Rock History - midterm pt III

What anti-Vietnam sing was recorded by Barry McGuire in 1965?

"Eve of Destruction"

What song was the first big hit in America for the Beatles?

"I Want to Hold Your Hand"

The Kingsmen are most known for what song?

"Louie Louie"

What Bob Dylan song was a hit folk-rock recording for the Byrds?

"Mr. Tambourine Man"

What Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song was written in response to the shooting of four students during a demonstration at Kent State University?

"Ohio"

We haven't heard much of this form in the last few chapters, but we hear it here in "Ginger Slowhand Cover"

12-bar blues

Although this is one of their best known songs, in the U.S. it only made it to #_______ on the Billboard charts

74

Which of the following is not a Rolling Stones album?

Abbey Road

Which of the following artists were covered by the Rolling Stones?

All of the above

Where did the Rolling Stones give a free concert in which a member of the audience was stabbed by the "security officers?"

Altamont Speedway

The Rolling Stones were originally influenced by what style of music?

Blues

When they started, The Rolling Stones favored the Rhythm and Blues music of:

Bo Diddley

What musician was born Robert Allen Zimmerman?

Bob Dylan

Who did the Beatles meet in 1964 that had a profound impact on their songwriting?

Bob Dylan

Who is the performer of "Master's Drugs?"

Bob Dylan

This album was folk influenced on one side which acoustic only on side two:

Bringing It All Back Home

What Bob Dylan first started, he performed in what kind of venue?

Coffeehouses

The Almanac Singers, started by Pete Seeger in 1941, sang about all but which of the following

Destructiveness of alcohol

The performer was known to play often in an off-campus, bohemian are called ___________________ just outside the University of Minnesota campus.

Dinkytown

What style of music did the Rolling Stones assimilate into "Moss-covered Absence?"

Disco

Importance of the 1965 Newport Folk Festival

Dylan performed with an electric band

What is the name of the studio that Jimi Hendrix built after dissolving the Jimi Hendrix Experience?

Electric Ladyland Studio

Folk-Rock music used folk-styled singing and songs accompanied by rock-amplified, jazz instrumentation.

False

The lead guitar player of "Ginger Slowhand Cover" moved around a lot. Which group did he NOT play with?

Fleetwood Mac

The distinctive guitar sound was created by the Kinks?

Fuzztone

Bands that were made up of mostly untrained musicians, producing a raw, unrefined sound were known as:

Garage Bands

The most important folk scene in the early 1960s was in:

Greenwich Village

He/She/They helped start a calypso fad in the 1950s:

Harry Belfonte

Who were the security officers hired by the Rolling Stones for the fateful free concert at the speedway, that had been recommended by the Grateful Dead?

Hell's Angels

An informal folk singing get together is called:

Hootenanny

Which is not a folk-rock band?

Hutchinson Family Quartet

Who is the composer and performer of "Sweet Baby Pain?"

James Taylor

What singer, known part of both the American blues revival and the Psychedelic scene, was from Port Arthur, TX?

Janis Joplin

Who wrote most of the Beatles hits?

Lennon and McCartney

Which was NOT an influence on Bob Dylan?

Lieber and Stoller

Bob Dylan is from?

Minnesota

What was the name of the youth subculture in England that was known for short hair, trendy suits and the use of amphetamines?

Mods

When he was starting off, Bob Dylan moved from Minnesota to what city?

New York

He was indicted by later cleared of contempt of Congress charges:

Pete Seeger

Who produced the last Beatles album to be released?

Phil Spector

What style of music did the Rolling Stones NOT assimilate into their own music?

Punk

The Who's second rock opera is called:

Quadrephrenia

"Ginger Slowhand Cover" is a tribute to:

Robert Johnson

Which city is Jimi Hendrix from?

Seattle

What Beatles album was influenced by the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and is planned around a single theme?

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles were originally influenced by what style of music?

Skiffle

What group is performing "WannaBe Cover?"

The Byrds

Which of the following was NOT the name of a band that featured members of the Beatles before they became the Beatles?

The Crickets

Which band was not part of the American blues revival?

The Kinks

All of these British blues revival bands formed in the early sixties except which of the following?

The Monkees

At what event did Bob Dylan shock the audience by the walking on stage with electric instruments?

The Newport Folk Festival

What Beatles album does "The Bird Has Flown" come from?

Their 'coming of age' album

Which id these nonstandard rock and roll instruments was NOT used by the Rolling Stones?

Theremin

The two folk singers heard in "Tom and Jerry" originally showed up on American Bandstand as:

Tom and Jerry

In 1969, The Who produced what is considered to be the first rock opera. What is the name of the album?

Tommy

What kind of music group did Pete Townshend and John Entwistle first form?

Trad Jazz

What is the meter of "The Bird Has Flown?"

Triple

Folk music traditionally takes liberal political positions against racism and war?

True

Folk singers often sang traditional songs, accompanied by acoustic instruments and avoided amplification and drums

True

What school is near Dinkytown?

University of Minnesota

What folk singer was idolized by Bob Dylan?

Woody Guthrie

What was added to "Tom and Jerry"by the performers producer without asking them?

a rock rhythm section

On the recording of "Master's Drugs," what two instruments does the singer also play?

acoustic guitar and harmonica

As a producer of comedy albums, George Martin had experience using what in his recording?

all of the above

Bob Dylan was signed to Columbia Records by John Hammond Sr. Which other artist was signed by Hammond?

all of the above

Some important singer/songwriters of the seventies include which of the following?

all of the above

When Brian Epstein became the manager of the Beatles, what did he have to do with them?

all of the above

Which of the following were in the Beatles music periods?

all were periods in Beatles' music

Which is NOT associated with American folk music in the early 20th century:

concept albums

What was Pete Townsend known to have done during performances starting about the time this song came out?

destroy his guitar and smash it into amplifiers

Many of the songs on the album Sweet Baby James were written when James Taylor was where?

in an institution to recover from heroin addiction

By late sixties and early seventies, may folk singers moved from songs on political matters to which of the following?

more personal statements

which best describes the Kingston Trio?

pop-oriented folk music

Which Indian instrument did George Harrison study with Ravi Shankar that can be heard in "The Bird Has Flown"

sitar

George Martin's experience as a classical music producer caused him to bring what to the productions of the Beatles?

string quartets and other classical instrumentation

What distinctive vocal element is used in My Generation?

stuttering

This band was heavily influenced by Bob Dylan after meeting him in 1964?

the Beatles

Bands from Liverpool and Manchester, such as the Hollies and Herman's Hermits, are often called part of what?

the Mersey sound

At what concert did the Jimi Hendrix Experience make its U.S. debut in 1967?

the Monterey Pop Festival

Joan Baez was known as:

the Queen of Folk

Which of the following is NOT one of the versus sung in "Sweet Baby Pain?"

the singers plan to reunite with their girlfriend

This version of "Tom and Jerry" includes some special instruments not heard on the composer's version. Which is NOT one of those instruments?

theremin