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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We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. In this episode, host Nate Wilcox welcomes Ned Sublette, author of "The Cultural Blend That Made New Orleans Music Unique: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 3."
Sublette's book is "a tale of imperial war, religious conflict, the search for treasure, the spread of slavery, the Cuban connection, the cruel aristocracy of sug...
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July 17, 2026 • 47 mins
We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. Hosts Nate Wilcox and Yuri Campbell look back at Nate's discussion with Ted Gioia about his book "Music: A Subversive History" and what we learned about the uncontrollable, dangerous power of music, music as magic, and how authorities always try to tame musical revolutions and never quite succeed.
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We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. This episode goes back to the beginnings of human culture and features Ted Gioia discussing his book ”Music: A Subversive History.” Ted and Nate discuss the tension between the social outsiders who’ve always been the source of musical innovation and the mainstream academicians who borrow their ideas.
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Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston take it back to Tejas for the final installment of the first series of "We Dig Rock Docs" with a discussion of Les Blanks' classic 1976 film Chula Fronteras.
This episode originally dropped in 2022.
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July 10, 2026 • 47 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston discuss "Hype!" the masterful telling of what happened when Seattle's happy little underground scene became an international pop culture sensation, attracting thousands of wannabes and hundreds of reporters to the city.
This episode originally dropped in 2022.
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July 8, 2026 • 41 mins
Just before the release of Nevermind and "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Nirvana toured Europe opening up for mentors Sonic Youth. Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston look back on this iconic moment from their youth in their discussion of the documentary "1991 - The Year Punk Broke."
This episode originally dropped in 2022.
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July 6, 2026 • 45 mins
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston continue our series on rock documentaries with a discussion of two very different takes on the Sex Pistols story, -- The Great Rock & Roll Swindle and The Filth and the Fury -- both films directed by Julien Temple.
This episode originally dropped in 2022.
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July 3, 2026 • 44 mins
New York Dolls bassist Arthur "Killer" Kane was the focus of Greg Whiteley's 2005 documentary which told the story of his final months in Los Angeles and an unexpected Dolls reunion in London. Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston also discuss the meteoric rise and tragic fall of the Dolls in New York and London in the 1970s.
This episode originally dropped in 2022.
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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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