The Four Seasons Italian-American vocal group from Newark, NJ
(Frankie Vali leader singer) Series of n hits in early 60s: Sherry,
Big Girls Dont Cry, Rag Doll Aftershocks: have sold 175 m records
worldwide! Award-winning musical show based on their lives, called
Jersey Boys, opened in 2005.
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Surf music
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The Beach Boys Inspired by Chuck Berry Massive hits with the
surf music genre, such as Surf City, Surfer Girl, California Girls.
Music, shaped by perfectionist Brian Wilson, became increasingly
complex and textured 1966 album Pet Sounds, considered a
masterpiece that anticipated The Beatles Sergeant Pepper
album.
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Paul Butterfield Blues Band Directly influenced by Chicago
blues (Muddy Waters et al. had accompanied Dylan at the infamous
Newport performance in 1965. Long extensive improvisations or jams
influenced by jazz (cf. Coltrane) and Indian ragas (cf. Ravi
Shankar, The Beatles) Check out oriental scales on East West,
repeated bass line
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roots in the blues and rock 'n' roll produced some of the
classic rock songs of the period. Fortunate Son inspired by the son
of former president Dwight Eisenhower, conveys class consciousness
and resentment: millionnaires born with a silver spoon in hand wave
the flag, and send poorer people off to war.
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Jimi Hendrix one of the icons and legends of the 60s, due to
amazing guitar playing, rooted in the blues, his songwriting,
innovative use of technology (the use feedback or the wah wah
pedal), and his over- the-top stage antics (also rooted in earlier
wild performers like Little Richard).
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Hendrix cont. Self-taught guitarist from Seattle Washington
Influenced by Robert Johnson and BB King. Toured with great rock
'n' roll and soul musicians such as Little Richard and Wilson
Pickett Career took off in London, where he amazed the top rock
musicians.
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Jefferson Airplane
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White Rabbit Written by vocalist Grace Slick when she was with
the band Great Society. The music is inspired by Spanish music,
especially Ravel's bolero Lyric refers to Lewis Carroll's Alice in
Wonderland An ode to fantasy, but also to the use of psychedelic
mind-expanding drugs like LSD, peyote, mescaline and magic
mushrooms
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The Grateful Dead
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Ron McKernan aka Pigpen
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The Grateful Dead one of the most famous San Francisco bands
live performances could last for three or four hours without a
break, one song or instrumental leading into another. Combined
down-to-earth blues, soul and rock 'n' roll, with long spaced-out
improvisations, which can be heard on their album Live/Dead
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Aftershocks The Dead would continue to tour from the 70s to the
90s, with some personnel changes, and the were followed by
thousands of young Deadheads. Brilliant innovators in sound
technology Hippie entrepreneurship: gave music away for free,
anticipating later business models Grateful Dead studies existing
in academia!
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Feel Like Im a-Fixin to Die Rag Country Joe & the Fish,
influential psychedelic band based in San Francisco This satirical
song became famous thanks to Woodstock festival (and film) Recycles
an old New Orleans jazz standard, Muskrat Ramble
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Merle Haggard
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Okie from Muskogee The Backlash! Protest about protest. A
reactionary protest song. Country singer Merle Haggard probably
wrote this song tongue in cheek, but expressed the views of the
so-called Silent Majority, who didnt like the hippies and student
protesters!
