American Music History, Told Through John Brown’s Body: Rock and Roll

A tribute to where rock and roll came from and where it went

This video is an excerpt from His Truth Is Marching On, the musical documentary exploring America’s musical inventions from 1619 – hip hop through the Civil War classic “John Brown’s Body.”

This section features Mick Connolly, Lucinda Rowe, and Jamie Tilley mashing up some rock and roll highlights and channeling Elvis Presley’s “Trilogy.”

Recorded at Red Room Sound Studio in Torrington, CT — Birthplace of Old John Brown.