CAST 1101H Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ronnie Hawkins, Anti-Americanism, Canadian Studies

• School: Trent University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CAST 1101H
• Professor: T.Mc Coy

Document Summary

A brief history of canadian rock n roll. Music went from being for baby boomers to mediate gender, class, and generational identities to embracing a national identity and membership in a nation as they became politically aware citizens. A transition from music in canada" to canadian music". Generational divide on the issue of rock n roll from the pre-war people and the post-war people. Absurdity of the fear" of rock n roll. Before this there was no teenage music" (prior to 1950 teens liked the same music as their parents) In the us white teenagers were listening to (for the first time) black people producing music. In canada the wave of rock n roll is gentler (more canadian) Ronnie hawkins born in the us came to canada in the late 1950s, then decided to move here (wanted to be the only fish in a big pond) Not really a canadian artist, yet he was our entry into rock n roll.