The Roots of Rock and Roll

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Airs at: Fri, 12/05/2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Airs at: Fri, 12/04/2026 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Hosted by:

dalefarr, Dave Johnson, Mike Fisher, Kim Paris

Produced by:

KBOO

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Every Friday from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

Early Rock & Roll, Doo-Wop, Rhythm & Blues and Rock of the 70s.

Dale Farr plays rare and vintage recordings from the birth of Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Doo-Wop, and Rockabilly, thru the 50s and early 60s.

Mike Fisher plays vintage rock and roll, blues & soul from many eras and genres each month. Mike also helps out on The Songcircle and has programmed and hosted roots rock shows for 30+ years on WMNF Tampa and KBOO community radio stations.

On fifth Fridays, Kim Paris will feature musical nuggets from the mid-'60s to the mid-'80s, including some rare live tracks from archive.org. Kim has been on-air in Portland for 4 years and hosted radio shows in the late '70s and early '80s in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Topic tags:

Music

Genre(s):

Rock and Roll, Soul, Blues

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

Roots of Rock and Roll on 04/06/18

Airs at: Fri, 04/06/2018 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Roots of Rock and Roll

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Roots of Rock and Roll on 03/30/18

Airs at: Fri, 03/30/2018 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Roots of Rock and Roll

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The heart of rock n roll is still beating

Airs at: Fri, 03/23/2018 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Roots of Rock and Roll

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Though this show is not about whether rock n roll is still alive. I'm focusing on the rockabilly & r&b roots. And a few surf guitar instrumentals for spice. Performers include Eddie Cochran, Mary Wells, The Ventures, Janie Black, Jo Ann Campbell, Etta James, Freddy Cann... Read more