Rock & Roll Joe: A Tribute To the Unsung Heroes of Rock N' Roll

Personnel: Chip Taylor (acoustic guitar, harmonica); Kendel Carson (fiddle); John Platania (electric guitar); Seth Farber (keyboards); Bryan Owings (drums).Audio Mixer: Huck Bennert.Liner Note Authors: Chip Taylor; Hollis Dixon.Recording information: The Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, NY.Rock & Roll Joe: A Tribute to the Unsung Heroes of Rock & Roll is the opening salvo in a multi-faceted project by Grammy-winning songwriter Chip Taylor and friends to right some of history's wrongs. While traveling through Norway and Sweden with his backing band -- guitarist John Platania, fiddler Kendel Carson, drummer Bryan Owings, and bass player Ron Eoff -- the group held long discussions about some of the important men and women who influenced rock & roll and who never got their due. Together, they conceived of a website where musicians and others could share their recollections of these players and singers. This album collects Taylor's own songs from various eras -- which discuss in various wa