the 1960’s thanks to some help from Woodstock‚ rock n roll‚ and unfortunately drugs. Everybody has a rebellious stage. (or tendencies if ya catch my drift.) Most of the time it’s teenagers or toddlers. But back in the 1960’s it was practically unheard of to have rebellious teens. At the time it was just the terrible twos because toddlers didn’t know any better whereas a teenager did. Woodstock wasn’t necessarily teens but still young people rebelling. Woodstock was everything the strict adults were
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Kristy Breitling-MUS 222 1960’s March 17th‚ 2013 Who has not heard of Woodstock or psychedelic music? What is it you think of when you hear of these? Free love‚ hippies‚ peace‚ and drugs. Well this was the end of the 60’s an era where musicians believed drugs gave them the ability to make their songs and how they sounded. This era came right after an era of civil rights movement‚ war and the world in an uneasy place for the population. In the First World‚ Rock ’n’ Roll‚ Pop music‚ Swing music
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Alley‚ Hogwarts Castle‚ Dobby the house elf. http://www.david-edward-byrd.com/warners7-6.html In 2011‚ the “70-year-old hippie” (as Byrd describes himself) http://www.examiner.com/article/artist-david-edward-byrd-retrospective-presents-one-night-concert-at-the-brand had an exhibit at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale‚ California titled “The Byrd Show:40 Years of Art & Design” which showcased more than 70 pieces of his work. Byrd was quoted “I will be celebrating not only my first retrospective
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of radical change in the United States of America in both social and political aspects of life . Starting with the 1960 election of the youngest presidential candidate to take office through the largest gathering of rock n roll concert goers ever to an event called Woodstock. Sandwiched in between these 2 historic events were equally important life changing and world changing events that would make life for the average everyday Americans different from the decade before and the decades to follow.
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Synopsis Born in India in 1920‚ Ravi Shankar is an Indian musician and composer best known for his success in popularizing the sitar. Shankar grew up studying music and toured as a member of his brother’s dance troupe. After serving as director of All-India Radio‚ he began to tour India and the United States‚ winning three Grammy Awards and collaborating with many notable American musicians‚ including George Harrison and Philip Glass. Shankar died in California on December 11‚ 2012‚ at age 92.
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In many ways Woodstock opened the doors to the cultural freedoms employed today. The overall peaceful attitude represented from the performances at Woodstock helped expand the cultural freedoms of today. The outdoor festival was a wonderful beginning to the shift in culture we now know today and although they may not have known they would
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theater and particularly music. Folk music and psychedelic rock-the Beatles album Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was a prime example-were both crucial aspects of hippie culture. This culture reached its peak in the summer of 1967‚ when a concert in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park kicked off the start of the so-called "Summer of Love." The event introduced the music and aesthetic of the hippies to a wider audience and inspired thousands of young people around the country to head to San Francisco
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Regional Business News. Web. 28 Nov 2011. <http://ehis.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu/eds/detail?sid=0d16c880-276f-4c95-97b3-95dc9b641afd@sessionmgr11&vid=2&hid=4&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU= Wadleigh‚ Michael‚ dir. Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music. DVD. "Woodstock." . WordPress‚ 05/2011. Web. 28 Nov 2011. <http://www.woodstock.com/index.php>.
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Encyclopædia Britannica ‚ 5‚ pp. 148-151. Hippies. (1999). Encyclopedia Americana ‚ 11‚ p. 216. Hippies In The 1960 ’s. (2008‚ October 16). Retrieved September 27‚ 2011‚ from Socyberty: http://socyberty.com/history/hippies-in-the-1960s/ Howard‚ J. R. (1969). The Flowering of the Hippie Movement. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ‚ 382‚ Protest In The Sixties. Labin‚ S. (1972). Hippies‚ drugs‚ and promiscuity. New Rochelle‚ New York: Arlington House. MacFarlane‚ S. (2007)
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A Historical Book Review of Glenn C. Altschuler’s All Shook Up: How Rock ‘N’ Roll Changed America By Stacey Peterik Music has been a huge part of history since it began back in prehistoric times. As the decades have passed‚ music has gradually changed to include a variety of different styles; each being influenced in some way by the early blues and rhythm and blues of the 1940’s and 1950’s. As it does currently‚ in that time period‚ music created many conflicts between generations. Also in those decades though
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