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Country Soul

Marketers have racially segregated Country and Soul. In reality, they are tightly intertwined traditions that borrow heavily from each other

10 min readMar 8, 2024

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Rhiannon Giddens with a banjo in front of a barn.

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Richard Evans

The Wonder Years

This post is derived from the script I wrote for the Rock N Roll Archaeology Podcast, Episode 24: The Wonder Years. It’s a follow up to…

18 min readMar 11, 2024

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The Wonder Years

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Flying down Sunset Boulevard in his Ferrari, Dennis Wilson was headed home after a long night in the studio. He wasn’t really needed there…

6 min readMar 13, 2024

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Richard Evans

The Wizard of Floyd

We’d like to meet the two stoners who started this one. So we can smack ’em upside the head.

3 min readDec 17, 2023

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The Wizard of Floyd

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Richard Evans

Celluloid Heroes

Let’s try something different. This is the actual production script, lightly edited, for the RNRA Short “Celluloid Heroes.”

20 min readAug 21, 2023

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Celluloid Heroes

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Richard Evans

Collisions and Innervisions

Stevie Wonder auto accident North Carolina, August 6, 1973. His multiplatinum album Innervisions had just dropped on Motown.

6 min readJun 12, 2023

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Collisions and Innervisions

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Richard Evans

The Zep Origin Story

Excerpted from the Rock N Roll Archaeology Podcast, Chapter 21.

14 min readMay 12, 2023

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The Zep Origin Story

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Richard Evans

Radio, Radio: The Pirates of Hauraki

A sneak preview of the newest chapter of Rock N Roll Archaeology, Episode 23, due in about a week!

6 min readApr 28, 2023

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Radio, Radio: The Pirates of Hauraki

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Richard Evans

The Killer

Wherein we both praise and bury one of Rock N Roll’s all time biggest assholes.

6 min readApr 26, 2023

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The Killer

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Richard Evans

Three Cool Cats

The Beatles in Hamburg

6 min readApr 22, 2023

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Three Cool Cats

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Richard Evans

Richard Evans

Writer, Music Fan, Friendly Curmudgeon. I'm Head Writer at Pantheon Media, and I post Rock History stuff here. http://rocknrollarchaeology.com

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