Rhythm & Blues from Bessie Smith to Louis Jordan: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comEd Ward and host Nate Wilcox fill in a gap in our discussion of his epic ⁠History of Rock & Roll Part 1, 1920-1963⁠ with a look at how African-American pop music transformed itself thru the swing era, the rise & fall of the blues queens, the thin line between jazz and blues, the first guitar heroes and the greatest American musical superstar you’ve prob…