Rock and Roll Roots Vol. 11 is Out!!-- Part 1

This past Sunday, Bob Stroud released his eleventh effort in the Rock and Roll Roots Series. Each year, he has listeners suggest songs they'd like to have on the new CD, then they vote. He then takes the top vote-getters and gets licensing for it, then in November, releases it with two record parties at Borders stores in the Chicago area. One is right after the his Rock and Roll Roots Show on WDRV and the other is the following Saturday.

These songs are often more obscure, some never released on CD, and always there are a few groups from Chicago's Golden Age of Rock and Roll in the 1960s. Along with giving listeners a preview of the new songs, the rest of his show is rounded out by previous songs on the CDs. With 12 songs on a CD, this total is now 132 with a bonus 13th song on this year's effort.

As usual, Bob also gives you a little history of each group. His words follow with mine in parentheses.

ROCK AND ROLL ROOTS Vol. 11


1. LITTLE GIRL-- SYNDICATE OF SOUND-- Out of San Jose, California just like the Count Five featured on Roots Vol. 5, and, like the Count Five, a one hit wonder, but this was a stone cold garage classic. (Frat Rock if I ever heard Frat Rock!!)

2. LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE WIND)-- MELANIE-- At Woodstock in '69 and while performing on stage wrote what she saw and what would become a hit for her the following year in 1970. This is the rare, seldom-heard long version. (This song was playing on the campus radio station during Northern Illinois' Kent State Riots in 1970, right when the police crashed through the student lines by the Field House. I was watching from my room in Lincoln Hall. Always brings me back to that event.)

More to Come. --RoadDog