MUSC 1800: Popular Music

Dr. Matthew C. Saunders

Lakeland Community College

C-1078

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Urban Folk Music• Pete Seeger (1919-2014)

– Mostly acoustic

– Left-wing politics

– “If I Had a Hammer,” 1956

• Bob Dylan (b. 1941)

– “Blowin’ in the Wind,” 1963

– Dylan goes electric, 1965

Urban Folk Becomes Mainstream

• Joan Baez

– “The Cherry Tree Carol,” 1961 (traditional)

• Peter, Paul and Mary

– “Blowin’ in the Wind,” 1966 (Dylan)

• The Byrds

– “Mr. Tambourine Man,” 1965 (Dylan)

• Simon and Garfunkel

– “The Sounds of Silence,” 1966

The Counterculture

• National prominence ca. 1967

– “The Summer of Love”

• Music industry quick to capitalize

• The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967

– “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”

• Donovan (Donovan Leitch, b. 1946):

– “Mellow Yellow,” 1967

San Francisco Rock• Haight-Ashbury neighborhood

• FM radio

• Emphasis on live shows

• Quicksilver Messenger Service

– “All I Ever Wanted To Do,” 1967 (live)

• Jefferson Airplane

– “White Rabbit,” 1967 (live)

• The Grateful Dead

– Interview with Jerry Garcia, 1969

Return to Blues and Roots• Jimi Hendrix

– Virtuoso guitarist, incorporating effects

• “Purple Haze,” 1967

• Eric Clapton and Cream

– Power Trio

• “Sunshine of Your Love,” 1968

• Creedence Clearwater Revival

– Roots rock

• “Proud Mary,” 1969