1960's ROCK 'N' ROLL
he decade of the 60's was one of many accomplishments as well as tragedy, war and violence. It was a time of technological advances and great individual accomplishments, a decade of firsts: the first heart transplant, the first televised Presidential debate, the first man in space, the first man on the moon and the first Super Bowl.
As a nation we mourned the loss of a President gunned down in Dallas. We cried as his brother met the same fate. The Civil Rights Movement which had made great strides in the Sixties was shook by a gunman in Memphis. Along with the Civil Rights Movement we saw the rise of feminism, the anti-war movement, the rise of the New Left and increased crime--riots in Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit to name a few. We heard it all. Let's not forget our fallen bothers.
We saw many of our young men as they went off to fight in what was to many a senseless war. This along with the strong materialistic values of the time and the Cold War helped spawn a counterculture or social revolution. These rebels of the time were called hippies. The hippie movement grew massively and very fast. The movement was marked by their drug use, free love and of course, their music.
The counterculture revolution created a vast market for rock, soul, pop, blues, reggae and folk music. Artists influenced by the drug culture music of the times included The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, The Who and Donovan to name only a few.
A vast many of these artists and others of the Sixties were greatly influenced by the music that resonated from the Mississippi Delta and into the larger cities like Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis and Memphis. In their youth many of these aspiring artists would spend hours listening to the sounds of Mississippi Delta Blues artists such as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf and Son House. This was especially true of the musicians across the pond in England. Even today the Blues are quite popular there. We must not forget the heroes of the 1950's that left their impressions, including Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and of course, Elvis Presley. John Lennon once said that Chuck Berry was his teacher but Elvis was his idol.
With all this in mind the artists of the 1960's took that influence and added their own artistic expression which was augmented by the use of hallucinogenic drugs. The most popular besides marijuana was LSD, which gave birth to music known as Psychedelic Music also known as Acid Rock. The effect of the drug use is reflected in much of the rock music of the sixties. Whether you agree or not with this practice one will have to admit that some of greatest music was clamed to be written under the influence of these substances.
Let's take a closer look at some of the artists, music and events that had the greatest impact on the overall music scene of the decade.
THE DECADE THAT WAS
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (with Lyric)
Lyric : Look what's happening out in the streets Got a revolution Got to revolution Hey I'm dancing down the streets Got a revolution Got to revolution Ain't it amazing all the people I meet Got a revolution Got to revolution One generation got old One generation got soul This generation got no destination to hold Pick up the cry Hey now it's time for you and me Got a revolution Got to revolution Come on now we're marching to the sea Got a revolution Got to revolution Who will take it from you We will and who are we We are volunteers of America Jefferson Airplane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane Grace Slick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Slick
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TOP 25 ROCK ALBUMS OF THE 1960's
1. Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) - The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds (1966) - The Beach Boys
3. Revolver (1966) - The Beatles
4. Highway 61 Revisited (1965) - Bob Dylan
5. Rubber Soul (1965) - The Beatles
6. Are You Experienced (1967) - Jimi Hendrix Experience
7. Blonde On Blonde (1966) - Bob Dylan
8. Abbey Road (1969) - The Beatles
9. Live At The Apollo (1962) - James Brown
10. Tommy (1969) - The Who
11. The Beatles ("The White Album") (1968) - The Beatles
12. Led Zeppelin II (1969) - Led Zeppelin
13. The Doors (1967) - The Doors
14. Bringing It All Back Home (1965) - Bob Dylan
15. Let It Bleed (1969) - The Rolling Stones
16. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (1967) - Aretha Franklin
17. Velvet Underground And Nico (1967) - Velvet Underground
18. Electric Ladyland (1968) - Jimi Hendrix Experience
19. Led Zeppelin I (1969) - Led Zeppelin
20. Please Please Me (1963) - The Beatles
21. The Band (1969) - The Band
22. A Hard Day's Night (1964) - The Beatles
23. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) - Bob Dylan
24. Otis Blue (1965) - Otis Redding
25. Axis: Bold As Love (1967) - Jimi Hendrix Experience
TECHNOLOGY THAT IMPACTED THE MUSIC BUSINESS
We can't look at the artists, music or events without mentioning the technological advances and recording techniques and the special effects of the time that helped make a big impact on the artistry as well as the business. Also the way we listened to this music changed in the 1960's.
