[S1:E2 TRANSCRIPT] The Early 1950s and Good Rockin' Tonight | Ed Ward's History of Rock and Roll

Read the transcript for the second episode of Nate and Ed's Rock History series below.

Nate Wilcox

Welcome to Let It Roll, a story of how and why Rock and Roll happened, with Ed Ward and Nate Wilcox.

Thanks for joining us for the second episode of Let It Roll. I'm your host Nate Wilcox. If you heard the first episode, you'll know we're talking to Ed Ward, the longtime music historian for NPR's Fresh Air, about his book, The History of Rock …