Let It Roll
"Let it Roll" is a podcast about the history of popular music from the 19th Century to the 21st. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.
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July 1, 2026 • 42 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston continue their discussion of rock documentaries. with a look at the alchemy of ZZ Top through the lens of the 2019 Netflix documentary "ZZ TOP: THAT LITTLE OL' BAND FROM TEXAS."
This episode originally dropped in 2022.
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June 29, 2026 • 42 mins
The MC5 pioneered punk, heavy metal and high energy mid-western rock in late 1960's Detroit and paid a heavy price. Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston continue their discussion of rock documentaries.
The discussion is based on the unreleased documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwg7d4xtXyc.
This episode was originally dropped in 2022.
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June 26, 2026 • 41 mins
Justin Bankston returns to join Nate in discussing some of their favorite music documentaries. The series debut looks at filmmaker Les Blank and his documentary treatment of Leon Russell at work on an album in Nashville, playing live in LA and NOLA and at home in his studio complex in Oklahoma.
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June 24, 2026 • 21 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston interview James Brown biographer R.J. Smith about his involvement in the creation of Mike Judge's Tales from the Tour Bus.
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June 23, 2026 • 28 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston discuss Mike Judge's brilliant Tales from the Tour Bus season 2: Funk. This episode covers Betty Davis, muse of Miles Davis and a funk queen in her own right.
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June 19, 2026 • 25 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston discuss Mike Judge's brilliant Tales from the Tour Bus season 2: Funk. This episode covers Morris Day, leader of The Time and rival to Prince himself.
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June 17, 2026 • 30 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston discuss Mike Judge's brilliant Tales from the Tour Bus season 2: Funk. This episode covers The Godfather of Funk, James Brown.
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June 15, 2026 • 27 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston discuss Mike Judge's brilliant Tales from the Tour Bus season 2: Funk. This episode covers funk bassist Bootsy Collins.
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June 12, 2026 • 30 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston discuss Mike Judge's brilliant Tales from the Tour Bus season 2: Funk. This episode covers the two-parter on punk funk king Rick James.
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June 10, 2026 • 20 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston discuss Mike Judge's brilliant Tales from the Tour Bus season 2: Funk. This episode features legendary P-Funk leader George Clinton.
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June 8, 2026 • 21 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston finish our appreciation of Tales from the Tour Bus season one with an interview with Jeff Feuerzeig, the writer & producer of the Johnny Paycheck, George Jones and Tammy Wynette episodes.
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June 5, 2026 • 21 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston appreciate the season 1 finale of Tales from the Tour Bus featuring undersung Austin music legend Blaze Foley.
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June 3, 2026 • 35 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston continue the Let It Roll mini-series in which we comment on a great music animated documentary series. In this episode, Justin and Nate discuss Mike Judge's treatment of Waylon Jennings, king of the country music outlaws.
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June 1, 2026 • 25 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston continue the new Let It Roll mini-series in which we comment on a great music animated documentary series. In this episode, Justin and Nate discuss Mike Judge's treatment of outlaw songwriter Billy Joe Shaver.
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May 29, 2026 • 30 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston continue the Let It Roll mini-series in which we comment on a great music animated documentary series. In this episode, Justin and Nate revel in the epic tragicomic tale of the love between two of country music's all-time best.
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May 27, 2026 • 36 mins
Nate and Justin Bankston continue the new Let It Roll mini-series in which we comment on a great music animated documentary series. In this episode, Justin and Nate struggle with the charismatic yet problematic Jerry Lee Lewis.
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May 25, 2026 • 29 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston kick off a new Let It Roll mini-series in which we comment on a great music animated documentary series. In this episode, Justin and Nate revel in the hilarious and touching tale of Johnny Paycheck and Mike Judge's brilliant telling.
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May 22, 2026 • 46 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ed Legge conclude their discussion of Michaelangelo Matos' "Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year" with a look at the triumphs and tribulations of Live Aid.
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May 20, 2026 • 41 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ed Legge continue their discussion of Michaelangelo Matos' "Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year" with a discussion of the composition and recording of "We Are The World."
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Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ed Legge continue their discussion of Michaelangelo Matos' "Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year" with a discussion of the composition and recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas."
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