Test 4

Name 5 popular Joni Mitchell songs.

"Both Sides Now", "Woodstock", "Big Yellow Taxi", " Help me", "The Circle Game"

List 4 key songs that Mamas and Papas sang.

"California Dreamin" (first release), "Monday, Monday", "Dedicated to the One I Love", "I Saw Her Again"

List two Carly Simon albums.

Anticipation and No Secrets

5 Key Singer/ Songwriters

Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan

What album did Buffalo Springfield produce?

Buffalo Springfield

Coporate Rock main businessmen

Neil Bogart, David Geffen, Tommy Mottola, Walter Yetnikoff

"Sweet Home Alabama" was a reply to who's song? What album was it on?

Neil Young's song, Second Helping

What was the Mamas and Papas original name?

New Journeymen

What is the first country rock album

Safe at Home- International Submarine Band

The Hawks helpes with what recordings of Dylans?

The Basement Tapes

Which band used a Rickenbacker electric 12 strign guitar?

The Byrds

In the album Writer, King records with what group?

The City (recording only group)

What is unique about the album Astral Weeks

Uses a jazz rhythm secion, vibraphonist, woodwinds, and string quartet

What would women often sing or wtie about?

criticize marriage and ending relationships, love, companionship, meaning of life, regret

Changes taking place on the music industry in the 1970s

this is characterized at the fragmentation if rock music. The main causes include the Beatles breaking up, progressive rock no longer exists, radio executives are targeting specific audiences, people are buying more records and rock music isbecoming a marketing product New styles of music include folk rock, singers and songwriters, country rock, softrock, art rock, glam rock

Before the band THEM breaks up the first time what are their two singles that are released?

"Here Comes the Night" and "Gloria

What Simon and Garfunkel single got this group on American Bandstand?

"Hey Schoolgirl"

What song did Simon and Garfunkel sing at Monterey?

"Homeward Bound"

List the four songs on the album Tapesty.

"Its too late", "You've got a friend" "will you love me tomorrow" and "you make me feel like a natural woman"

Dylan's album Highway 61 Revisited contains what song?

"Like a Rolling Stone"

What song was a duet between James Taylor and Carly Simon?

"Mockingbird"

What were The Byrds first and second hits?

"Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!"

What song starts the folk movement?

"Mr. Tambourine man" bob Dylan and the Byrds

Hotel California contains what two songs?

"New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California"

List 3 classic country songs that Parsons wrote.

"One Hundred Years from Now", "Do You know how it feels" "$1000 Wedding"

Fillmore East containd what two songs

"Stateboro Blues" and "Whipping Post"

What song talked about the institution of marriage? Who was it by?

"Thats the way i've always heard it should be" is by Carly Simon

What song did Columbia's Wilson add a rock rhythm section and electric guitar to make it a #1 song in the country?

"The Sound of Silence"

What was one of Simon and Garfunkel's songs that had an influence on early folk rock?

"The Sound of Silence"

The Last Waltz contains what song

"The Weight"

The Byrds for their band because of the inspiration from what movie?

A Hard Days Night

Who is Rick Nelson?

A former teen idol that records the country influenced album Bright Lights and Country Fever

James Taylor struggled a lot with what?

A heroine addition

The album Tusk uses what sounds?

African drumming and the USC marching band

What band had 2 drummers that played in sync?

Allman brothers

What dis corporate rock begin?

An era of greed and a lust for power

Who does James Taylor sign with?

Apple Records in London

Two albums associated with Van Morrison

Astral Weeks and Blowin Your Mind

The song "Madame George" is on what album?

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Key Singer/ Songwriter Recordings

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison, Sweet Baby James by James Taylor, Blue by Joni Mitchell, Tapestry by Carole King

Key Southern Rock Recordings

At Fillmore East by Allman Brothers, "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Ramblin' Man" Allman Brother, Second Helping by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Who did Buffalo Springfield sign with?

Atlantic

Why was the cover Street Surviors changed?

Band members died in a plane crash after the release of this album that had flames on the cover

In Belfast, Morrison signs with who?

Bang Records

"Proud Mary" was on the album?

Bayou Country

Describe the Byrds sound.

Beatle-esque vocals, rock rhythm sections

"Brown Eyed Girl" is on what album?

Blowin Your Mind

Which album was released against Morrison's wishes?

Blowin Your Mind

What were two names that Creedence Clearwater revival had?

Blue Velvets and Golliwogs

Who had the biggest influence on folk rock?

Bob Dylan

List the 5 key folk rock performances!

Bringing it all back home album by bob Dylan, "mr. Tambourine man" the byrds, "the sound of silence" Simon and garfunkel, "for what it's worth" buffalo Springfield, deja vu album by Crosby, stills, Nash and Young

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young contains singers/ songwriters from what 3 bands?

Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Hollies

The Allman Brothers Band signes with who?

Capricorn

3 women songwriters

Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon

The song "Both Sides Now" is on what album?

Clouds

What recording company did the Byrds sign with?

Columbia

After signing with who did Simon and Garfunkel get an album called...

Columbia, Wednesday Morning, Three AM

6 major conglomerates of corperate rock:

Columbia/CBS, RCA Victor, United Artists/ MGM, Capitol/ EMI, MCA, Warner Communications

Why does corporate rock fail?

Could not adapt to fast-changing technology that the Internet would bring

Neil Young led his own group called what?

Crazy Horse

List the four albums by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young?

Crosby, Stills and Nash, Deja Vu, Four Way Street, So Far

What was the most influential folk rock band?

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

What album is the song "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and "Marrakesh Express" on?

Crosby, Stills, and Nash

What album are the songs "Carry on", "Teach your Children", "Woodstock" and "Almost Cut My Hair" on?

Deja Vu

Members of the Mamas and Papas

Denny Doherty, "Mama" Cass Elliot, John Phillips, Michelle Phillips

Martin Scorsese

Director of the film of the Band's last performance at Winterland Ballroom

"Free Bird" was a tribute to who? What album was it on?

Duane Allman- on the album Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd

Who did Mamas and Papas sign with?

Dunhill

What is the best selling album in rock history?

Eagles/ Their Greatest Hits,

Who did Carly Simon sign with?

Elektra

What is the name of the group Carly Simon starts in?

Elephant's Memory

Singers/ songwriters brought rock a voice fro who?

Famile performers because many culutral changes were taking place reguarding women and thris sexuality, independence and roled in the workplace.

Who does Creedence Clearwater revival sign with?

Fantasy Records

What did Buffalo Springfield break up?

Fighting and bad management

The song "Rhianon" is on what album?

Fleetwood Mac album

The Bands music was a mix of what four types of music?

Folk, blues, rock, country, classical

Which Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young album was live from touring?

Four Way Street

What were the Mamas and Papas know for?

Four part multitrack vocals and hippie look

What happened with the Sweetheart of the Rodeo?

Gram Parson's vocals were taken out because of legal engagements

Why did Joni Mitchell learn to play guitar?

Has polio at age 9

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young is know for what?

High four part harmonies

These investigative books are about what business men would do for personal gain in the music industry.

Hit Men and Appetite for Self Destruction by Dannen

List the Allman Brothers 4 albums

Idlewild South, Filmore East, Eat a Peach, Brother and Sisters

Gram Parson was in what 3 bands?

International Submarine band, the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers

What is the Troubadour?

It is a night club in LA for folk music in the 1960s

What is laurel canyon?

It is an area near west Hollywood where many rock artists lived in the mid to late 1960s

What is the significance of the Sweetheart of the Rodeo album?

It is the first in the country/ rock vein

What is corporate rock?

It is what happened when rock had explosive growth in sales and large corperations begin to merge with major record labels

Who was Carly Simon married to?

James Taylor

Astral Weeks is a mix of what four types of music?

Jazz, Folk, Blues, Classical

What was the Byrds original name?

Jet Set and the Beefeaters

Members of the Byrds

Jim (Roger), Gene Clark, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Michael Clarke

Two country influenced albums include..?

John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline

Members of the Creedence Clearwater revival

John and Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook, Doug Clifford

Whose apartment was a way station for traveling folk singers?

Joni Mitchell

"Big Yellow Taxi" is about? What album is it on?

Joni Mitchell's regret, Ladies of the Canyon

What are the names of the 2 producers for Fleetwood Mac?

Ken Caillat and Richard Dashhut

"Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young was about what?

Kent State Massacre

Members of the Band/ Hawks

Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson

When Hawkins was forces out of the Hawks, the group took what other names?

Levon and the Hawks then Canadian Squires (all from Canada)

After Fleetwood Mac moves to LA, who do they add to the group?

Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks

Who wrote "Go Your Own Way"? What album is it on?

Lindsey Buckingham wrote it for his ex-wife Stevie Nicks who sings the song- on the Rumours album

What is ground zero for folk rock?

Los Angeles

Describe the changes taking place in the mood the country in the 1970s

MLK and Kennedy are assassinated, Nixon is elected president and sends the troops to Cambodia, Charles Manson who was a wannabe songwriter kills 7 in a home in LA, the Altamont festival in the Bay Area ends in violence and murder, the Beatles break up, Joplin, Hendrix and Morrison all dies at the age of 27

Why was Carly Simon a role model?

Made women rething their status at home, work and in society

What festival did Buffalo Springfield perform at? What song did they sing?

Monterey Pop Festival, "For What It's Worth"

Describe three characteristics of the album The Fifth Dimension.

