The Roots of Rock and Roll

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Airs at: Fri, 01/02/2026 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

Billy Miller Tribute

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Billy Miller passed on early Sunday morning, November 13 from complications and the long and hard fight against  multiple myeloma. He was the co-founder of Norton Records, and a true fan of obscure rockabilly, soul, and true outsider rock and roll. We'll be spending the ... Read more

Roots of Rock & Roll on 11/25/16

Airs at: Fri, 11/25/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Roots of Rock & Roll on 11/18/16

Airs at: Fri, 11/18/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Roots of Rock & Roll on 11/11/16

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Roots of Rock & Roll on 11/04/16

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Roots of Rock & Roll on 10/28/16

Airs at: Fri, 10/28/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Roots of Rock & Roll on 10/21/16

Airs at: Fri, 10/21/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Spooky Scary Oldies

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
2 weeks out from the rocknroll holiday of Halloween, substitute DJ Erin Yanke plays one hour of songs from the 50s and 60s about monsters, graveyards, hearses, mummies, and cautionary tales. Read more

Roots of Rock & Roll on 10/07/16

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Money (That's What I Want)

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Barrett Strong was the singer on the first Motown hit song "Money (That's What I Want)". We'll spend this hour with that song, and the many cover versions of it for the KBOO 2016 Fall Membership Drive. We'll have tickets for the premiere of the Beatles 8 Days a Week docum... Read more