MU121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Blues, Cover Version, Randy Bachman
Document Summary
Rock n roll had the initial explosion at the hands of independent record companies and artists taking the corporate industry off guard. Rca signed elvis in 1956 and then major labels started to accept rock but then shape it to their own image. The man that altered the role of the rock n roll producer. Influential in the innovative use of studio technology to not only capture but affect the sound of records in the 1960"s. The 2 main sectors of the british invasion are into the beatles-type and the stones-type. These two divisions look at the extent which the bands were influenced by american blues. Rock n roll took the place of blues music as the major genre yet as american teens no longer were interested in muddy waters, british teens were mail ordering the records and attempting to play it. Canadian popular music industry was non-existent in the early 1960"s.
