History of Rock-Exam 3

The Rolling Stones Key Recordings (5)

1. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" 1965 2. Aftermath 1966 3. Beggars Banquet 1968 4. "Sympathy for the Devil" 1969 5. Sticky Fingers 1971

The Who's Key Recordings (5)

1. "My Generation" 2. Tommy 3. Live at Leeds 4. Who's Next 5. "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again"

Other Bay Area Acid Rock Bands

1. Charlatans- amateur group. Set tone both musically and stylistically for the Bay Area 2. Quicksilver Messenger Service- formed in 1965, was on par with the Grateful Dead as a quintessential acid rock jam band. They were a fixture in the electric ballroom scene. They are perhaps best known for their song "Fresh Air". 3. Country Joe and the Fish- formed in 1965, they are the most political of the Bay Area bands. Originally a loose knit skiffle-type band, in 1966 they band electrified and released their most famous recording, a Vietnam protest song "Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag" 4. Santana- a slightly different slant to the local music scene this band was led by guitar virtuoso Carlos Santana. He is known for his unique guitar style.

Early Hard Rock Bands (7)

1. Cream 2. Deep Purple 3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience 4. Steppenwolf 5. Iron Butterfly 6. Grand Funk Railroad 7. Vanilla Fudge

Cream Members (3)

1. Eric Clapton 2. Jack Bruce 3. Ginger Baker

Mersey Beat Groups (7)

1. Gerry and the Pacemakers 2. The Searchers 3. Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas 4. Herman's Hermits 5. The Hollies 6. Freddie and the Dreamers 7. Dave Clark Five

San Francisco Acid Rock Performers/Bands (7)

1. Jefferson Airplane 2. Grateful Dead 3. Big Brother and the Holding Company/Janis Joplin 4. Charlatans 5. Quicksilver Messenger Service 6. Country Joe and the Fish 7. Santana

The Grateful Dead Members (6)

1. Jerry Garcia 2. Mickey Hart 3. Ron "Pigpen" McKernan 4. Bob Weir 5. Phil Lesh 6. Bill Kreutzman

The Doors Members (4)

1. Jim Morrison 2. Ray Manzarek 3. Robby Krieger 4. John Densmore

The Beatles (Members)

1. John Lennon 2. Paul McCartney 3. George Harrison 4. Ringo Starr

Blues-Oriented Groups (3)

1. Kinks 2. Yardbirds (become Led Zeppelin) 3. Animals

The Rolling Stones (5 Members)

1. Mick Jagger 2. Keith Richards 3. Brian Jones 4. Bill Wyman 5. Charlie Watts

Jefferson Airplane Members (5)

1. Paul Kanter 2. Jorma Kaukonen 3. Grace Slick 4. Spencer Dryden 5. Jack Casady

Key Beatle Recordings (5)

1. Revolver: 1966 2. "Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane" :1967 3. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: 1967 4. The Beatles (aka The White Album) 1968 5. Abbey Road 1969

The Who (4 Members)

1. Roger Daltrey 2. Pete Townshend 3. John Entwistle 4. Keith Moon

Big Brother and the Holding Company Members (5)

1. Sam Andrews 2. Jim Gurley 3. Peter Albin 4. Dave Getz 5. Janis Joplin

Power Chords

A 2-note chord (using the root and the 5th of a chord) using distortion; a common characteristic of hard rock and heavy metal. This was one of the 2 basic parts of hard rock (the other being blue riffs). In addition, the guitar is usually distorted, and all the instruments are played with more intensity (louder) than other styles.

Owsley

A local chemist of the San Francisco Area. he gave out free acid samples at the Longshoreman's Hal 3 day Trips Festival. His full name is Owsley Stanley iii, but he is also simply known as Bear. He was the prime caterer of the Bay Area drug culture, producing more than 1 million hits of acid in his lab. 1965-1967.

Family Dog

A loose collective that formed in 1965 with the sole purpose of promoting dances where there was no booze but where hallucinogens were available.