We didn't listen to our records on our toy record player or hi-fi any longer; we listened to them on a stereo. During the 60's almost all mono recordings were replaced by ones in stereo.
The choice of medium became wider with the compact cassette and 8-track tapes. The re-recording ability of the compact cassette really helped in its popularity, not to mention its compact size and portability. Alone with the compact cassette came the portable cassette players, 8-track players in car and portable stereos. These things really had a tremendous impact on the music industry.
Multitrack recording invented in the 1940's by Les Paul was improved upon and widely used in most studios in the 60's. Two of many bands that fully utilized the technology and were innovative in the use of multitrack recording techniques were The Beatles and The Beach Boys. Although very crude compared to today's technology, these groups among others helped put this technology on the map as far as their musical expressions were concerned.
Some of the effects old and new to the time that were utilized in many of the recordings of the 1960's were reverb, distortion, echo and wha-wha. Also larger and louder amplifiers and sound systems were developed with less distortion which made it easier to play to larger audiences. Another big breakthrough was the introduction of Dolby noise reduction which improved sound quality tremendously. You can hear all of these and others in the Psychedelic Music of the 1960's.
Television had a huge impact on this industry with shows like American Bandstand, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Beatles Cartoon Show and The Monkeys to name a few. If you're old enough, you still remember seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show.
THE INVASION
THE BRITISH ARE COMING
We can't talk about rock n' roll music of the sixties without mentioning the British Invasion. Between 1964 through 1967 there was such an influx of rock n' roll and pop performers coming to America from the United Kingdom that the news media referred this time as the British Invasion.
Probably the biggest raid of the invasion was The Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February of 1964 and the emergence of Jimi Hendrixk, an American born performer, who's first successes came in the UK.
The Beatles' number one hit "I Want To Hold Your Hand" which debuted on Billboard's Top 100 on January 18, 1964 and rose to number 1 on February 1, 1964, is often earmarked as the beginning of the British Invasion.
Other noted acts that followed were The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Kinks, The Moody Blues, The Who, The Yardbirds, Cream, Donovan, The Spencer Davis Group and The Dave Clark Five among others. With this influx of musical talent and growing popularity the British Invasion had an impact on the movie and television industries in this country.
It should be noted that this period between 1964 and 1967 today is known as the "first" British Invasion. The so-called second invasion was between the early- to mid-1980's. Although the second invasion was rich in talent, this writer feels that the invasion of the Sixties had a much larger impact and influence on music than the later.
THE WHO
My Generation
THE KINKS
Tired of Waiting
PSYCHEDELIC ROCK aka ACID ROCK
Psychedelic music can be found in all genres of music. Rock n' roll does not have the corner on this form of expression. True its roots primarily come from rock n' roll of the 1960's when artists would combine electric sounds and Eastern influences stimulated by the use of mind-altering drugs (LSD being the catalyst for most psychedelic music of the Sixties). Nevertheless, psychedelic music could be found in folk, pop, soul and even Western art music.
Also known as Acid Rock, psychedelic rock music can be defined as simply surrealism or dream like. The Beatles are well known for their psychedelic music of the mid Sixties. Songs such as "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "I Am the Walrus" were supposedly drug induced. Many artists and their music of the Sixties have been associated with hallucinogenic drug use. Acts included Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, Cream, Jefferson Airplane and The Doors. The real question being, were these acid rock songs written while on acid (LSD) or is it simply music one listens to while on acid? If I were to guess I would say a little of both.
One needs to keep this in the back of his mind--the music business is just that a business. A big part of an artist's success is perception, good or bad. Whatever will sell records.
Other acts of the Sixties that have over the years been considered psychedelic music makers are Iron Butterfly, The Byrds, Big Brother and the Holding Company and Country Joe and the Fish. Even the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson's efforts to match The Beatles released the album "Pet Sounds". Later the single "Good Vibrations" would become a big Beach Boys hit.
Since its conception in the Sixties, psychedelic rock or acid rock still plays an influential roll to artists and performers today.
PSYCHEDELIC GROUPS
MOBY GRAPE
MY FRIENDS
13th FLOOR ELEVATORS
Your Gonna Miss Me
PSYCHEDELIC BEATLES
Sitting on a Cornflake
TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS
LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
MUSIC FESTIVALS AND CONCERTS
The 1960's was the birth of the large venue outdoor concert events and/or festivals. Although there were many the three biggest in my mind was the Monterey Pop Festival, the free concert at Altamont Raceway and of course, Woodstock. Each was unique in venue but similar in type artistry. Each left its mark on how music and its generation was interpreted and preserved.
