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Billy Bragg explains how Skiffle made the British Invasion possible.

Barry Mazor is the author of Ralph Peer And The Making Of Popular Roots Music and he’s sharing stories about how Ralph Peer changed the music business.

Mike Bub shares stories about hanging with The King Of Bluegrass, Jimmy Martin.

Mike Bub shares a lot of great stories about playing gigs with The Father Of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe.

Elijah Wald talks about Bob Dylan’s infamous electrified performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

Elijah Wald shares a ton of great stories about Dave Van Ronk.

Joe Bussard’s collection of old 78s is believed to be the best in the world. Joe shares stories of how he found these records while going door to door in rural Appalachia in the1950s and beyond.

Otis talks about the events that lead to Woody Guthrie writing his  iconic classic, This Land Is Your Land.

Bob Mehr, author of Trouble Boys: The True Story Of The Replacements, shares stories about The Replacements’ ill fated and sometimes disastrous gigs in Nashville.

Pete Finney talks about the wonderfully strange and disorganized time he spent playing pedal steel with the great  Doug Sahm.

Pete Finney is the co-curator of the Dylan, Cash and The Nashville Cats exhibit at The Country Music Hall Of Fame and he shares a ton of great stories about Dylan’s friendship with Cash and how it changed how we… Continue Reading →

Otis talks about Billy Holiday’s version of Strange Fruit and the 1930 lynching in Marion, Indiana that inspired it.