MUS 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Merle Haggard, Diphthong, Progressive Country
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Lecture 8 progressive country, reggae, and punk. Intro: reaction to the values (musical and otherwise) of the conservativism associated with the nashville sound as well as hard-core country, rather, its performers aligned themselves with the 1960s counterculture (liberal values, experimental) Outlaw country is an important precursor/counterpart to progressive country. Outlaws included kris kristofferson, waylon jennings, johnny cash (the man in. Black), jessi colter (jennings wife), and even merle haggard. Outlaw country represented an early alternative stream of mainstream music (commercial, but kickback against musical conservativism of mainstream country) 1958 member of rock n" roll band the crickets. Early 1960s: moves to phoenix, arizona and performs for stylistically varied audiences (experience proved stylistically formative) 1965: signed to rca and clashes with producer chet atkins (records rock covers) 1972: releases ladies love outlaws, cementing his image as a bad guy : https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=jerzpr_hdz0. Classic country accent, nasal timbre and diphthong.
