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America's Beatles? Meet the Aerovons

Ever since Chuck Berry, St. Louis has been producing rock music that defies the prevailing norm. But is it possible that in 1969 it also produced America's Beatles, a band no one ever heard? Rock historian Ed Ward investigates the curious case of the Aerovons.

Copyright 2006 Fresh Air

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Ed Ward is the rock-and-roll historian on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.