MUSI 2763 Exam 2
Beatle albums
Abbey Road, The Beatles, Let It Be, Help!, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts, etc
Ringo Starr
Drummer for the Beatles
Beatles Movies
"A Hard Day's Night" & "Help!"
Ginger Baker (Cream)
drums
Woodstock
3 day rock concert in upstate N.Y. August 1969, exemplified the counterculture of the late 1960s, nearly 1/2M gather in a 600 acre field
Monterey Pop Festival
3-day festival held in June 1967 - Estimates range from 25,000 to 90,000 people in attendance for this "hippie" festival. Marked the start of the "Summer of Love" and made California the center for the countercultural revolution.
Feedback
A Bangladeshi rock band formed in 1977
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.
Bob Dylan
A twentieth-century American folksinger and songwriter. His music, with its strong note of social protest, was especially popular during the 1960s, when he wrote songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind," "The Times They Are A-Changin'," and "Like a Rolling Stone."
The Greatful Dead
American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, gospel, and psychedelic rock.
Vanilla Fudge
American rock band known for their slow extended heavy rock arrangments
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."
Iron Butterfly
An American rock band best know for "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
The Doors
An American rock band formed in LA in 1965
John Lennon
Assassinated rock star, former member of 'The Beatles'
Distortion Pedal
Audio signals used to altar sound of amplified electric music
Buffalo Springfield
Band that Neil Young and Stephen Stills first played in together
Paul McCartney
Beatles - bass, vocals, songwriter
Going Electric
Bob Dylan switching to electric music
Skiffle Music
British music based on American folk/rockabilly music
Traffic
English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1967
The Byrds
Folk Rock
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).
British Invasion
Influx of bands and musicians from Britain during the 60's. Huge influence on the American music scene.
George Harrison
Lead Guitarist for the Beatles
Supergroup
Musical groups with members who have already achieved fame
Greenwich Village
Part of Manhattan where many artists, writers, and intellectuals flocked
Pink Floyd
Progressive rock band formed in London in 1965
India
Rapid industrialization hurt the economies of places that were still agriculturally based
Altamont
Site of a free concert staged by The Rolling Stones in December 1969 that was marked by violence from the Hell's Angels.
Whammy bar
Sliding up and down in pitch by changing the tension in the neck of the guitar
Brian Epstein
The Beatles first professional manager (record shop manager).
The Quarry Men
The Beatles original name
London, UK
The Beatles played in 1964, first venues was the Hammersmith Odeon on Dec 10
George Martin
The Beatles' producer/engineer.
Eric Clapton
The most influential of the young British guitarists who emerged during the mid-1960s. Cream
Liverpool, UK
Where The Beatles where from, Skiffle music, "the guarry men."
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
Jeff Beck
Yardbirds guitarist; Utilized reverberation, feedback, and distortion
The Beatles
a British band that had an enormous influence on popular music in the 1960s
Haight-Ashbury
a San Francisco district that became the "capital" of the hippie counterculture during the 1960s
autoharp
a musical instrument with dampers to control the strings
harmonica
a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
12 string guitar
a steel-string guitar with twelve strings in six courses, which produces a richer, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar.
Garage Band
amateur bands of questionable skill that practiced in garages.
Folk Rock
amplified folk music, often featuring politically overt lyrics; influenced by rock and roll
Newport Folk Festival
an annual folk festival that was first held in 1959 in Newport, Rhode Island
Rooftop Concert
final live performance of the beatles in public they were shut down by the police on the roof of apple headquarters
Psychedelia
music, culture, or art based on the experiences produced by psychedelic drugs.
Beatlemania
term used to describe the extreme frenzy related to the Beatles
Cavern Club
the underground pub in Liverpool that launched the Beatles and other Merseybeat bands.
wah-wah pedal
type of guitar effects pedal that alters the tone of the signal to create a distinctive effect, mimicking the human voice.
Janis Joplin
white, female soul singer (expressive rough style)