Music

Welcome back everyone to 1,001 Heroes, Legends, Histories, and Mysteries podcast. This is your host, John Hagenorn.

Today we're going to take a little detour from the norm. We're setting out to solve an age-old argument.

One that has everything to do with 20th century music history.

Which decade was the best decade for rock music?

I had originally contacted author, journalist, and academic Neil Nixon to pursue a conversation regarding some of his books on UFOs.

And we'll air that discussion soon.

But after finding out that he's an expert on rock and roll history, we got into a rower what was the greatest decade for rock and roll.

Now I'm fully aware that each of you has your own opinions and you're more than welcome to express them on our Facebook page at 1,001 Heroes.

I'll read them in our reviews and shows coming up.

And we know there's been a lot of great rock and roll in top 40 since 1980.

But this rock and roll discussion is going to be focused on the 50s, 60s, and 70s.

For now, we're going to dig into rock and roll past. We're going to bring up some memories and we're going to have some fun in the process.

Our guest today is Neil Nixon.

Neil is English, so he may be hard to understand.

But we have a lot of brits in the audience who probably think me hard to understand.

Anyway, he knows his music.

I've seen him on the Skype screen in front of me and he's got one entire wall filled with radio cassettes because he runs his own radio show.

And on the other wall, he's got his books. He's a very accomplished author and he's got an entire wall full of UFO books.

So he's a multifaceted guy in terms of his interest and his skills.

Neil, it's great to have you with us today. Please introduce yourself. Tell us a little bit about your background and what your current interests are.

Okay, hello, John. So first of all, being English, you can understand me, yes?

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