More psychedelic sound, John Cotrane guitar solo, drug references

Both Duane Allman and Berry Oakley are killed how?

Motorcycle accidents

The song "Tears of Rage" is on what album

Music From Big Pink

List 5 Hawks albums

Music from Big Pink, The Band, Stage Fright, Rock of Ages, The Last Waltz

"You're So Vain" was on what album?

No Secrets

What is the song "For What It's Worth about? What album is it on?

Nov. 1966 Sunset Strip Riots, on the album Buffalo Springfield

Characteristics of Country Rock

Pedal steel guitar, two beat country rhythm, twangy vocal delivery and vocal harmonies, rock rhythm section

Four albums by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd, Second Helping, One More from the Road, Street Survivors

Lynyrd Skynyrd signed with who? Who was their producer?

RCA Records, producer was Al Kooper

When Joni moved to LA who did she sign with?

Reprise Records

The Hawks were led by who?

Ronnie Hawkins

Members of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell, Bob Burns

What was Fleetwood Macs first album?

Rumours

Key Country Rock Recording include

Safe at Home by the International submarine band, Music From Big Pink by the Band, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Characterisitcs of Singer/ Songwriters

Solor artist who performed with backup vocals, person, reflective and confessional lyrics, soft and soothing music, acoustic pianos and guitars, experiment with a lot of styles including jass, R&B, folk, important for women's viewpoints

What are Joni Mitchell's 3 main albums?

Song to Seagull, Clouds, Ladies of the Canyon Blue

Members of Buffalo Springfield

Stephen Stillls, Neil Young, Richie Furray, Jim Messina, Dewey Martin, Bruce Palmer

James Taylor's album

Sweet Baby James

What album is the song "Fire and Rain" on?

Sweet Baby James

Which album is with the addition of Gram Parsons and includes the song "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"

Sweetheart of Rodeo

Define singers/ songwriters

Term used to describe the solo singer/ composers that emerged in the later 1960s and early 1970s; characterized by personal, confessional lyrics and soft and soothing music

"Up on Cripple Creek" was their only top 40 single on what album

The Band

The Hawks later change their name to what?

The Band

List the six folk rock groups

The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Mamas and Papas, the Lovin' Spoonful and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

The song "Peaceful Easy Feeling is on what album?

The Eagles

What two bands represent the ethos of corporate rock?

The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac

List 8 Eagles albums

The Eagles, Desperado, ON the Border, ONe of These Nights, Eagles/ Their Greatest Hits, Hotel California, The Long Run, Long road out of Eden

What album is the song "Eight Miles High" on?

The Fifth Dimension

List The Byrds three albums.

The Fifth Dimension, The Notorious Byrds and Sweetheart of Rodeo

In New York, James Taylor put together a band called what?

The Flying Machine

"Mrs. Robinson is released on this movie soundtrack.

The Graduate

What was the Flying Burrito Brothers first album release?

The Guilded Palace of Sin

The song "Christine's Rune (Devil in Disguise" is on what album?

The Guilded Palace of Sin by Flying Burrito Brothers

Where was Buffalo Springfield'd debut gig?

The Troubadour

The album Fleetwood Mac is sometimes called what?

The White Album

Lynyrd Skynyrd is named after what?

Their gym teacher

Van Morrison formed the group called...

Them

What is the significance of the song "For What It's Worth"? Who is it by?

This song is sung by buffalo Springfield and Stills wrote it at a party- it's a folk rock song

After Carole King's divorce where does she move?

To Laurel Canyon in LA

Whose hits include "Moondance", "Have I Told You Lately that I love you", "Wild Night" and "Domino"

Van Morrison

List the three main albums by Simon and Garfunkel.

Wednesday Morning, Three AM, Bookends and Bridge Over Water

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young performed at what festival?

Woodstock

Which fesitval did Joni perform at? What song did she write about it?

Woodstock, wrote a song called "Wodostock"

List 5 Carole King albums

Writer, Tapestry, Music, Fantasy, Rhymes and Reasons

Define country rock

combines elemets of country music such as pedal steel guitars, two-beat rhythm and twangy vocals with rock

Describe the characteristics of folk rock

commercial pop oriented, acoustic guitar with rhythm section (such as the wrecking crew), softer dynamics, rich choral vocal harmonies, lyric story lines, themes of love, social, political, traditional folk songs

What was the song "Fortunate Son" about? Who was it by?

drafting process- by Creedence Clearwater revival

What was Dylan's influence to folk rock?

he played at the Newport folk festival and released an early folk rock albumcalled Bringing it all Back Home

Characteristics of Southern Rock

heavier instrumentation- two drummers of lead guitarists, harder edge (similar to hard rock), deep roots int eh blues, has the "good ole boy image" (male swagger, drinking, cheating, fighting)