MU220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Merle Haggard, Bakersfield Sound, Ballroom Dance
10 Mar 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Hits: okie from muskogee (1969) (country charts and pop charts), if we make it to december (1973) Hit: thank god i"m a country boy (1975), take me home country road, rocky mountain high, annie"s song. Singer-songwriters" more intellectual liberal than others in this genre. Interest in testing limits of the genre rather than having hits. Group of musicians collectively known as the. Rhythmically charged, harmonically advanced style of music that emerged in new york. The name means a certain kind of heat. Popularity helped by the rise of independent latin-oriented record companies. Blending: latin style ballroom dancing with afro cuban drumming, modern jazz influences. Story songs about life and the feel of the barrio. Pedro the knife , the most popular song to have come out of the salsa movement of the 1970s. Energetic, street type image and gritty sound.
