History of Rock Music Exam 2

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The Smothers Brothers

TV show w/ host that acted kind nerdy The Who played on this show but hated that they were supposed to lip sync so they put explosives in the drums and smashed guitars

Timothy Leary

ex-Harvard professor who touted LCD as important to music -- ACID ROCK

Stompboxes

foot peddles which create special effects like fuzz, delay, chorus, wah, phase shift

Aretha Franklin

"Queen of Soul" father was a pastor in Detroit who did radio broadcasts John Hammond signed her to Columbia and tried to make her sound like a pop goddess but she doesn't sound as free and open as she did in her later recordings w/ Atlantic Records

James Brown

"The Godfather of Soul" Innovator of funk music his stage show influenced many later artists like Prince and Michael Jackson Very controlling w/ his band and would belittle a band member if they were unable to play correctly Rooted in Southern gospel singing Insisted on being paid in cash so they wouldn't get ripped off by club owners played on Ed Sullivan show He was very violent w/ women-- love the art not the artist

Jimmy Page band

later formed Led Zepplin played session work in London

Jim Moorison

lead singer of the Doors exposed himself on stage multiple times and was arrested very good looking wild stage antics

Robert Johnson

1920s era Delta bluesman wrote Crossroads for Cream said to have sold his soul to the devil for his guitar skills

FM radio

1964 required 1/2 of all music on these stations to be original and not Top 40 allowed heavier rock music to get air time Wild West of 60s and 70s jimi hendrix and janice joplin

Beatles Last Live Performance

1966 August in SF didn't need to keep playing live to stay relevant Sound PA system could not get loud enough to overcome the screams at their concerts

The Quarry Men

1st band of Lennon and McCartney turned to the Silver Beetles

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1st concept album for rock use of orchestras, brass bands, crowd noises, alarm noises; experimentation w/ timbre, meter, form and chord progression psychedelic influence free improv by session players "A Day In The Life" = combo of McCartney and Lennon

Reeperbaun

Area of strip clubs/bar where the Beatles' played in Germany they played for hours and developed their sound Styled by Stu Sutcliffe's girlfriend

Respect

Aretha Franklin's only #1 hit song originally written and recorded by Otis Redding released as the women's movement was just getting fired up

Woodstock

August 15-17 1969 Bethel NY literally everyone you can think of played so many people came that they eventually just made it a free concert Jimi Hendrix played the National Anthem and then led into Purple Haze very patriotic but also antiwar and antiviolence

I Want to Hold Your Hand

Beatles Was a number 1 hit in the US an entire week before the Beatles even came to America in 1964 (b/c of Epstein's brilliant managing) Classic AABA pop structure Very boy-bandy featured girl-group 'clapping' influence People actually thought they were gay

British Invasion 1964

Beatles play on Ed Sullivan show Beatles surprised everyone by showing that Rock and Roll was not just American

Brian Epstein

Beatles' manager born into a wealthy furniture store owning family in Europe very posh and educated noticed lots of kids wanted to buy Beatles' died in 1967 which was the start of the end for the Beatles

George Martin

Beatles' producer Head of Parlophone (EMI subsidary label) when he first met the Beatles Produced all the Beatles' work except 'Let It Be' contributed to their experimental techniques in studio (orchestra to arrangement)

1966 (Middle Period of Beatles)

Began the psychedelic influence -- "Revolver" had last live performance in 1966 in SF

Crossroads

Cream written by 1920s era Delta bluesman Robert Johnson

Eric Clapton bands

Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos, solo career; left the Yardbirds b/c he thought it was too commercialized

Gimme Shelter

Documentary of Altamont music festival

Rock Fragmentation of the 1960s

Elvis in the army doo-wop and girl groups teen idols and dance crazes surf music folk revival British invasion hit this time like a wave

Jefferson Airplane

Grace Slick and Martin Balin = lead singers lived communally in SF psychedelic influence

Truckin'

Grateful Dead 1970 album American Beauty full of instrumental improve influenced by folk bluegrass and R&B concert posters/album artwork reflect psychedelic influence

Monterey Pop Festival

Hendrix lost a bet and had to play after the Who played Wild Thing and set his guitar on fire at the end basically humped the amp very sexual

I Got You (I Feel Good)

James Brown 2 bar section w/ horn and snare loud, intricate, repetitive rhythm section parts simplified melodic and harmonic elements would repeat sections until dancers went crazy

Piece of My Heart

Janis Joplin raw blues style -- guteral got famous b/c of FM radio classic rock vocals tucked in the back with the band to make it feel like theyre all on the same level

Big Brother and the Holding Company

Janis Joplin's band

White Rabbit

Jefferson Airplane imagery for song taken from Alice in Wonderland music goes from 0-60 real quick extols the virtues of psychedelic drugs album = Surrealistic Pillow influenced by classical composer Ravel's 'Bolero'

