Exam #2 rock and roll

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Cavern Club

The underground pub in Liverpool, England where the Beatles often performed in the early 1960s.

Haight-Ashbury

Where the Grateful Dead are from located in San Francisco

Eric Clapton

Cream and The Yardbirds

Newport Music Festival

- 1965 Bob Dylan went electric at this festival and they hated it. People were shocked. Dylan was booed very loudly. -He was accused of betraying folk music

Bob Dylan

60's musician. Part of counterculture revolution through music. anti-war and anti-government

Sitar

A long necked instrument with 7 strings on the outside and 10 inside the neck

Topical Songs

A song that comments on political and/or social events, typically offering a mix of narrative and commentary.

Vanilla Fudge

American rock band known predominantly for their extended rock arrangements of contemporary hit songs most notably "You keep me hangin on"

Woody Guthrie

American songwriter and folksinger who flourished in the 1930s, writing numerous songs about social injustice and the hardships of the Great Depression years; two of his best-remembered songs are "This Land is Your Land" and "So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh."(Influenced Bob Dylan Heavily)

Harmonica

An instrument Bob Dylan is known for

John Lennon

Assassinated rock star, former member of 'The Beatles'

The Grateful dead

Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades. From Palo Alto,CA

Please Please Me (1963) With The Beatles (1963) A Hard Day's Night (1964) Beatles For Sale (1964) Help! (1965) Rubber Soul (1965) Revolver (1966) Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) The Beatles (White Album) (1968) Yellow Submarine (1969) Abbey Road (1969) Let It Be (1970)

Beatles Albums

Going electric

Bob Dylan's switch to electric from acoustic

Skiffle music

British music based on American folk/rockabilly music generally performed with a mixture of manufactured and home made or improvised instruments

The quarry men

British skiffle/rock and roll group formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956 which evolved into another band that is named after a bug

Buffalo Springfield

Canadian-American rock band active from 1966 to 1968 whose most prominent members were Stephen Stills, Neil Young, and Richie Furay. The group released three albums and several singles, including "For What It's Worth".

Ringo Starr

English musician singer and actor drummer for The Beatles

Paul McCartney

English singer-songwriter was a worldwide famous co-lead vocalist and had a very successful songwriting partnership with John Lennon

Jerry Garcia

Guitarist, singer, and founder of the influential band "The Grateful Dead," an ensemble known as the quintessential "live" rock band.

Rave ups

Improvisational jam sessions featuring extended instrumental solos; developed in the mid-to late 1960s by certain British bands (e.g. the Yardbirds).

Woodstock

In 1969 ,festival brought together half a million people in Bethel, NY (during the Vietnam war era) celebrated peace , music , and love

British Invasion

Influx of bands and musicians from Britain during the 60's. Huge influence on the American music scene.

Geore Harrison

Lead guitarist for The Beatles and singer-songwriter was worldwide known

Beatle movies

Named after popular songs or Albums

Jeff Beck

Replaced Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds

Altamont

Site of a free concert staged by The Rolling Stones in December 1969 that was marked by violence from the Hell's Angels.

Brian Epstein

The Beatles first professional manager (record shop manager). One of the "5th member(s)"

Liverpool , UK

Where The Beatles are from

Hamburg, Germany

Where the Beatles played long shows - covered a lot of American Rock n Roll songs. Thousands of hours of performances - resulted in drug use and experience between 1960 and 1962 John lennon one time when he was drunk wore a toilet seat in a perfomance

The Beatles

a British band that had an enormous influence on popular music in the 1960s

Folk Rock

amplified folk music, often featuring politically overt lyrics; influenced by rock and roll

Iron Butterfly

an American rock band best known for the 1968 hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", providing a dramatic sound that led the way towards the development of hard rock and heavy metal music.

The doors

an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore.

Traffic

an English rock band , formed in Birmingham, in April 1967 by Steve winwood , Jim Capaldi , chris wood , and Dave mason ...Traffic were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame

Pink Floyd

an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining a following as a psychedelic band, they were distinguished for their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate live shows, and became a leading band of the progressive rock genre.

Rooftop concert

consisted of nine takes of five Beatles songs: three takes of "Get Back"; two takes each of "Don't Let Me Down" and "I've Got a Feeling"; and one take each of "One After 909" and "Dig a Pony". The set was performed in the following order: "Get Back" (take one) "Get Back" (take two)

Greenwhich Village

famous rock and roll club in Manhattan new york

India

influence on Western music In the 1960s, renowned Western acts such as The Yardbirds, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors and The Byrds were notably influenced by this countries classical music as a way of reinforcing the psychedelia in their music.

Whammy Bar

is a device attached to electric guitars that bends the strings. Classic guitarists like Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen used the whammy bar for their dramatic solos. creates a unique sound that can be used in rock, soul, country and more.

Distortion pedal

is a hard clipping device that is here to do one job and do it well - Distort your sound! ... is commonly associated with heavy rock bands as they give your sound a "heavy" tone, darkening the output and even boosting the signal depending on your settings.

Autoharp

is a musical instrument in the chorded zither family. It features a series of chord bars attached to dampers, which, when pressed, mute all of the strings other than those that form the desired chord.

wah wah pedal

it changes the tone of your signal. As you push the pedal downward from its highest position, it changes your tone from bassy to trebly, but it's not like a linear tone control; there's more going on than that.

Garage Bands

made up of untrained musicians producing a raw, unrefined sound. No label contract

Monterey Pop

music festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18 1967 at the monetary county fairgrounds in Monterey ,CA

Ginger Baker

was an English drummer and a co-founder of the rock band Cream. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer," for a style that melded jazz and African rhythms and pioneered both jazz fusion and world music.

George Martin

was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician. He was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle" in reference to his extensive involvement on each of the Beatles' original albums.

Beatlemania

was the intense fan frenzy surrounding the English rock group in the 1960s. The band's popularity grew in the United Kingdom throughout 1963, propelled by the singles "Please Please Me", "From Me to You" and "She Loves You"

London,UK

was the place to be for anyone wanting to break into alternative and rock & roll music. It birthed the biggest rockstars, clubs, and studios that were monumentally influential on the industry. (A historic rock and roll site)


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