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 & Roll on 10/21/16

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

Produced for: The Roots of Rock and Roll

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Spooky Scary Oldies

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Roots of Rock and Roll

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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

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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

Roots of Rock & Roll on 09/09/16

Airs at: Fri, 09/09/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Roots of Rock & Roll on 09/02/16

Airs at: Fri, 09/02/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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03:00pm 2:36 Travis Wammack Scratchy That Scratchy Guitar From Memphis Bear Family Records GmbH 03:02pm 2:30 Wau Y Los Arrrghs!! Carrera Especial 7" Single Del Disco 03:05pm 2:00 Los Yorks El Psico... Read more

Roots of Rock & Roll on 08/26/16

Airs at: Fri, 08/26/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Roots of Rockn Roll

Airs at: Fri, 08/19/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Roots of Rockn Roll

Airs at: Fri, 06/24/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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sorry, friends, the Flamin Groovies canceled. Fingers crosssed for next time... Ending their 50th Anniversary world tour tonight at NUGGETS NIGHT at Mississippi Studios, the FLAMIN GROOVIES will return to KBOO and join us Live in Studio. Read more