Lifelong rock & roll journalist Ed Ward joins the show to talk about his new book  The History of Rock & Roll  Volume 1: 1920-1963 (Flatiron Books) We get into how he discovered his calling  how he memorized Billboard charts the way other kids memorized baseball cards  the joy of being a “rootless cosmopolitan”  the music world’s shift from A&R to audience-driven songwriting (and why they were tired of guys named Bobby from Philadelphia)  why Tutti Frutti is the “first” rock & roll record  how he wound up in Austin  the experience of meeting 50-somethings who don’t know Chuck Berry’s Maybelline  how he got hired at and fired from Rolling Stone  and more! Give it a listen! And go buy the first volume of Ed’s History of Rock & Roll !