MU220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The Day The Music Died, The Big Bopper, Baritone Guitar
30 Jan 2020
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Chapter 8: emergence of rock and roll 1955-1959. Influential in the standard makeup of a band (lead and rhythm guitar, drums, bass) Influence on the beatles and many others. Hits: that"ll be the day (1957), peggysue (1957) **special singing sound ("hiccup") and double-tracking in recording** First mexican american to gain mainstream success. Popular version of the folk song la bamba (1958-9) Based on a traditional mexican folk style/song. Instrumental texture (includes 6 string baritone guitar) The day music died (holly, valens, and richardson. Tour in the midwest jan and feb 1959. Featured artists: buddy holly, ritchie valens, the big. So-called glamour of the music business was fake. Buddy holly looking for a place to do his laundry. Continued with the moorhead show, having various musicians subbed in. Record companies paid disc jockeys to give their songs heavy airplay during the 1950s.