Trad Jazz

A manifestation of American culture/youth in England following WW2. This musical style consists of Traditional New Orleans jazz, and is sometimes called Dixieland

"Electric" Ballrooms

A place where Family Dog events happened. They were usually held in the city or Avalon or Fillmore. They were very successful.

"Riot on Sunset Strip" (not a song)

A protest held on the night of November 12 attracted serval thousand demonstrators. This riot resulted in nothing more than a few fistfights and broken windows.

Progressive Rock Radio

A radio format characterized by the playing of an eclectic mix of music, particularly long, noncommercial album cuts, usually accompanied by low key, spaced-out DJ conversation. Birthplace: San Francisco. DJ Tom Donahue took over the evening shift and he began playing an eclectic mix of blues, R&B, Beatles and comedy, interspersed with his low priced and slow paced conversation. He is known as the "Father of Free Form".

Let it Bleed

A satirical take on the Beatles "Let it Be". "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a response to "Hey Jude".

Sunset Strip

A stretch of Sunset Boulevard running through West Hollywoodd that had been a hangout for movie star, bohemians, and the incurably hip since Prohibition, the heart of L.A's live music scene. This was a 24/7 party atmosphere for young people. Its dress code included boots and bellbottoms for girls and tunics for boys. By the end of the decade things turned ugly when it became more about drugs than music and having a good time. L.A.'s music scene was more musically diverse than San Francisco's and was more commercially oriented.

Hard Rock

A style emerging in the 1960s that incorporated blues riffs, power chords and situated guitar, typically played by a power trio (bass, guitar, and drums). The lead bands in this style include Blues Incorporated, Bluesbreakers, The Who, The Animals, The Yardbirds, and the Kinks.

Teddy Boys

A term describing disaffected English youth in the 1950's and 1960's who created up their hair and wore leather clothing; comparable to the Southern U.S. "Cat". They wore leather jackets, boots and sneers

Mods

A youth cult that burst onto the London scene in early 1964. They wore snappy clothes, short hair, rode scooters, and consumed massive amounts of amphetamines that allowed them to dance continuously at all-night raves.

Cream

After Clapton left the Bluesbreakers he formed the seminal hard rock power trio with the bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. Their first album did not chart, but their second album Disraeli Gears sold a million copies and went to #4. At the height of their popularity Cream beisbanded after giving a farewell concert at the Royal Albet Hall on November 26, 1968. The final album Goodbye Cream, which included the Clapton/George Harrison effort "Badge" was released early the nest year and peak at #2 in the US.

Beatlemania

After a performance at London's Palladium in October, the Daily Mirror coined this term. This is the beginning of their popularity in England. This was initially unnoticed in America (largely due to the death of president Kennedy). This describes the popularity of the Beatles.

Janis Joplin

After she left Big Brother and the Holing Company she joined the her new band the Kozmic Blues Band, who were much tighter and more professional than Big Brother. They appeared at Woodstock and disbanded in January of 1970 after one album release. In April she assembled a new band, Full Tilt Boogie Band and began work on what would be her last album, Pearl. However, before the album was completed Joplin's body was found in her room at the Landmark Hotel in LA dead of a drug overdose at the age of 27. She embodied the spirit of the 1960's liberated women.

Our World

After the release of Sgt. Pepper's, the Beatles took part in the first worldwide satellite TV broadcast on this program. The Beatles performed Lennon's "All You Need IS Love" live to 350 million viewers. Shortly after the band had a major setback when their manager Brian Epstein died from an accidental drug overdose which ultimately contributed to the group's downfall.

