Jackalope Tales – The Fathers, The Sons, & The Holy Notes
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Charles and Lisa explore the origins of various music genres and the figures behind them in a humorous Father's Day special.
The Fathers, The Sons, & The Holy Notes This Father’s Day, Charles and Lisa gather the musical family tree and start a custody battle over who actually deserves credit for inventing your favorite genres. 🎸👨‍👦⚰️ Who is the Father of Techno? The Father of Death Metal? The Father of Ambient? The Father of Punk? More importantly, who got stuck paying decades of overdue child support for the noise they unleashed on the world? Along the way, Charles and Lisa nominate their own questionable candidates, challenge the official histories, and discover that every genre’s origin story eventually leads back to someone with a bad haircut, a substance problem, or an overwhelming need to annoy their neighbors. From visionary pioneers to accidental architects of chaos, we’ll celebrate the men who gave birth to entire musical movements—and the generations of weird sons who took those ideas, drove them off a cliff, and called it art. So grab your dad, your stepdad, your record collection, and your unresolved issues. This Father’s Day we’re tracing the bloodline of music… one dysfunctional family at a time…
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