MU121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Folk Music
Document Summary
Community-music making - preservation of folk styles - professional folk industry - topical causes. 1955: subpoenaed to testify before the house of un-american activities committee. Fostered interest in 2 stream of folk - radio-friendly folk. Political left, democracy, socialism, anti-commercial, equality, community, amateur. Moves to greenwich village, 1961 - woody guthrie. Like a rolling stone , released just before the newport. Ruptured some of the integral values of folk revival: - he sold out. He"s no longer a spokesperson for his generation. Brought a social conscience to rock - popular music as serious . Not pandering to commercial tastes - following muse (not success) Canadian music industry in the 1960s - the lack of a canadian music identity - impact of the british. No music industry in canada in the 60s, have to go to us to record. Toronto"s own folk revival - circa 1961 - mid 1960s. Gordon lightfoot, early morning rain (1964) - leonard cohen, suzanne (1967)