Jimi Hendrix

Although he was only an international superstar for 4 years, in that time he expanded the sonic possibilities of the electric guitar as well as redefined the relationship between music and noise with his startling use of feedback and other guitar effects. he became a premier showman and studio technician. he also began experiencing with LSD, and his experiences with the drug had a profound effect on his look, his music, and poetry. Influenced by Chas Chandler of the Animals he left New York for London and allowed Chandler to be his manager. He is a left-handed guitarist who's live performances are unparalleled. he played the guitar behind his back, upside down, strung in reverse order, over his head, and while during summersaults, he played with his teeth too. He was unknown to american until his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. he also performed at Woodstock. He performed the legendary star-spangled banner.

Beggars Banquet

An album by the Stones that contains their 2 most memorable anthems, "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man".

Acid Rock

An umbrella term, usually associated with the music of the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960's, that encompasses a wide variety of stylistic approaches, often with free form improvisations and heavy influences from the blues and folk music. This term describes the San Francisco style. It is usually in association with the drug culture (especially LSD). The music is often socially relevant, critical of the establishment, and extolling the virtues of altered states of consciousness and free love.

Drugs

Another issue of the late 1960's was this. It included the increasing recreational use of psychoactive drugs such as LSD, marijuana, hashish, and mescaline. This activity was to create an enlightenment or a "oneness with life". Many of the songs of the late 1960's eluded to drugs.

George Martin

Brian Epstein's contact who signed The Beatles at EMI's small Parlophone subsidiary. He becomes The Beatles Producer.

Jimi Hendrix and the Experience

Chandler put this band together and ti included Mitch Mtichel on the drums and Noel Redding on bass. Their first debut LP Are You Experienced? a stunning showcase for Hendrix's talents as composer, guitarist, and studio experimentalist. Their style included Jaxx, electric folk, hard rock, the blues, and beatles-influeced psychedelia.

Breaking Through (The Rolling Stones)

Crowds at their concerts were decidedly more aggressive than the Beatles audiences and often times they could only perform a few songs before violence erupted. When the Stones went on their first American tour in June of 1964, they had some success in larger cities and were ignored in the midwest. By the end of 1964 they were finally breaking through in the US. Richards was typically writing the music and Jagger was writing the lyrics.

Music Cut # 34: "Who Are The Brain Police?" (Frank Zappa)- The Mothers of Invention

Frank Zappa- guitar, vocals Ray Collins- vocals, harmonica, and "booby pin and tweezers" sound effects, percussion "clear white light" Recorded March 8-12 at Sunset-Highland/TTG Studiios LA CA Produced by Tom Wilson Album Freak Out! sci-fi psychedelia of who are the police?

Music Cut #31: "White Rabbit" (Grace Slick)-Jefferson Airplane

Grace Slick-vocals Paul Kanter-guitar Jorma Kaukonen-lead guitar Jack Casady- bass Spencer Dryden-drums Recorded on November 3, 1966 at RCA Victor's Music Center of the Wold, Hollywood CA Produced by Rick Jarrard Released June 24, 1967 on RCA 10 weeks on the charts peaking at #8 Inspired by Alice and Wonderland and reminds its audience to feed their heads. Also it is on the album Surrealistic Pillow

Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters

He began sharing LSD with his friends Merry Pranksters at parties called "acid tests". Acid tests featured live music by the Grateful Dead, psychedelic light shows, and LSD spiked Kool-Aid.

The End of Lennon

He married Yoko Ono and he was murdered outside the Dakota by crazed fan Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980.

Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention

He was a musical anarchist who tore down convention and accepted norms in creating some of rock's most sophisticated and intellectual music. His lyrical themes were often dark but he effectively used humor, biting satire and vulgarity and in some cases his lyrics were downright gross. He had a great love and respect for R&B, doo-wop and jazz. The band caught the attention of MGM-Verve producer Tom Wilson, who signed the band. Their debut album Freak Out! was one of the first ever double albums is a manifesto on individual freedom, conformity, and the hypocrisy of American society. He released more than 60 albums during his lifetime. In 1971 tragedy hit. A first broke out during a concert in Switzerland which destroyed their equipment. A week later a fan ran up and pushed him off the stage and injured his spine, skull and larynx. This lowered his voice by a third of an octave. In 1975 he disbanded the band for good and released all future albums for good. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer and died in 1993.

