HIST105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Timothy Leary, Psychedelic Drug, Folk Rock
30 Nov 2016
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Deepened division in the country showed a government that was willing to resort to mass violence to pursue its goals anti war protests. Theodore rozak coined the word counter culture. Hippies experimentation with drugs, more open to sexual lifestyle. One of the largest most sustained rock music was the soundtrack and background music in these troubling times in a time where people were challenging authorities. Included songwriters and musicians and were resting control away from the producers and taking over the music and making it their own. Lsd most influential drug of the 1960"s. Dr. timothy leary- experimented with hallucinogenic drugs. Cross country trek in a painted bus that promoted use of lsd. Musicians were most susceptible to drug use. Bob dylan introduced the beatles to marijuana. Brian wilson from the beach boys suffered a mental breakdown from drugs. He tried to escape some of the pressures on him by using lsd.
