What happens with you mix one of the nation’s largest fairs with the pure unadulterated energy of early rock and roll? The results were electrifying. How so? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “The Stormy Beginning When the Erie County Fair First Waded Into The Rock and Roll Craze” to discover how pizza, presidential politics, and raw rock and roll came together one fateful summer evening.
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