Renegades; in the Groove

Series: Rock & Roll Series

Duration: 60

Year Published: 1995

Creator: David Espar

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Renegades travels southern backroads to New Orleans, Memphis, and Nashville, then north to Chicago, interviewing Little Richard, Bo Didley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, pioneer disk jockey Hoss Allen and producers Dave Bartholomew, Sam Phillips and Phil and Marshall Chess along the way. These renegades of the 50's reveal how they borrowed from rhythm and blues, country, gospel, and jazz to create a whole new sound--rock and roll. In the Groove reports on the years between Elvis and the Beatles, when the hit single became an intricately crafted work of art and producers, songwriters and musicians created studio magic. In interviews with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Ben E. King, Brian Wilson, Carole King, Sonny Bono and "King of the surf guitar" Dick Dale, among others, recounts the era of sweet soul and girl groups when a new rock genius reigned--the producer.