The Audition (The Beatles)

In 1960 the group changed their name to The Beatles. They played for clubs in Reeperbahn, and later for the Cavern Club. In 1961 Brian Epstein became their manager. He changed their Teddy Boy Image to a more upscale matching mohair sits with white shirts, thin ties, and mop top haircuts. He worked hard to get them a deal with a record label. He found success at EMI's Parlophone subsidiary with his contact George Martin. Here Martin decided to sign them. After this Martin said the band needed to replace their drummer Best. They replaced him with a friend Richard Starkey, who went by the name Ringo Starr.

Jefferson Airplane

In 1965 they signed a contract with RCA becoming the first area acid rock band to secure a major label deal. When their first album is Jefferson Airplane Takes Off was about to be released in August of 1966, Anderson quit to take care of her baby and Spence departed to form the group Moby Grape. Spencer Dylan replaced Spence and Grace Slick replaced Anderson. Slick brought a more powerful voice to the gourd and 2 songs "White Rabbit" (inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland) and "Somebody to Love". Both of these songs were included on their album Surrealistic Pillow.

Big Brother and the Holding Company

In 1965 this group emerged out of Wednesday night jam session that the Family Dog member Chet Helms was running out of the basement in the Haight-Ashbury. By early 1966 the group was in need of a strong vocalist. Helms recommended a Texas blues singer-Janis Joplin. She developed a singing style that was inspired by blues singers Bessie Smith and Big Mama Thornton that was rough edged, gritty, and raw. Joplin revitalized the band. While they performed at Monterey, she stole the show and the band was rewarded a contract from Columbia Records. Here they released the album Cheap Trills (cover was designed by cartoonist R. Crumb). After months of being told she was better than the rest of the band, she left Big Brother at the end of 1968 to pursue a solo career. By this time she had also began drinking heavily and using heroin.

Tommy

In 1968 Townshend became a follower of Meher Baba. He stopped taking drugs and began to reflect upon way in which to define his new spirituality through music. So he decided to convey this musically through this rock opera. This is the story of a boy who traumatically loses all sensory skills-becoming deaf, dumb, and blind. He becomes famous for his superior skills at playing pinball. The suddenly is miraculously cured, he is manipulated into selling his secrets and exposed as a fraud.

Blues Incorporated

In the early 1960's, a burgeoning blues seen was developing in London, led by guars Alex Korner and guitar/harmonica play Cyril Davis , who formed this band in 1962. Their lineup was always interchanging and even included some members that would become part of the Rolling Stones. This band also inspired John Mayall.

Eric Clapton

In the last spring of 1965 John Mayall asked Clapton to join the Bluesbreakers. Although he only stayed with the band for slightly over a year, during his tenure Clapton established himself as Britain's premier blues guitarist and developed a devoted cult following. He left the blues breakers to form the Cream. In the 1970's he sunk into the "Lost years" of heroin addition and alcohol abuse.

Music Cut #27: "Sympathy For The Devil" (Jagger/Richards)-The Rolling Stones

Jagger: vocals Richards: guitar/vocals Wyman: bass, maracas, vocals Jones: guitar Recorded June 1968 at Olympic Studios, London Produced by Jimmy Miller Released December 6, 1968 on the ABKCO LP Bagger's Banquet This is considered one of the most enduring rock anthems of the decade.

Music Cut #32: "Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns/Jerry Ragovoy)-Big Brother and the Holding Company

Janis Joplin-vocals Recorded at Columbia Studio B in New York, April 1968 Produce by John Simon Released September 28, 1968 on Columbia 12 weeks on the charts peaking at #12 This was the only hit on their debut album Cheap Trills

Rolling Stones Bad Boy Moments

January 1967 they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show where they sang "Let's Spend the Night Together" and had to change Night to Some Time. However, Jagger mumbled the words Some Time and rolled his eyes. Jagger and Richards were convicted on drug charges. Jones conviction of drug charges made it hard for the Stones to travel to the US. Ultimately Jones was pushed to the sideline of the group and left the group to clean himself up and he was found dead in a swimming pool less than a month later. He was replaced with guitarist Mick Taylor.

