Rock historian Ed Ward

Fresh Air | By Ed Ward

Published December 10, 2002 at 7:00 PM HST

Ed Ward reviews When The Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock & Roll a four volume set on RCA of mostly African-American music from the late 1920s to the mid-50s.

Ed Ward

Ed Ward is the rock-and-roll historian on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

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