SOUNDS FROM THE MONTEREY, WOODSTOCK AND ALTAMONT
THE MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL
MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL
The first major event was the Monterey Pop Festival, held on June 16 through the 18th, 1967, on the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. The first of its kind, the Monterey Pop Festival attracted an estimated 200,000 people. It more or less kicked off the so-called "summer of love" and became a model for future events including Woodstock in 1969.
This festival featured acts including the first major American appearance of Jimi Hendrix and The Who. Others making their premier major appearances were Otis Reading and Janis Joplin. Also featured was Ravi Shankar, the famed sitar player and composer from India. Other performers included Moby Grape, The Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, The Animals, Canned Heat and Country Joe and the Fish among many others.
Overshadowed by the bigger Woodstock Festival, it was the Monterey Pop Festival that set the stage, launched careers and shaped music history as being truly the first rock festival.
JIMI HENDRIX AT THE MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL
JIMI HENDRIX
PERFORMERS AT MONTEREY
♬ Friday, June 16 ♬
* The Association
* The Paupers
* Lou Rawls
* Beverly
* Johnny Rivers
* The Animals
* Simon and Garfunkel
♬ Saturday, June 17 ♬
* Canned Heat
* Big Brother and the Holding Company
* Country Joe and the Fish
* Al Kooper
* The Butterfield Blues Band
* The Electric Flag
* Quicksilver Messenger Service
* Steve Miller Band
* Moby Grape
* Hugh Masekela
* The Byrds
* Laura Nyro
* Jefferson Airplane
* Booker T. & the M.G.s
* Otis Redding
♬ Sunday, June 18 ♬
* Ravi Shankar
* The Blues Project
* Big Brother and the Holding Company
* The Group With No Name
* Buffalo Springfield
* The Who
* Grateful Dead
* The Jimi Hendrix Experience
* Scott McKenzie
* The Mamas & the Papas
JANIS JOPLIN @ MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL
BALL AND CHAIN
JANIS JOPLIN
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" Love is but the song we sing, And fear's the way we die, You can make the mountains ring Or make the angels cry, Know the dove is on the wing And you need not know why
C'mon people now, Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try and love one another right now"
THE SUMMER OF LOVE 1967
As many as 100,000 young people from around the world flocked to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district during the summer of 1967, including nearby Berkeley and other neighboring San Francisco Bay Area cities, to join in the ultimate hippie experience. In Golden Gate Park one could obtain free food, drugs and love. A free medical clinic was established and a free store gave away basic necessities to anyone who needed them.
The allure of joining a cultural utopia during the Summer of Love attracted a wide range of people of various ages including teenagers and college students, middle-class vacationers and even the free-spirited military personnel from nearby military bases.
The Haight-Ashbury district, however, could not accommodate this rapid influx of people, and the neighborhood scene quickly deteriorated. Overcrowding, homelessness, hunger, drug problems, and crime afflicted the neighborhood. Many people simply left in the fall to resume their studies and previous life styles.
Along with the music and artists of the Monterey Pop Festival the songs from groups like The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, The Mamas and the Papas, The Strawberry Alarm Clock and the Grateful Dead have become synonymous of the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco and the summer of love, 1967.
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
By THE BEATLES
SAN FRANCISCO
By SCOTT McKENZIE
Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (1967)
Scott McKenzie - San Francisco - Live at Monterey Pop Festival 18.06.1967 If you're going to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you're going to San Francisco You're gonna meet some gentle people there For those who come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there In the streets of San Francisco Gentle people with flowers in their hair All across the nation such a strange vibration People in motion There's a whole generation with a new explanation People in motion people in motion For those who come to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there If you come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there
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THE SAN FRANCISCO SOUND
Another huge contributor to the music as well as the cultural scene was the music and artists that emerged from the Bay Area. Together with its countercultural community, the artist would perform live in the streets and in the mid 60's and early 70's many San Francisco based bands would record those songs. Although different in style and sound the bands from the Bay Area were similar as in their use of different chord progressions, increased emphases on the bass guitar and drums. This sound was not just influenced by the British sound but also from folk rock, Chicago electric blues and soul music of Detroit.
