Traces "garage" and "psychedelic" rock from the 50's through the sixties, unfolds the history and the sonic structures of some of rock's core repertoire
The book also illustrates how and why the legacy of rock music in the sixties continues to matter to the meaning of citizenship in a global society today.
7 As Major Edward J. Jones, Saigon Support Command Special Services Officer, had put it two years earlier, in 1969, “For the troops far out in the field we have touring soldier shows.” Jones explained that while the USO shows were ...
Gibson would be playing the Go Go through that week and said he'd continue to do Monday night hoots “with fairly infrequent regularity,” said Howard Solomon . It was close to 5 a .m . when it was all over . Solomon roamed the backstage ...
Trips; Rock Life in the Sixties
... Les Baxter's Balladeers, and the Scottville Squirrel Breakers. In L.A., where one can never forget the present and its pressures and inspirations, they came together as the Byrds. McGuinn had this sound in his head— of jet planes, ...
Offers brief profiles of the best rock groups of the sixties, identifies the most influential albums, and looks at movements in rock music
2 Third among the free speech movement guides was Jackie Goldberg. Here is a description of this self-declared “progressive” from a 1965 California State Senate report: Jacqueline Goldberg, the sister of Arthur Goldberg, came from Los ...
He insisted that commentators misunderstood rock music's social significance. “Let's forget about rock as a radical ... Although Christian rock's lyrics expressed devotion to Jesus, their music and style echoed that of sixties rock.
Singer Roger Daltrey, never one to keeps his opinions to himself, was publicly critical of Jones on several occasions. It was also rumored that Kenney was on the verge of "getting the sack" at the time of Townshend's defection from the ...
The Revival of American Socialism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1971), p. ... Sierra Club membership grew until it became 'one of the largest and most effective conservation organizations in the world': R. Dawson and G. Brechin, ...