music From Mantovani & Jackie Gleason to Brian Eno’s Ambient Music

  • Introducing David Bowie to Stardust, Choosing Between Hendrix and The Who

  • Freddie Mercury and Queen Earned Rock Immortality

  • Jimmy Page Before Led Zeppelin: Session Man & Yardbird

  • How Willie Nelson, Doug Sahm, Stevie Ray Vaughan, SXSW and ACL Fest Turned Austin into the ATX

  • Gram Parsons' Disastrous Career Made Him a Legend

  • Dolly Parton Had A Vision Of Superstardom Beyond Nashville

  • Elvis Presley: Decline And Fall

  • AC/DC Perfected Hard Rock While Flirting With Punk

  • Buck Owens Conquered the Country Music Business

  • Electronic Music From the Avant Garde to Top of the Pops

  • Which One's Pink (Floyd)?

  • James Brown Hits The One

  • John, Paul, George & Ringo Couldn't Escape The Beatles

  • The Grateful Dead Builds Psychedelic America

  • CSNY Tried to Have It All

  • Managing Led Zeppelin, the Biggest Band on Earth

  • Stax Records Blows Up in the 1970s

  • Willie Nelson Superstar

  • Willie Nelson: Nashville's Not Enough

  • David Bowie: Starman

  • Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed

We Dig VH1’s Metal Evolution

  • Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah

  • Power Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish

  • Shock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson

  • Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses

  • Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

  • Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music

TechnoRoll

  • Technoroll 9: Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, & Afrika Bambaata Invent Hip-Hop

  • Technoroll 8: Before Hip-Hop Disco DJ's Like Grandmaster Flowers & DJ Hollywood Set the Stage

  • Technoroll 6: Disco Blows Up in the Late 70's

  • Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York

  • Technoroll 4: Jamaica's Sound System Culture Birthed Ska, Reggae, Dub

  • Technoroll 3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern Soul

  • Technoroll 2: The First DJs On the Radio and In the Clubs

  • Technoroll: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and Beyond

We Dig Rock Docs

  • Chula Fronteras Documented Tejano Legends Like Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martinez and Flaco Jimenez

  • The Sex Pistols Launched Punk Rock in London & Triggered a Huge Backlash

  • The New York Dolls' Punky Glam Was Too Much, Too Soon

  • ZZ Top Took Marshall Amps and Remade Boogie-Blues as Heavy Rock

  • Leon Russell Spotlighted in Les Blank's "A Poem Is A Naked Person”

We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution: The Foundation

  • Hip-Hop Is Born In The Bronx

CountryRoll (Ken Burns’ Country Music)

  • CountryRoll 7: Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings Outlaw Country and Dolly Parton’s Pop-Crossover

  • CountryRoll 6: George Jones & Tammy Wynette Were Mr. & Mrs. Country Music

We Dig Mike Judge’s Tales from the Tour Bus

  • RJ Smith Interview

  • Betty Davis

  • James Brown

  • Bootsy Collins

  • Rick James

  • George Clinton

  • Interview With Tales from the Tour Bus Producer Jeff Feuerzeig

  • Blaze Foley

  • Billy Joe Shaver

  • Johnny Paycheck

Ed Ward’s “History of Rock and Roll”

  • What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock and Roll [Volume 2]?

  • The Pre-Punk Seventies

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