Music Cut #33: "Break On Through" (Morrison/Manzarek/Kreiger/Densmore)- The Doors

Jim Morrison-vocals Recorded August 1966 at Sunset Sound Studios LA CA Produced by Paul Rothschild Released January 1, 1967 This summarized the Door's innovative musical strategy to break on through to the other side.

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall started this band after he was inspired by Blues Incorporated. Their lineup was always interchanging and even included Eric Clapton at one point in time. They released the landmark album Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton that put the guitarist on the map and hit the Top 10 in Britain.

Dr. Timothy Leary

LSD-25 was originally discovered by a Swiss chemist but this Harvard psychologist helped LSD's rise to fame. He is the author of "The Psychedelic Experience."

Derek and the Dominoes

Layla was released under this name. A short-lived group made up of studio musicians Jim Gordon, Carl Ladle, Bobby Whitlock and Duane Allman. This song is about Clapton's unrequited love for George Harrison's wife Patti and is one of the greatest rock anthems.

Music Cut #26: "Penny Lane" (Lennon/McCartney)-The Beatles

Lennon: guitar, piano, congas, backup vocals McCartney: bass, piano, lead voice, recorder Harrison: lead guitar, fire bell, backup vocals Starr: drums, percussion Martin: piano Recorded December 1966-January 1967 at Abbey Road Studios London Produced by George Matin Released February 1967 on Capitol 10 weeks on the charts, peaking at #1 This song is about a bus roundabout in Liverpool that Paul used to frequent in his childhood. Strawberry Fields and this song were to prove to fans that the Beatles were not breaking up after they decided to stop touring.

The Early Years (The Rolling Stones)

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards grew up together in London and formed a band. Brian Jones joined the band. Sometime in the spring of 1963 public relations man Andrew Loog Oldham went about packaging the group. They signed with Decca Records in the same year.

The End of the Stones

On September 7, 1978 Keith Moon died of an overdose of a sedate he had been taking to treat alcoholic seizures. And he was replaced by Kenney Jones. Townshend was deeply affected by Moon's death and he returned to heavy drug and alcohol abuse.

1968 Democratic Convention

One of the bloodiest confrontations occurred in August at this convention in Chicago as protesters clashed with police in the streets. This was a violent antiwar protest. When the draft occurred in 1969 many burned their cards or fled to Canada.

The Doors

One of the most unique groups of the ear, with no bass played and a sound that owed more to the haunting sound of the Vox Continental combo than the electric guitar. Their lead vocalist was Jim Morrison who had a hypnotic rich baritone voice. He was the most charismatic and controversial rock performer of his era. Offstage he was an impossible drunk, an insatiable bisexual, a loner and a drifter. He had a rocky childhood. The Doors is one of the 1960's most dynamic debut albums; in the summer of 1967 it peaked at #2, field by the #1 smash hit single "Light My Fire". They were not invited to perform at Monterey or Woodstock. They were invited to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, and despite warnings not to say the wood "higher" during their live performance of "Light My Fire", Morrison did that-twice. Morrison invented the Lizard King to describe his shaman-like alter ego he used to incite audience and dive the band to explosive heights AKA his on-stage persona. Morrison's drunkenness and confrontational stage behavior eventually caught up to him and the band. The Doors were black listed and during their last ing Morrison had a mental breakdown on stage. He died in the bathtub of his apartment in the early morning hours of July 3, 1971. Because there was no autopsy and the police and doctor who arrived at the scene could not be traced, rumors have perished that he is still alive.

Abbey Road Studios

Originally EMI studio. On June 6, 1962 the Beatles when to this London office and recorded 4 songs. This is when Martin decided to sign them. They are also associated with Capitol records in America.

