The other day I had to take my car to the shop to get repaired and I met a gentleman who worked there who was quite knowledgeable about music. So of course, we got to talking and he voiced his opinion that he thought that Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" may be in fact the very first rap song, or at least the first real precursor to the rap genre. I've taken a listen to it and I'm still

For me, one of the best parts of music blogging is having a chance to present the history and evolution of songs that have become a part of the mythology of modern day Pop Culture. Hot Rod Race/Hot Rod Lincoln was the first of the car race songs, it opened the door for tunes like Gene Vincent's Race With The Devil and Jan & Dean Dead Man's Curve. While researching Hot Rod Lincoln, I was amazed on the amount of documentation that can be found about it on the Internet, so detailed that my own words couldn't do it the [...]