Fifty years ago, when Greil Marcus published "Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music," I was on the edge of 17, a high school senior living across the Red River from Shreveport, ...

Well, it took my baby, but it never will again, no, not again. GROSS: If you're just joining us, my guest is guitarist Scotty Moore, who we just heard on "Mystery Train," and he's written a new ...

So when we decided to do it on Elvis, it is something that I think that we did so entirely different. Although little Junior Parker's record was Elvis' favorite of the two, I have to say that both of ...

Digging up West Tennessee roots -- Slow boat out of China -- Doing the Memphis thang -- The sun rises on the Blue Moon Boys -- Hitting pay dirt -- On the road with Elvis -- Scripting the movie years - ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today, we continue our archive series - R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll. We start today's show with Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records. That's the ...