Music Cut #30: "House Of The Rising Sun"(Traditional)-The Animals

Originally a Bob Dylan song

Music Cut #25 "Tomorrow Never Knows" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) - The Beatles

Personal: John Lennon- organ, tambourine, tape loops, lead vocals. Paul McCartney- bass, drums, tape loops, guitar. George Harrison- guitar, sitar, tape loops. Ringo Starr- drums, tape loops. George Martin- piano, tape loops. Recorded April 6, 1966 at Abbey Road Studios, London Produced by George Martin Released August 5, 1966 on Parlophone LP Revolver (not released as a single) The first of the psychedelic era.

Music Cut #29: "On a Carousel" (Clarke/Hicks/Nash)- The Hollies

Released as Parlophone

Reeperbahn

Section of Hamburg, Germany where The Beatles played in raunchy clubs for 2 years.

Skiffle

Somewhere in the Mid-1950's tastes changed to enjoy the English adoption of traditional American jug band music in England. The style is described as A do-it-yourself music played by small groups, using guitars, washboards, and empty jugs. It was easy to play and the fad encouraged many British youth to start playing music including the Liverpudlians John Lennon and George Harrison.

The Grateful Dead

The (more or less) defining sound of acid rock and the heart and soul of the San Francisco music scene in the late 1960's. They will be remembered as the quintessential communal-hippie-triping-acid rock band. They cultivated the most die-hard following in history (Deadheads). Jerry Garcia and the beginnings of the band date back to 1961. In 1965 Garcia and co decided to go electric. Heavily influencing their decision were the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and LSD. They created a new band called the Warlocks. In November they learned of another band who coined the same name (this band later became ZZ Top) and they changed it back to their original name. They played at the famous acid tests held by Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters. In September of 1966 they moved into The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. In 1970 the group responded to their dire financial situation by releasing 2 of their finest albums, Workingman's Dead and American Beauty. In 1973 the Dead revealed the Wall of Sound, an innovative sound reinforcement system that consisted of 604 speakers and 26,400 watts of power. Designed and built by Owsley Stanley and Dan Healy. This is the largest portable sound system ever built.

Rolling Stone Magazine

The Bay Area counter culture spawned what has become the standard-bearer of rock journalism. This magazine has effectively integrated political, cultural, and music reporting. Some of its writers include Hunter S. Thompson, Greil Marcus, Cameron Crowe, and Ben Fong-Torres.

Coming to America

The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show on February 9th, 16th, and 23rd. They gathered 73 Million viewers each.

The Beatles Early Years

The Beatles were first created by John Lennon, who created the group the "Quarry Men". Paul McCartney heard the music and auditioned for the band (he got the job).

Meher Baba

The Indian guru that Pete Townshend became a follower of. This caused Townshend to stop talking drugs, and began to reflect upon way sin which to define his new spirituality through music. He came up with the idea of telling a story of spiritual enlightenment through song lyrics rather than the conventional spoken narrative accompaniment.

Jimmy Miller

The Stones hired him as a producer. He gave the Stones a tighter, more focused sound, and ironed out the rough spots that had sometimes plagued easier recordings.

The Summer of Love

The Summer of 1967 where many music festivals were held. The first was in January and was called "The Human Be-In". This was described as "A gathering of tribes" and was held in Golden Gate Park. 20,000 people came to hear radical activists speak and listen to Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company and others. By the summer Haight had become a major tourist attraction. The high point of the summer came from June 16-18 when the Monterey International Pop Festival was held. This was a landmark event. It was the first major outdoor rock festival, and was the blueprint for Woodstock. This helped launch the careers Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and other Bay Area Bands.

