MUEL 1832 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Newport Folk Festival, Ringo Starr, Dixieland
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Rock would be remaining dormant unil it"s revival in 1964. A genre developed in england that was a combo of folk, delta blues, and dixieland jazz (all from. Covered songs from the same music they were inluenced by (hey hey/house of the rising sun) Name inspired by buddy holly & the crickets. Brian epstein (manager) cleans up their then rugged image. 1962 sign with emi, who owned ringo starr. Early in their career, the beatles emulated arists they liked, including: Used their texturing technique of layering voices on top of each other. Used his style of guitar playing (irst track in please, please me ) Girl bands: ronetes, crystals (da doo ron ron crystals) Used the constant driving pulse from the piano, just with guitar. Inluenced by muddy waters, howlin wolf (muddy waters rolling stone [1950]) Heavy rifs over a rock beat at loud volumes. All about the words (he"s really known for his poetry)