Chapter 11 Country and Jazz-Styled Rock

One of the defining features of jazz rock was that it almost always used _, an element more essential to rock than to jazz.

Vocals.

Improvised rock solos...

Are often very fast, flashy, and continuous.

Charlie Daniels tended toward political statements in his songs from time to time, and his views were often rather _.

Conservative.

Once the combination of country and rock music was popularizes by rock musicians, _.

Country musicians themselves began to use rock rhythms and instrumentation in their performances.

Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline (1969) and John Wesley Harding (1968), Gram Parsons and the International Submarine Band's album Safe at Home (1967), the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968), and the Flying Brothers' The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969) helped forge the style known as _.

Country rock.

Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" as a retort to Neil Young's song "Alabama" and "Southern Man," in which Young (a Canadian) had dared to _.

Depict southern stereotypes.

Identify the southern musical styles that Charlie Daniels incorporated in his song "The South's Gonna Do It (Again)."

Hillbilly, honky-tonl, boogie-woogie, and the blues.

What were the characteristics of the music created in 1968 by the Flying Burrito Brothers, formed by Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman?

It had a strong backbeat, it included the country timbre of pedal-steel guitar, and it had Everly Brothers-influenced vocal harmonies.

What is the significance of the song "Freeboard" on Lynyrd Skynyrd's first album, Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd (1973)?

It was written and recorded to honor the late Duane Allman.

What did Duke Ellington refer to when he said, "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing."?

Jazz style.

In Chicago in 1976, guitarist/singer Terry Kath and clarinetist/saxophonist Walter Parazaider decided to form a _ called it the Big Thing, with a horn section of trumpet, trombone, and saxophone backed by a rock rhythm section of guitar, keyboards, bass, and drums.

Jazz-rock band.

The Electric Flag, formed in 1967 by guitarist Michael Bloomfield, consisted of a rhythm section and a horn section and was one of the earliest of the _.

Jazz-rock bands.

Improvised jazz solos...

Place equal emphasis on silence and the playing of notes.

When country musicians such as Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis performed the blues, they sped up the tempos, changed lyrics, and added country-style instrumental sections, causing the blues to become _.

Rockabilly.

In the song "Spinning Wheel" by Blood, Sweat and Tears, as is generally true of big-band jazz _.

Some solo instruments are given time to improvise.

_ was generally an aggressive music played by southern musicians who projected a very macho, stubbornly independent, outlaw image.

Southern rock.

Creedence Clearwater Revival still managed to capture the energy of rockabilly without the _ of country music.

Stand-up bass and acoustic rhythm guitar sounds.

Although the personnel of Blood, Sweat and Tears changed often through their career, they always maintained a _ sound.

Strongly brass-oriented.

How were the Eagles different from most previous country-rock groups?

The Eagles played a more complete fusion of country and rock music styles.

The lines played by the lead guitarists in the Allman Brothers Band were not typically country lines, but were closer to the long, expressive guitar lines common in _.

The blues tradition.

In their music and on their stage during concerts, Texan-based band ZZ Top frequently used images of _.

The southwest.

Creedence Clearwater Revival broke up in 1972, but John Forgerty began to experiment with overdubbing techniques and made a number of recordings on which he played all the parts, but he used the Blue Ridge Rangers name for his recordings of _.

Traditional country songs.

Many groups in the South, including the Charlie Daniels Band, imitated the _ of the Allman Brothers Band.

Twin lead guitar and twin drum sound.