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ken kesey
an American author, best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), and as a counter-cultural figure who considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s
poco
an American country rock band originally formed by Richie Furay and Jim Messina following the demise of Buffalo Springfield in 1968.[1] The title of their first album, Pickin' Up the Pieces, is a reference to the break-up of Buffalo Springfield. Throughout the years Poco has performed in various groupings, and is still active today.
Dick Dale
an American surf rock guitarist, known as The King of the Surf Guitar. He experimented with reverberation and made use of custom made Fender amplifiers, including the first-ever 100-watt guitar amplifier.
The Brill Building
an office building located at 1619 Broadway on 49th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, just north of Times Square and further uptown from the historic musical Tin Pan Alley neighborhood. Big mama Thornton recorded jerry Leiber and mike strollers hound dog in 1951. became the center
country rock
bob dylan set the standard for country rock with his new styles of music along with buffalo springfeild and crosby stills nash and young.
bob dylan
Born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24th, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota -1959-Dylan enrolls at the University of Minnesota. -1960- he leaves Minneapolis and travels to NY to see an ailing Woody Guthrie. -In 1961, Dylan arrives in NY where he begins playing small clubs and coffee houses. -Dylan's first professional appearance is at Gerdes Folk City playing for John Lee Hooker. -In November, Dylan is signed to a contract with CBS by producer John Hammond. He becomes known as "Hammond's Folly" 1962: Bob Dylan -The first album was done in a matter of hours and cost only $402. It sold 5000 copies 1963: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan -Freewheelin' affords Dylan the opportunity to take chances. -Masters of War -Blowin' in the Wind -A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall The 1965 Newport Folk Festival -At Newport, Dylan introduces electric music. -The backup band for the set is the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. -Dylan's set featured Maggie's Farm and Like a Rolling Stone Highway 61 Revisted 1965-66 World Tour with The Hawks Blonde on Blonde The Basement Tapes Music Cut - "all along the watchtower", "subterranean homesick"
buffalo springfeild
Buffalo Springfield represented an amalgamation of multiple styles including country, pop, rock, folk and the blues. -Buffalo Springfield didn't last long and became two groups: Poco and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. -they were perhaps the first band to jump from folk-rock to country rock. Music Cut "for what its worth"
sonny and cher
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the san francisco sound
1967 was the summer of love in Ashbury Chet helms was a key component in discovering bands that helped make up the san francisco sound like the grateful dead, Jefferson's airplane and big brother
the wall of sound
Characteristics: -Layered Production Style -Multi-Track Recordings with Three Basic Tracks -All Mixed Down to one "mono" track with -Heavy Reverb
the byrds
One of the pioneers of the Folk-Rock sound. -They were among the first bands to cover the songs of Bob Dylan in a rock format. Turn, Turn, Turn Eight Miles High Mr. Tambourine Man Recorded in 1969, the second album was the pinnacle of The Band's career. -It was considered the musical equivalent of the Great American Novel. -The songs were lyrically centered around the concepts of community and the culture of the American South. Up on Cripple Creek The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
janis joplin
One of the stars from Albert Grossman's management. 1966 -Big Brother and the Holding Company -Following Big Brother, Joplin worked with a number of session bands on subsequent albums: -The Kozmic Blues Band (Mama, I got them ole' Kozmic Blues Again) -Full Tilt Boogie Band (Pearl) Music Cut - "Me and Bobby McGee"
the grateful dead
The Grateful Dead began as the Warlocks-the house band for Ken Kesey's acid tests. 1970-Two albums take the Dead back to their roots: Workingman's Dead, Uncle John's Band American Beauty -Ripple
folk rock
Tight vocal harmonies -Clean instrumentation -Few effects or distortions -It was a genre that was not embraced by all artists -Folk Rock combined the lyric sensibility of folk and the pop-rock sound of the British Invasion. -The Sound of Silence is the perfect example of music in the folk style transformed to folk rock.