Notable artists of the area and time are, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, Santana, The Great Society, Quicksilver Messenger Service, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Country Joe and the Fish.
Even today the San Francisco sound remains a model to many artists from then and today.
A LONG TIME GONE
WOODSTOCK MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL
Two years after The Monterey Pop Festival in the small upstate village of Bethel, New York some 300,000 - 400,000 folks gathered peacefully on Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm for 3 days of peace, love and music. Woodstock exemplified the counterculture of the late 1960's and the hippie era. Although attempts have been made, Woodstock to this day has never been truly replicated. Unlike the Altamont Concert that would be held four months later Woodstock was, considering the magnitude of the event, remarkably peaceful. There were, however, two alleged accidental deaths--one a heroin overdose and the other involving a tractor in a hayfield. Some reports claim there were two births during the event. Despite the large crowds, logistics and the weather, Woodstock will always be known as three days of "peace and love".
The list of performers read like a who's who of rock and roll, featuring artists like Santana, The Who, CCR, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Richie Havens, Country Joe and the Fish, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead and Jimi Hendrix and the list goes on.
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WOODSTOCK TICKET
LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY
PERFORMERS AND SETS PLAYED AT WOODSTOCK
DAY ONE FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1969 5:07PM
♬ Richie Havens ♬
1. High Flyin' Bird
2. I Can't Make It Any More
3. With a Little Help from My Friends
4. Strawberry Fields Forever
5. Hey Jude
6. I Had A Woman
7. Handsome Johnny
8. Freedom/Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
♬ Swami Satchidananda - gave the invocation for the festival ♬
♬ Sweetwater ♬
1. What's Wrong
2. Motherless Child
3. Look Out
4. For Pete's Sake
5. Day Song
6. Crystal Spider
7. Two Worlds
8. Why Oh Why
♬ The Incredible String Band ♬
1. Invocation
2. The Letter
3. This Moment
4. When You Find Out Who You Are
♬ Bert Sommer ♬
1. Jennifer
2. The Road To Travel
3. I Wondered Where You Be
4. She's Gone
5. Things Are Going my Way
6. And When It's Over
7. Jeanette
8. America
9. A Note That Read
10. Smile
♬ Tim Hardin ♬
1. If I Were A Carpenter
2. Misty Roses
♬ Ravi Shankar, Performed a 5-song set in the rain ♬
1. Raga Puriya-Dhanashri/Gat In Sawarital
2. Tabla Solo In Jhaptal
3. Raga Manj Kmahaj
4. Iap Jor
5. Dhun In Kaharwa Tal
♬ Melanie ♬
1. Tuning My Guitar
2. Johnny Boy
3. Beautiful People
♬ Arlo Guthrie ♬
1. Coming Into Los Angeles
2. Walking Down the Line
3. Story about Moses and the Brownies
4. Amazing Grace
♬ Joan Baez ♬
1. Story about how the Federal Marshals came to take David Harris into custody.
2. Joe Hill
3. Sweet Sir Galahad
4. Drugstore Truck Driving Man
5. Sweet Sunny South
6. Warm and Tender Love
7. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
8. We Shall Overcome
DAY TWO SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1969 12:15PM
♬ Quill ♬
1. They Live the Life
2. BBY
3. Waitin' For You
4. Jam
♬ Keef Hartley Band ♬
1. Spanish Fly
2. Believe In You
3. Rock Me Baby
4. Medley
5. Leavin' Trunk
6. Sinnin' For You
♬ Country Joe McDonald ♬
1. I Find Myself Missing You
2. Rockin All Around The World
3. Flyin' High All Over the World
4. Seen A Rocket Flyin'
5. The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag
♬ John Sebastian ♬
1. How Have You Been
2. Rainbows Over Your Blues
3. I Had A Dream
4. Darlin' Be Home Soon
5. Younger Generation
♬ Santana ♬
1. Waiting
2. You Just Don't Care
3. Savor
4. Jingo
5. Persuasion
6. Soul Sacrifice
7. Fried Neckbones
♬ Canned Heat ♬
1. A Change Is Gonna Come/Leaving This Town
2. Going Up The Country
3. Let's Work Together
4. Woodstock Boogie
♬ Mountain ♬
1. Blood of the Sun
2. Stormy Monday
3. Long Red
4. Beside The Sea
5. For Yasgur's Farm
6. You and Me
7. Theme For An Imaginary Western
8. Waiting To Take You Away
9. Dreams of Milk and Honey
10. Blind Man
11. Blue Suede Shoes
12. Southbound Train
♬ Janis Joplin with The Kozmic Blues Band ♬
1. Raise Your Hand
2. As Good As You've Been To This World
3. To Love Somebody
4. Summertime
5. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
6. Kozmic Blues
7. Can't Turn you Loose
8. Work Me Lord
9. Piece of My Heart
10. Ball & Chain
♬ Grateful Dead ♬
1. St. Stephen
2. Mama Tried
3. Dark Star/High Time
4. Turn On Your Love Light
♬ Creedence Clearwater Revival ♬
1. Born on the Bayou
2. Green River
3. Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)
