MUSIC103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Subterranean Homesick Blues, Newport Folk Festival, Woody Guthrie
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Arrives in greenwich village (nyc) in 1961. 1962: robert shelton review (nyt, contract from colombia records, folk revival, relied on pre-existing material o. Songs fell into the protest genre, though they were more abstract. Blowin" in the wind (1963: on the freewheelin" bob dylan. Don"t think twice, it"s alright : performed at march on washington. 1965: subterranean homesick blues off of bringing it all back home: threat to aesthetic and political beliefs of folk movement, rock n" roll beat, surreal lyrics (beat poets) Like a rolling stone (1965: organ and electric guitar. Folk purists against use of electric guitar, the use of a rock n" roll band, and the performance of a single. Dylan"s move to the electric guitar reinforced the value and meaning of the guitar for the rock decade. Shifted the relationship be (woops look at powerpoint too busy playing pokemon shufflelol) Southern music : much more than geography o, creating, singing, dancing to narratives of black america.