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The Deep Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll, part 1

June 28, 2014 by Dennis McNally

I started out talking about “On Highway 61” as “what white people learned from black music from minstrelsy to Bob Dylan,” and that certainly holds true. But as I’ve gone along – and as I’ve gotten tired of saying the same phrase over and over – I’ve come to realize that it’s also accurate to say … [Read more...]

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