MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Berry Gordy, Hitsville U.S.A., African-American Culture
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Lecture 9 (november 13, 2017) - the 60s part 2: motown, soul to funk. There was however still a market for blues in young white males in london, england. The british economy is being rebuilt, massive unemployment in young ppl - they felt they were being left behind and not given the same opportunities as others . they related to blues in this sense. Chess records started touring britain to give their artists some more work. Famous names in britain at this time: chris barber, cyril davies, spencer davis, alexis korner - Some names of the kids who were playing in the background of the above people"s bands: Fleetwood mac, cream, eric clapton, led zeppelin, the rolling stones. Brian jones - the founder of the rolling stones very talented musician, very passionate about the music of african american blues. He put the band together to play blues - he wasn"t interested in writing music and making records,