The Early Years (The Who)

The Who were unquestionably one of rock's most innovative and influential bands. They introduced the idea of the "power trio" format. They were inspirational to punk. heavy metal and art rock. They were the first rock band to incorporate synthesizers. The brought stage violence and drama to rock like no other band before them. They had powerful music with social relevance. They also created the first rock opera. Pete Meaden took over the management of the Who and repackaged them with the look of London's Mods. They changed their name to the High Numbers for a short period of time, but they were unsuccessful and changed it back to the Who - with a new motto of maximum R&B. Their acts of stage violence helped them secure a contract with Decca Records.

Monterey International Pop Festival

The beginning of the psychedelic era also marked the beginning of an ear when large outdoor music festivals became popular. The first of these was this festival in June of 1967. This drew an audience of 30,000 and was both an artistic and financial success.

A Hard Day's Night

The first Beatles album that utilized a four-track tape machine, allowing the group to overdub parts and begin using the suit in more innovative ways. This album consists entirely of Lennon and McCartney songs. This is also a tie-in with their first film movie.

Haight-Ashbury

The first hippie community established itself in 1965 in San Fransisco. This specific district was full of Victorian mansions that had been built after the 1906 earthquake and in recent years converted into apartment houses as the neighborhood went into decline. This was the ground zero to the 1960's cultural revolution. The Grateful Dead even stayed here for a while.

The Hippie Culture

The focal point of this new underground culture was San Francisco and it was associated with Acid Rock. This group of people originally earned a derogatory name from a newspaper, but they took it on to a whole new level. These people lived in large communal houses or frame where they shared chores, listened to music, consumed drugs, and pursued peaceful and artistic activities.

Woodstock Music and Arts Fair

The landmark event of the ear was held from August 15-18 in 1969. This was moved last minute to a farm in Bethel NY, 50 miles away from Woodstock. Many artists performed here, some include Jimi Hendrix, the Who, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and Jefferson Airplane. Although it left many with a renewed hope in the goodwill of the human spirit, much of the innocence of the entire 1960's era was shattered with the disaster of the Altamonte Festival outside San Francisco.

Grace Slick

The lead(?) singer of Jefferson Airplane. She was Anderson's replacement after Anderson left to take care of her newborn baby. Slick brought a more powerful voice to the group and 2 key songs from the Great Society's repertoire- "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love".

Brian Epstein

The manager of NEMS record store who became The Beatles manager in late 1961. He worked hard to clean up The Beatles image and to sign them a record deal.

Whisky a Go Go

The most important and most famous night-club in the Strip. This club featured Johnny Rivers and the first "Go-Go girl".

Hippie

The term first coined by the reporter Michael Fellon in 1965 to describe young people (bohemians) who wore long hair, headbands, tie-dyed shirts and bell bottom pants. He used this term in the San Francisco Examiner in his piece entitled "A New Paradise for Beatniks".

The Rolling Stones Image

They called themselves "The World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" and by many standards they were. They were forced early on to portray themselves as dangerous and surly, creating a sort of "Anti-Beatles" image. The 2 ironies in this are that 1. despite a general perception of the Beatles as middle class and lovable versus the low-class and dangerous Stones, the Stones came from a generally higher class upbringing that the Beatles and 2. the Stones have been much more influential and widely imitated in this regard than the Beatles. They are the quintessential kick ass rock bad. Mick Jagger was the most boldly sexual and threatening of their time. Off stage, the scandals and bad behavior of their personal lives only served to intensify their reputations as scoundrels.

The Who at Monterey

They had a stunning performance at this Pop Festival. The show concluded with Townshend and Moon again destroying their equipment while playing "My Generation". Townshend attacked his guitar with a windmill right hand. Moon was a wild man on his huge drum set. Much of the fury on stage was fueled by the constant amphetamine and alcohol usage by band members.

The Beatles (Short Summary)

They wrote music that was popular and meaningful. It encouraged people to become better people and make the world a better place. Their music offered social commentary and provided hope. It was about the essence of what it is to be human. They were THE cultural phenomenon of the 1960's. They were smart, funny, irreverent, idealistic, and eclectic. Their influences came from all musical background, but their greatest influence was their producer George Martin.

