Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm your host, Jumpin' John, and in this podcast episode I will review the highlights of one of the most versatile rock bands over the past fifty-nine years:  Santana!

Welcome all of you time travelers to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this episode of Songs That Were Covers I will discuss the song "Wild Thing".  Please note that I am referring to the song first popularized by the...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and in this episode I will review the story of Ritchie Valens, one of Rock and Roll’s early pioneers.

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this podcast episode I will review the highlights of one of Motown's most successful vocal groups:  The Temptations!

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and in this Rock and Roll Flashback episode of One Hit Wonders, I will review the history of the group known as Mercy, and the story behind the their hit, which reached #2 in the US.

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this episode we will travel back in time to the late 1950's where I will review the career of The Fireballs, also known as Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs!

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this podcast episode I will discuss a band that became one of the definitive hard rock acts of the early 1970's:  Mountain!  Over four decades the band Mountain would ...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and in this episode of Songs That Were Covers, I will feature the song titled “Shakin’ All Over”.  Some of you may remember the 1965 song by the Guess Who.  However, the Guess ...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this episode I will review one of the premier bands of the 1970's and 1980's:  Earth, Wind & Fire!  I am calling this episode Earth, Wind & Fire, Part 2 where ...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this episode I will review one of the premier bands of the 1970's and 1980's:  Earth, Wind & Fire!  I am calling this episode Earth, Wind & Fire, Part 1, where...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and in this episode of Rock and Roll Flashback, I will feature the career of the English singer Joe Cocker, who rose to fame in the late 1960's.

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this podcast episode I will count down my twenty favorite songs by the Moody Blues!  

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and this podcast episode will review the back story behind three #1 songs on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1961:  "Runaway", "Mother-in-Law", and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".  My...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I’m Jumpin’ John, and in this podcast episode I will review the career highlights of the performer and producer who helped create the Nashville Sound:  Chet Atkins!

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and in this Rock and Roll Flashback episode of Songs That Were Covers, I will review one of the songs that was originally recorded in the 1950's then covered by four artists in the early...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John and this podcast episode will be devoted to one of the most beloved American blues guitarists:  B. B. King!

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in previous episodes of Rock and Roll Flashback podcast I have already reviewed three prominent bands from the 1960's:  The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and the Hollies.  ...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and in the series titled Songs That Were Covers I will review the history of the song titled “Anna” and the famous band that recorded their cover version.  Surprisingly, cover versi...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and in the Rock and Roll Flashback series Recording Engineers Who Shaped The Music, I will focus on those individuals who typically remained anonymous, but played an important role in mu...

Welcome to another episode in the One Hit Wonders Series on Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this episode I will take you back to the year 1966. It was in that year that a recording by a Nashville, Tennessee native climbe...

I'm your host, Bill Price.  In the Rock and Roll Flashback series, Recording Engineers Who Shaped the Music, I will focus on those individuals who typically remained anonymous, but played an important role in music recording.  In this...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this episode I will discuss the back stories behind two hit songs from 1965:  "Treat Her Right" and "Hang On Sloopy"!  Both songs reached their peak in the Billboard H...

Welcome, time travelers, to Rock and Roll Flashback!  In 1936 Mary Travers was born in Louisville, Kentucky.  In 1937 Noel Paul Stookey was born in Baltimore, Maryland.  In 1938  Peter Yarrow was born in

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm your host, Jumpin' John, and in this episode I will review the career of the prominent soul singer who was often called "Mr. Excitement".  That man was Jackie Wilson! 

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and in this Rock and Roll Flashback episode I will focus on one of the bands from the British Invasion. Although their career during the late 1960's diminished, some band members continu...