The Roots of Rock and Roll

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Airs at: Fri, 11/14/2025 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 01/12/18

Airs at: Fri, 01/12/2018 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Roots of Rock and Roll on 01/05/18

Airs at: Fri, 01/05/2018 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Roots of Rock and Roll on 12/29/17

Airs at: Fri, 12/29/2017 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Roots of Rock and Roll on 12/22/17

Airs at: Fri, 12/22/2017 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Roots of Rock and Roll on 12/15/17

Airs at: Fri, 12/15/2017 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Get in the Roots of Rock time machine as we take a spin through all of the great music that created and became the art form known as "Rock-n-Roll". No better way to start your weekend. Read more

Roots of Rock and Roll on 12/08/17

Airs at: Fri, 12/08/2017 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Roots of Rock and Roll on 11/24/17

Airs at: Fri, 11/24/2017 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Roots of Rock and Roll on 11/17/17

Airs at: Fri, 11/17/2017 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Fred Cole RIP

Airs at: Fri, 11/10/2017 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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RIP Fred Cole. A Tribute by Eric Isaacson, Jay Martin, and Erin Yanke Lots of people are asking about ordering the Dead Moon Book, and yes, you can. We will be offering it through the Mississippi subscription service. USA Costs Book alone - $70 (includes postage) ... Read more