Teen Idols
due to all the "music dying" from either death or military service teen idol such as Frankie avalon. Performers chosen for their looks rather than their vocal ability and received mass exposure on american bandstand. Clean Cut looks, white performers such as Pat Boone, Rickey Nelson and bill haley and the comets covered songs by little richard fats domino and big joe turner
American Bandstand
first aired in 8-5-1957 and played "theres a whole lot of shaking going on" American Bandstand set the trends for fashion, dance moves, music and nearly every aspect of teen culture.
jan and dean the chantays
formed "barons" with classmates from there high school in LA and split when Torrance went into the army. appeared on american bandstand and signed with gene autry's challenge records. recorded "old standard which hit #1 associated with the vocal "surf music" at first they weren't a band and hired local groups to record there own hit.
creedence clearwater revival
formed by John and Tom Fogerty, Doug Clifford and Stu Cook -One of the few post-Altamont bands to continue with hard rock music. -They were the exception among San Francisco bands because of their dedication to singles rather than albums. -Proud Mary -Fortunate Son music cut -"proud mary"
the beach boys
formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962 Music Cut -"god only knows"
jeff barry and ellie greenwich
married in 1963 and supplied phil Spector with his best songs. "Da Do Ron Ron" and "then he kissed me" by the crystals and "baby, i love you" and "be my baby" for the Ronettes. Leiber and Stroller put them in charge of the newly founded Red Birds Records in which 15/20 made the charts. Hits: Be My Baby River Deep, Mountain High Da Doo Ron Ron Leader of the Pack
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
married song writing team for classic pop songs. there friend got them an audition with don Kirshner. inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1990. wrote hits for the Drifters, the Shirelles, Little Eva, Aretha Franklin and many others. -The Locomotion -Chains -Natural Woman
Leiber and Stroller
met in LA in college. Wrote "kansas city" which became a #1 hit for wilbert harrison. Fused wrote "hound dog" and were hired as independent writers by atlantic records in 1959. wrote for the coasters who had 24 nationally charted songs from them. Inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1997 of non performer.
the righteous brothers
musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. (non brothers) They recorded from 1963 through 1975, and continued to perform until Hatfield's death in 2003 achieved greatest success in the 1960's under the work of Phil Spector. both possessed exceptional vocal talent, with range, control and tone that helped them create a strong and distinctive duet sound and also to perform as soloists -you've lost that lovin' feeling and was one of the most successful pop singles of its time, most played song on the radio history Music Cut-"You've lost that lovin' feeling"
Neil Sedaka and Howie Greenfield
neil was a song composer and made over a dozen major pop hits from 1959-1963.he signed with aldon records and kirshner liked his voice and ot him a recording contract with RCA records. Greenfield was the coauthor. Hits for Neil Sedaka, Connie Francis Hits: Stupid Cupid Oh Carol Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Calendar Girl Happy Birthday, Sweet 16 Music Cut- "Breakin' up is hard to do"
Tin Pan Alley
the death of tin pan alley in 1954 with the release of rock around the clock. new York's aldon music housed in the brill building became rock 'n' rolls tin pin alley for the 1950-1960's
west coast surf
the surf genre stared with the ventures in 1962 from washington with dick dale and the guitarist and got more popular in So. cali and turned into a national craze. "beach boys" brian wilson was the greatest rock and roll visionaries
Aldon Music
was a New York-based music publishing company, founded by Don Kirshner and Al Nevins in 1958. Aldon is regarded as having played a significant role in shaping the so-called "Brill Building Sound" in the late 1950s and 1960s
the acid tests
were a series of parties held by Ken Kesey in the San Francisco Bay Area during the mid 1960s, centered entirely around the use of, experimentation with, and advocacy of, the psychedelic drug LSD, also known as "acid." The name "Acid Test" was coined by Kesey, after the term "acid test" used by gold miners in the 1850s. He advertised the parties with posters that read, "Can YOU Pass The Acid Test?", and the name was later popularized in Tom Wolfe's 1968 book, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Musical performances by the Grateful Dead were commonplace, along with black lights, strobe lights, and fluorescent paint. The Acid Tests are notable for their influence on the LSD-based counterculture of the San Francisco area and subsequent transition from the beat generation to the hippie movement
brian wilson
wrote "surfin in the USA" an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals primary composer in The Beach Boys, he was also the band's main producer and arranger. Wilson's abused drugs and had a mental illness that created conflicts with the band. After years of treatment and recuperation, he began a solo career in 1988. good vibrations reached #1
jefferson airplane