4. Commotion
5. Bootleg
6. Bad Moon Rising
7. Proud Mary
8. I Put A Spell On You
9. Night Time is the Right Time
10. Keep On Chooglin'
11. Suzy Q
♬ Sly & the Family Stone ♬
1. M'Lady
2. Sing A Simple Song
3. You Can Make It If You Try
4. Everyday People
5. Dance To The Music
6. I Want To Take You Higher
7. Love City
8. Stand!
♬ The Who ♬
1. Heaven and Hell
2. I Can't Explain
3. It's a Boy
4. 1921
5. Amazing Journey
6. Sparks
7. Eyesight to the Blind
8. Christmas
9. Tommy Can You Hear Me?
10. Acid Queen
11. Pinball Wizard
12. Abbie Hoffman incident
13. Do You Think It's Alright?
14. Fiddle About
15. There's a Doctor
16. Go to the Mirror
17. Smash the Mirror
18. I'm Free
19. Tommy's Holiday Camp
20. We're Not Gonna Take It
21. See Me, Feel Me
22. Summertime Blues
23. Shakin' All Over
24. My Generation
25. Naked Eye
♬ Jefferson Airplane ♬
1. Volunteers
2. Somebody To Love
3. The Other Side of This Life
4. Plastic Fantastic Lover
5. Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon
6. Eskimo Blue Day
7. Uncle Sam's Blues
8. White Rabbit
DAY THREE SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 TO MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1969 2:00PM
♬ Joe Cocker ♬
1. Dear Landlord
2. Something Comin' On
3. Do I Still Figure In Your Life
4. Feelin' Alright
5. Just Like A Woman
6. Let's Go Get Stoned
7. I Don't Need A Doctor
8. I Shall Be Released
9. With a Little Help from My Friends
After Joe Cocker's set, a thunderstorm disrupted the events for several hours.
♬ Country Joe and the Fish ♬
1. Rock and Soul Music
2. Love
3. Love Machine
4. The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag
♬ Ten Years After ♬
1. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
2. I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes
3. I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always
4. Hear Me Calling
5. I'm Going Home
♬ The Band ♬
2. Tears of Rage
3. We Can Talk
4. Don't You Tell Henry
5. Don't Do It
6. Ain't No More Cane
7. Long Black Veil
8. This Wheel's On Fire
9. I Shall Be Released
10. The Weight
11. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
♬ Blood, Sweat & Tears ♬
1. More and More
2. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
3. Spinning Wheel
4. I Stand Accused
5. Something Comin' On
♬ Johnny Winter featuring his brother, Edgar Winter, on two songs. ♬
1. Mama, Talk to Your Daughter
2. To Tell the Truth
3. Johnny B. Goode
4. Six Feet In the Ground
5. Leland Mississippi Blues/Rock Me Baby
6. Mean Mistreater
7. I Can't Stand It (with Edgar Winter)
8. Tobacco Road (with Edgar Winter)
9. Mean Town Blues
♬ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young playing separate acoustic and electric sets. ♬
