MUSIC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Slim Harpo, Pete Townshend, Led Zeppelin
1 Aug 2018
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London interest in blues: white british teenagers, skiffle music = r&b, something once popular, falls out of favour, blues = music of the past and marginalization of institutionalized racism. Chess tour: late 1950s, muddy waters = headlining tour, profound influence for young white british musicians, chris barber, cyril davies, spencer davis, alexis kroner blues incorporated, john. Fleetwood mac, cream, eric clapton, led zepplin, the rolling stones: brian jones = creator of the rolling stones. 1963 change of image: scary looking group = deliberate, trying to position themselves as opposite. It worked = were the one band that stood out. 1963-1964: all singles are covers (chuck berry, buddy holly, willie dixon) Rolling stones in front of them: song written in 45 minutes, beatles record later in career, first song that wasn"t a cover, decision they will start producing their own material, good for financial side.
