“In the fifties, that powerful melancholy force, that Afro-American art form called the blues began to develop into Rhythm and Blues. At first we were stepchildren, but we blew all those other pop artists out of the water. Rhythm and Blues became known as Rock and Roll and, of course, it’s the folk music of the entire world.” - Johnny Otis

Just released - video interview with Joe Liggins - the R&B Pioneer tells the story of his 1945 runaway hit "The Honeydipper," his early musical influences and the birth of West Coast Rhythm and Blues.

An exclusive mini-documentary of R&B innovator Joe Liggins. His sensational 1945 hit "The Honeydripper" was a touchstone of early Rhythm and Blues. Joe spoke with us in Los Angeles the year before his passing in 1987. A contemporary of Johnny Otis', Joe Liggins' Honeydrippers were among the earliest innovators of the small jump blues combos that gave birth to Rock and Roll.


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