1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
2. Blackbird
3. Helplessly Hoping
4. Guinnevere
5. Marrakesh Express
6. 4 + 20
7. Mr. Soul
8. Wonderin'
9. You Don't Have To Cry
10. Pre-Road Downs
11. Long Time Gone
12. Bluebird
13. Sea of Madness
14. Wooden Ships
15. Find the Cost of Freedom
16. 49 Bye-Byes
♬ Paul Butterfield Blues Band ♬
1. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
2. Driftin'
3. Born Under A Bad Sign
4. Morning Sunrise
5. Love March
♬ Sha-Na-Na ♬
1. Na Na Theme
2. Yakety Yak
3. Teen Angel
4. Jailhouse Rock
5. Wipe Out
6. Book of Love
7. Duke of Earl
8. At the Hop
9. Na Na Theme
♬ Jimi Hendrix ♬
1. Message to Love
2. Hear My Train A Comin'
3. Spanish Castle Magic
4. Red House (Hendrix's high E-string broke, but played the rest of the song with five strings.)
5. Mastermind (written and sung by Larry Lee)
6. Lover Man
7. Foxy Lady
8. Jam Back At The House
9. Izabella
10. Gypsy Woman/Aware Of Love (These two Curtis Mayfield songs were sung by
Larry Lee as a medley)
11. Fire
12. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)/Stepping Stone
13. The Star-Spangled Banner
14. Purple Haze
15. Woodstock Improvisation/Villanova Junction
16. Hey Joe
RICHIE HAVENS
WOODSTOCK POSTERS
By OLD ROCKER DUDE
GIMME SHELTER
THE ROLLING STONES
FREE CONCERT AT ALTAMONT RACEWAY
Probably remembered more for the violence, riots and murder than the music was the free concert at Altamont Raceway. The concert was held on December 6, 1969 at the Altamont Raceway in Northern California, between Livermore and Tracy, California. This free concert was promoted by The Rolling Stones and featured artists including Jefferson Airplane, Santana, The Fling Burrito Brothers, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and The Grateful Dead who cancelled at the last minute due to the violent outbreaks with the Rolling Stones closing the show.
Although there are opposing sides to the story the Hells Angels Motorcycle Gang was hired by the Rolling Stones to provide security at the event. Stories have been told of the Angels working for beer and hired only to keep people away from the generators and equipment.
The event began peacefully but as the day went on and more drugs and alcohol were consumed by the patrons and the Hells Angels, tensions grew. The crowd became antagonistic and unpredictable, attacking each other, the Angels, and the performers. A six months pregnant Denise Jewkes was hit in the head with a beer bottle thrown from the crowd suffering a fractured skull. A 350-pound circus performer hallucinating on LSD stripped naked and ran berserk toward the stage, knocking guests in all directions, prompting a group of Angels to leap from the stage and club him unconscious. Jefferson Airplane's Marty Balin was punched unconscious by a Hells Angel. By the time the Rolling Stones took the stage, a group of about 4,000 to 5,000 people gathered in front of the stage, many trying to climb onto it.
After several attempts by Mick Jagger to settle the crowd, the unthinkable happened. Meredith Hunter moved to the front of the crowd and drew a long-barreled revolver from his jacket. As Hunter's girlfriend attempted to pull the gun from his hands, a space formed around them from people scrambling to get away, and Hells Angel Alan Passaro, armed with a knife, ran at Hunter from the side, parrying the gun with his left hand and stabbing him five times in the upper back with his right, killing him. The Rolling Stones unaware of the incident continued to play. Their set finished without any further violence. One can perceive the indecent as circumventing an assassination attempt on Mick Jagger.
Footage shot at the concert was subsequently incorporated in a film documentary entitled, "Gimme Shelter." Altamont was referred to as Woodstock West based on its some 300,000 attendees; however, there was great contrast between the two festivals. The Woodstock Festival was all about peace and love. Altamont and the incidents have been considered by many as the possible end of a movement, shattering the whole peace and love principle.
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THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
By JIMI HENDRIX @ WOODSTOCK 69
Hendrix plays National Anthem
Woodstock 1969, Star Spangled Banner. Nice close view of Jimi's hands. Notice that at one moment, he bends the first string all the way up to the sixth... the horror and noiseness of War expressed with just a guitar.
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PEACE GREAR
SIXTIES LIGHT READING
THE ROLLING STONES
(I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION
TOP 25 ROCK SONGS OF THE 1960's
1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
2. Respect - Aretha Franklin
3. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
4. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
5. Hey Jude - Beatles
6. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
7. Light My Fire - Doors
8. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Righteous Brothers
9. Louie Louie - Kingsmen
10. My Girl - Temptations
11. She Loves You - Beatles
12. You Really Got Me - Kinks
13. In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
14. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
15. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
16. A Day In The Life - Beatles
17. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown
18. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
19. My Generation - The Who
20. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
21. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds
22. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
23. Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
24. When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
25. I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles
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