How Rock Legends Turned Stuttering Into Iconic Songs

Coming up, we shine a focus on the neurological condition known as stuttering…. Some spend a lifetime trying to get rid of it, others have learned to control it and become legendary performers. And then some have turned the condition into some of the biggest hits in rock history. In this episode, we explore how a stutter was turned into a clever art form, uniting a universal chorus of stammers that was beautiful. Including the song Lola that Kinks singer Ray Davies was writing when his toddler started singing along with him… the simple lyrics were like a nursery rhyme and they stuttered it together and that stutter by his toddler made it a classic. Then there’s the stutter that came from frustration when The Who's legendary singer Roger Daltrey, couldn’t get the timing of the vocal and lyrics right, so he had to stutter to make it fit. It became an all-time anthem. And then Randy Bachman, who wrote Ain't Seen Nothing Yet to mock his little brother’s speech impediment and it hit #1 in 12 countries and he even got a special award from the non-profit stuttering foundation. Let’s do it. Go to this exclusive web address right now to try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/rockSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.