Let It Be

This Beatles album was originally planned as a no overdubs, back-to-live concept to be called Get Back. The Beatles staged a surprise noontime concert on the rooftop of Apple's Savile Row. However, the finishing task was just too much for the band. Martin quit. Harrison walked out for a few days. Phil Spector was brought into the re-production of the album. It was released after the Beatles had broken up, but it was recorded before Abbey Road.

Aftermath

This Rolling Stones album was the first to consist of Jagger/Richards compositions and it was influenced by the Beatles' musical experimentations. The Sones mixed the blues, country, psychedelia, and boogie-woogie and introduced instruments such as the sitar, marimba, and dulcimer.

Sticky Fingers

This Stones album was released in April 1971 and recorded in part in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Critics say this is their best album. The album cover contained a real zipper within a photo of a man's jeans. This album was also the first to introduce the tongue and lips logo.

Rubber Soul

This album is referred to as the Beatles "coming of age" album. It is more lyrically deep and intelligent than all other previous albums. This also includes a variety of new instruments.

The Beatles (AKA The White Album)

This album was released November 22, 1968. The inner tensions that would eventually break the bean apart were surfacing. Lennon and McCarney were losing control of their song publishing rights and John's new lover Yoko Ono was a constant and seemingly unwanted presence. This album has 30 songs, many of which were recorded at separate times.

Revolver

This album was released on August 5, 1966. Many call this album some of the Beatles finest work. This is the first album of the psychedelic era because of its use of exotic instruments, studio effects, and several drug allusions. Every song has merit and they are brilliant.

Help!

This album was their first to signal the experimental future of the Beatles. This was influenced by Bob Dylan after the Beatles met him in the summer of 1964. This is when Lennon and Harrison began to take on increasing social, political, and cultural significance and when they began to expand into more musically diverse styles. This is the first album in history to have an advance order of over one million copies. It is also a tie-in with their second movie which was also directed by Richard Lester.

Altamont Speedway Free Festival

This festival was held on December 6 of 1969 and was mismanaged from the start. Hell's Angles were higher to provide security and they were paid in beer. The stage was inadequate. The Angles applied brute force to keep things under control. While the Stones were playing "Under My Thumb" the Angels violently stabbed an audience member to death.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

This is the first album that was released after the Beatles had decided to discontinue touring. (They discontinued because of the stress of the concerts/fans, the music couldn't be heard over all of the screaming, and because their music had become too dependent upon studio effects). This album was released on June 1, 1967. It took 5 months, 700 hours to record, and cost $100,000. This contains the most famous album cover in history, showing celebrities and famous people gathered around the Beatles in costume. It is also the first album to print song lyrics on the inside cover. This album is noteworthy because of its stunning use of studio technology. "A Day in the Life" (McCartney and Lennon) is a chilling commentary on bureaucracy, materialism, the specter of nuclear annihilation, and is perhaps their finest work.

Abbey Road (album)

This is the last recorded Beatles album, and it considered their finest work. Martin was persuaded to return as a producer. It was a sentimental album to the Beatles and the fans.

Andrew Loog Oldham

This public relations man (a former employee of Brian Epstein) heard the Stones at the Crawdaddy Club, and went about packaging The Rolling Stones as the "anti-Beatles". On the advice of George Harrison he signed them with Decca Records.

English Pop Culture

This was dominated by 3 radio stations that were run by the government-sponsered BBC, which did not broadcast any American Pop Music. There were only 4 major label records and only a few independent labels that were willing to take risks, however American records heavily dominated the English pop charts.

Music Cut #28: "Won't Get Fooled Again" (Pete Townshend)- The Who

Townshend: guitar and synthesizers Entwistle: bass guitar Moon: drums Recorded April/May 1971 at Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, starves, Berkshire, England and Olympic Studios, London. Produced by The Who and Glyn Johns Released June 25 1971 MCA 10 weeks on the charts peaking at #15 This song was built around synthesizer foundations.