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British Invasion was...
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obsession with anything British, music, fashion, humour; "swinging london", carnaby street
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members of the Rolling Stones-
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Mich Jagger (vocals, writer), Keith Richards (rhythm guitar, writer), Brian Jones (multi)
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what influenced the Rolling Stones?
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Chicago Blues & Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Blues, R&R
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image of the Stones
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Anti-Beatles, came from $$ middle class, dress down to look 'tough', against mainstream morals, bad press, overtly sexual
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"Satisfaction"
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riff based, rough tone, sexual connotations, commercialism
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"Paint it Black"
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sitar, responce to 'norweigan wood', to prove they could do it too
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"As Tears Go By"
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strings, responce to 'Elanore Rigby'
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Stones Albums '68, '69, '71, '72
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'68- Beggars Banquet
'69- Let It Bleed '71- Sticky Fingers '72- Exhile |
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"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
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1968- return to blues/rock, original, crisp
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critics say... about the stones-
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straying with $$ lifestyle, less critical success after '72
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lasting impact of The Rolling Stones
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solidified rock 'bad-boy' image, drugs, sex and rock-n-roll
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What was the blues revival?
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in UK, sudden increase in interest in blues b/c after the war blues records from US were left behind
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King Of The Delta Blues Singers (album)
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Robert Johnson, album released 1961 on columbia records
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band path of Eric Clapton
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1. Yardbirds (jeff beck becomes lead)
2. John Mayall's Blues Breakers 3. cream |
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Eric Clapton-
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a blues purist, non commercail, quit bands when they became successful
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Cream
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Clapton's power trio, live band, improv on standards, incredebly loud and over powering
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Clapton- and the guitar solo-
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inceredebly long, adudience didn't mind, drugs= experience
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"Crossroads"
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Cream, 1968- insp. Robert Johnson, electric guitar, drums, faster tempo and reworking, riff driven, extended solos, feeling of the blues, emotional and raw
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end of the blues revival
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cream breaks up
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Why did Jimi Hendrix launch his career in UK?
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race, in US he was labled 'soul', unique for rock, didn't fit in US radio
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Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival 1967
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US debut, gig thanks to McCartney, 1st african american to play rock to maj. white audience; "Wild Thing" lit guitar on fire and smashed it
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Monterey Pop Festival '67
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Otis redding, Hendrix, janis joplin, the who; national attention to youth and counter-culture |
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Hendrix's Music
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technical ability, lefty, showmanship, fluidity, composer of noise, sec appeal, pedals and effects (wah-wah, disdortion)
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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3 albums, known for live shows, emphasis for music
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"Purple Haze"
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Hendrix- blues scaffolding, psychedelic, lyrics: mysterious, effects: trippy & compelling
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Electric Lady Land
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Hendrix's studio, way over budget, labor over details in studio, do a song 40/50 times before cut
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Woodstock '69
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ultimate Hippie test, 1st time counter culture came together, 1st time media spotlight, psychedelic-rock is new voice of protest
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Hendrix at Woodstock '69
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"Star Spangled Banner" as electric guitar solo, war-type sounds (explosion, bomb, siren, scream, "Taps"); irony of the patriotism, anti-war, anti-america, anti-est., gov't criticism
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Significance of San Fransisco
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history of being a liberal city, away from the pace of the east coast, 50's home of te Beat poets, magnet city for alternative society, "Eden"
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Allen Ginsberg
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"How" poet, outside mainstream, controversial, song- madness, chaos, sexuality
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Timothy Leary
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Harvard Prof. of Psychology, experimented with mushrooms/ LSD, wanted to understand what happens to the mind while tripping, viewed as a villan
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explanation of drug use by Leary
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"timelessness" music reflected time, went hand-in-hand, desire for aesthetic, interest in eastern mysticism
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'mass dosings' on psychedelic music scene
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Hippies- drop outs of society, collective activities, togetherness, acid in water and everyone drinks
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Jefferson Airplane
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Grace Slick- vocals, deep; "White Rabbit", "Somebody To Love"
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Grateful Dead
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psychedelic-rock, extended songs, free form; a disconnect between live/recorded
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Pressures on Janis Joplin
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from TX, pressure to conform, "freak", insecurities about weight and image, lead to dependance on drugs and alcohol
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Influences of Janis Joplin
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blues women- Bessie Smith, Big Moma Thorton, stong & tough women
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Janis Joplin at Monterey Pop Festival '69
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1st white woman to sing blues/rock, "Ball & Chain", give it all you got- attitude, emotions in music don't belong ot one race or another
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The Doors
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psychedelic, black leather look, from LA, "Light My Fire" ('67) #1 on pop charts
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Jim Morrison
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(The Doors) lead vocals, low, baritone voice
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Alamont, CA December 1969
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last stop of the concert tour with Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Rolling Stones
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Chaos at Alamont, CA
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Hells Angels- security, were out of step with hippys, agressive which made the crowd paranoid, stabbing and violence errupted *fail*
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