MU121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Folk Rock, Beat Music, American Pop
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By the summer of 1965, new musical styles in american pop were emerging as a result of the cross-fertilization of american styles with the mersey beat. Folk rock took the easy strumming and singing texture of folk and added electric guitars, bass, drunks and occasionally keyboards to create an american music-stylistic reaction to the british invasion. New york was the centre of the american pop music scene in the early 1960s, but after 1964, much of the most popular new music emerged from los angeles. Many folk rockers made their way from new york"s greenwich village to los angeles. Came from minnesota where he had been playing gigs in folk clubs and coffeehouses. In a few months, bob dylan was performing in greenwich village and becoming increasingly active in the city"s burgeoning folk scene. By the beginning of 1964, he was among the most respected young folksingers in the united. Not well known outside of the folk industry.