1966 - Jefferson Airplane Takes Off 1967 - Surrealistic Pillow (Grace Slick is added as lead singer). an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success. The band performed at all three of the most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s—Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969) and Altamont (1969) as well as headlining the first Isle of Wight Festival. Their 1967 record Surrealistic Pillow is regarded as one of the key recordings of the so-called Summer of Love and brought the group international recognition. Two chart hits from the album, "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit", are listed in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Music Cut -"white rabbit"
jimi hendrix
1967-The Jimi Hendrix Experience "Are You Experienced?" -Purple Haze, Hey Joe -Hendrix's big break was the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival -1968-Hendrix begins to back away from Psychedelia -Electric Ladyland takes a new direction-"Voodoo Child" -Hendrix comes under increasing pressure from politically active black friends to "assert his blackness" in his music. Music Cut - "Purple Haze"
the band
The Band Robbie Robertson-Guitar Levon Helm-Drums, Vocals, Mandolin, Guitar Richard Manuel-Piano, Vocals, Drums Rick Danko-Bass, Vocals, Fiddle Garth Hudson-Lowrey Organ, Piano, Saxophones Music from Big Pink 1968-Music from Big Pink -Dylan records John Wesley Harding. -The Hawks become The Band Tears of Rage (Dylan-Manuel) We Can Talk (Manuel The Band began to show signs of the stress that came with fame. "Crossing the Great Divide, the Band left community in their wake" Greil Marcus Music Cut - "the weight"
folk traditions in the 20th century
There were two distinct folk song revivals in the 20th Century -Both grew out of an oral tradition of performance. -Songs were passed from one performer to another by performance. -Characteristics of songs varied greatly depending upon the region. -Performance traditions varied depending on geographical location. -Folk Musicologists - Charles Seeger, John and Alan Lomax. They catalogued folk music that was primarily vocal and came from the Scots-Irish tradition The second revival was led by the post-war Baby Boomers. -During the 1950's, most were entering their teens. -By the early 1960's, they were questioning everything about their country: the accumulation of wealth, material items and status. -Most were middle-class whites who turned their backs on traditional society. -College campuses became the center of this cultural change.
crosby stills nash and young
a folk rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) when joined by occasional fourth member Neil Young. They are noted for their intricate vocal harmonies, often tumultuous interpersonal relationships, political activism, and lasting influence on music and culture. All four members of CSNY have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice Music Cut- "Suite Judy Blue Eyes"
acid rock
a form of psychedelic rock, which is characterized with long instrumental solos, few (if any) lyrics and musical improvisation. Tom Wolfe describes the LSD-influenced music of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Doors etc.
Al Nevins
a renowned musician, producer, arranger, guitarist and violinist. He was also member of a pop trio called the Three Suns and is considered one of the major forces behind the evolution of the 1950s music into the early 1960s pop/rock music
Barry Mann and cynthia weil
a songwriting employed in new York's brill building in the 60's don Kirshner's most gifted team. Able to adapt to country, soul, or anything else. Dolly pardon owes her success to them. On Broadway -You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling -We Gotta Get Out Of This Place -Somewhere Out There
psychedelic rock
a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues-rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom
darlene love
from LA started recording in high school and phil spector began recording with him and then joined an all group "the blossoms" spent some time working on broadway productions "greece" and "leader of the pack"
Chubby Checker
from created the twist along with the pony and the fly. August 6th 1960 checker set the whole world twistin the night away when he debuted it on the american bandstand. It was the first major international rock and roll dance style in which the couples did not have to touch each other while dancing. It was first popularized by Chubby Checker in 1960 with a hit cover of the 1959 minor hit "The Twist" written by Hank Ballard
the ronettes
girl group from New York City, best known for their work with producer Phil Spector. The group consisted of lead singer Veronica Bennett and cousin Nedra talley inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2007 Music cut- "Be My Baby"
the crystals
had six songs in the top 20 in 1962 & 1963 that helped establish the wall of sound. formed in the brill building with hits, including "Uptown", "He's a Rebel", "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" and "Then He Kissed Me", featured three successive female lead singers, and were all produced by Phil Spector
Phil Spector
harvey spector. Spector was born in the Bronx in 1940 -he moved to L.A. in 1953 where he settled at the Brill Building -he pioneered work with "Girl Groups" -his trademark was the "Wall of Sound" -he worked with multi-track recording -his songs used interchangeable artists
Dick Clark
host of was originally the bob horn's philadelphia in 1952; but was later renamed american bandstand and first aired 8-5-1957 and was later inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. Dick Clark was able to take ideas from Alan Freed and make them more palatable for a mainstream audience Clark controlled every aspect of his Philadelphia and later his national show
Don Kirshner
known as "The Man With the Golden Ear", was an American song publisher and rock producer who is best known for managing songwriting talent as well as successful pop groups, such as The Monkees and The Archies
