MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Time Signature, Bohemian Paradise, The Star-Spangled Banner
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Folk revival: bob dylan: oxford town (1962, bob dylan: oxford town (1962, buffy saint marie: universal soldier (1964, phil ochs: i ain"t marching anymore (1965) Folk music authenticity: acoustic - no obvious use of technology. Early career: w/ the almanac singers and the weavers. In the off time, seeger taught kids music and went to colleges to play and teach kids in him doing that he was laying the groundwork for the politics of the 60s. Introduced bob dylan king and queen of folk music. Bob dylan: born robert zimmerman in minnesota, moved to nyc at age 21. Idolized woody guthrie: his memoirs revealed guthrie was the reason he moved to nyc, he wanted to play for woody guthrie, always at bars/ready to play in greenwich village he just never seemed to go home. Bob dylan like a rolling stone : tambourine, harmonica, drums, electric guitar.
