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One of the first songs in rock and roll history, and maybe the first to use guitar distortion…but, not on purpose.
April 26, 2023Perhaps no man is more qualified to sing a song of impending execution than the “Murderous Minstrel” himself, Huddie Ledbetter.
April 16, 2023You’re listening to Big Maceo, a pioneer of Chicago Blues, and you’re on the Sound Beat.
April 9, 2023The Girl Behind the Gun opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York on September 16, 1918.
March 27, 2023DISCLAIMER: Sound Beat, its producers and support staff do not, in any way, promote or condone the actions of 19th century Italian doctors or Opera House directors.
March 26, 2023We’re going back, before tie-dye was even a thing, to the Grateful Roots: songs that influenced the Grateful Dead.
February 9, 2023