Transcript Music of the Counterculture

Music of the
Counterculture
Bob Dylan
The Times, They are a’changin’
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Robert Allen Zimmerman; Duluth, Minn.
1960 - drops out - moves to NYC
Heroes: Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, “Gunsmoke”
Enjoys: reading poetry, motorcycles, free thought
Dylan’s characters:
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Hobo minstrel, folk musician
Spokesman for dissenters
Rock & roll poet: “I dare you to listen”
Hippie
Jefferson Airplane
“somebody to love”
• Grace Slick
• Abbie Hoffman
• Themes: drug experiences, JFK assassination, gov’t, Vietnam
• Reflections on the 60’s: “When the truth is found to be lies…and all the joy
within you dies…don’t you want somebody to love”
• 1971: Hot Tuna & Jefferson Starship
Janis Joplin
“I am not the poor persons’ Cher”
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Port Arthur, TX
Big Brother and the Holding Company
1st woman to achieve in a male industry
Themes: ugly duckling, pains as a woman, interaction with her
audience
“piece of my heart” “mercedes benz”
October 4, 1970: heroine overdose
The Doors
“This is the end?”
• Jim Morrison - Melbourne, FL
• UCLA film school
• Themes: depression and exhibitionism, father of contemporary
rock
• ED Sullivan show - “Light my Fire”
• Jan. 3, 1971 - dies at age 27 in Paris
The Grateful Dead
“What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been”
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710 Ashbury St.
“the Warlocks”
Jerry Garcia - “Captain Trips”
Ken Kesey
Upset after Altamonte - GD plays “space”
#1 Hits = 0 BUT… “It’s an adventure that you can still have in America…You can’t hop
on a freight, but you can chase the Grateful Dead around” Jerry on the Deadheads…