Music, empathy, and hard conversations with Darryl Davis—the pianist who has spent decades befriending people in hate-based groups and tracing rock & roll’s true lineage. We cover Elvis’s first spin on Dewey Phillips’ show, Sun Records, Little Richard vs. Pat Boone, Led Zeppelin’s “borrowed” blues, FCC/radio history, and why travel + dialogue still change hearts.

Guest links:
Official — YouTube
Accidental Courtesy (PBS) — Wikipedia
The Klan Whisperer (Amazon) — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRSWK4K9/ Amazon

Resources mentioned:
Joe Rogan Experience — https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk Spotify
Timcast IRL — https://www.youtube.com/@TimcastIRL YouTube
The Wire (HBO / cameo trivia) — https://www.hbomax.com/shows/wire/1bc3aff5-0d6a-4c0b-8ed0-5716ca30ab3b | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0749436/trivia/ HBO MaxIMDb
Elvis / Dewey Phillips interview (audio) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uV8W4hG7vA Rustic Pathways
Sun Records — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Records Wikipedia
“That’s All Right” — Facebook
“Tutti Frutti” — Travel.gov
“Surfin’ U.S.A.” — Simple Wikipedia
“You Need Love” — Wikipedia
“Whole Lotta Love” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Lotta_Love Wikipedia
“Killing Floor” — Wikipedia
“The Lemon Song” — The Free Speech Center
Leiber & Stoller — The Free Speech Center
Otis Blackwell — Wikipedia
“Great Balls of Fire” — Wikipedia
Dolly Parton / Elvis publishing story — Wikipedia
Radio Act of 1912 — https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/radio-act-of-1912/ The Free Speech Center
FCC overview — https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/what-we-do Federal Communications Commission
NSM (context) — Wikipedia
Deeyah Khan’s White Right — https://deeyah.com/blog/white-right-meeting-enemy/ Deeyah Khan
Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad — https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3176/3176-h/3176-h.htm Project Gutenberg

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