The Doors

Jim Moorison -- lead singer had very good looks and exposed himself on stage no bass player -- bass was played on organ jazz influence hipster look LA scene

Purple Haze

Jimi Hendrix played after the national anthem at Woodstock

Members of the Beatles

John Lennon - guitar/vocals Paul McCartney - bass/vocals George Harrison - electric guitar/vocals Ringo Starr - drums/vocals

Pete Townshend

Lead guitarist/singer of the Who First example of a lead singer sex god

Legendary Hendrix Performances

Monterey Pop Festival - Guitar burning during Wild Thing Woodstock -- Star Spangled Banner into Purple Haze

Stu Sutcliffe

Original Beatles' bass player (McCartney on guitar) his girlfriend styled them as leather clad rockers in Germany

Pete Best

Original Beatles' drummer

Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay

Otis Redding a posthumonous number 1 hit on pop charts (his only) Recorded for Stax Records in Memphis Played w/ racially integrated backup band (stax house band)

Santana

Oye Como Va earliest shows were booked by Bill Graham played at Woodstock Latin-influenced sound emphasis on groove and dance not lyrics

Satisfaction

Rolling Stones Recorded during their 3rd US tour #1 on the charts summer 1965 famous guitar riff Deliberate strategy to mark distinction from the Beatles

Oye Como Va

Santana written by Tito Puente latin influence w/ congos and claves extended jams emphasizing groove not lyrics

Booker T and The MGs

Stax Records house band for Otis Redding

A Day In The Life

The Beatles 1st song on Sgt Pepper surreal lyrics taken loosely from newspaper orchestral interludes connect various sections famous end chord w/ very long decay innovative album artwork McCartney/Lennon knitted two songs together

Light My Fire

The Doors dark imagery w/ overtly sexual tone guitar = ultimate rock instrument

You Really Got Me

The Kinks 2nd wave of British Invasion Davies brothers crunchy guitar sound w/ beautifully poetic lyrics

My Generation

The Who deliberate stuttering sound loudest band in rock music history from their early mod 'maximum R&B' era electrifying equipment smashing in live shows Pete Townshend = first example of a sex god Sang about the uncertainity/anxiety of young men in their generation speed and drugs in the mod scene also were used a lot so the stuttering in the song could have been because of that

The Yardbirds

Three legendary guitarist played in this band Eric Clapton Jeff Beck Jimmy Page

The Beats

a counterculture movement of the 50s that was about intellect and literature origin of the hippie movement Jack Kerouac; Allen Ginsberg; William Burroughs; Ken Kesey Challenged traditional values and emphasized the individual/self expression

The Rolling Stones

bad boy image Mick Jagger - vocals Keith Richards - guitar Bill Wyman - bass Charlie Watts - drums Brian Jones, Mick Taylor, Ron Wood -- side men to Jagger

Otis Redding

began singing in church -- extreme gospel style/tone Died young in a plane crash (1967) His backup band created a sensation at Monterey Pop Festival was a family man that was all about his voice not about the shower (like James Brown was)

Cream

blues-rock power trio rock's first super group part of mid-60s London blues scene that helped Americans rediscover our own musical heritage Helped Americans appreciate the African American influence on our music history They represent the transition between British invasion and acid rock

Haight Ashbury

cross section of streets at the center of the district in SF where the hippie scene grew; rejection of materialism; experimentation w/ drugs; lived in communes

Jim Marshall

developed amps Marshall stack

Jimi Hendrix

did more to expand the musical vocabulary of rock electric guitar than any other player played w/ Little Richard, BB King, James Brown and Isley Brothers before going solo Psychedelic blues in England 1966 band the Experience played left handed on a right handed guitar

Atlantic Records

helped Aretha Franklin sound open and free in her recordings recorded in NY and some in Alabama Reflected Aretha's rawness Sound engineering was super dry and didn't put much affect This allows the songs to fit with many ages

Bill Graham's Fillmore Theater

important venue that promoted new music was a concert promoter who grew up in Europe and was adopted into a NY family; supported many great artists of this time (Santana

Manzarek

keyboardist for the Doors left hand played the bass while right hand soloed

Marshall Stack

named after Jim Marshall an amp set on top of a speaker cabinet

Janis Joplin

one of the first female rock stars Band = Big Brother and the HOlding Company big break was at the MOnterey Pop Festival died of heroin overdose helped change the view of beauty

Grateful Dead

quintessential hippie band played at parties featuring 'the koolaid acid test' Jerry Garcia - singer/guitarist inspired today's jam band scene -- business was self promotion and toured w/ their Dead Heads

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

rock's first concept album Beatles use of orchestras, brass bands, crowd noices, alarm noise experiments w/ timbre, meter, form, chord progression psychedelic/LSD influenced lyrics/sounds free improve by session players

The Who

the ultimate Mod band of the mid 60s they wore italian suits, ruffles and finally quaft hair. drove scooters. different from the rocker Beatles (leather)


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