His first musical inspirations were by such talents as: Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard. He formed several bands in high school like Shadow Blasters which was short-lived, but his next band, The Golden Chords, lasted longer and played covers of popular songs. After Dylan graduated from high school, he joined University of Minnesota in early 1959. University was where the thought of becoming a musical artist formed. Dylan begun to listen to folk and rock pioneers: Hank Williams, Robert Johnson and Woody Guthrie.
However, I didn’t know much about county music. Through this research, my understanding of country music reached new levels. To begin with, I have to know what country music is: Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, hokum, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s. The term country music began to be used in the 1940s when the earlier term hillbilly music was deemed to be degrading, and the term was widely embraced in the 1970s, while country and western has declined in use since that time, except in the United Kingdom, where it is still commonly used.
Berry’s friend Ira Harris taught him new guitar techniques that became the basis for the Chuck Berry sound. On a trip to Chicago, he hooked up with his idol Muddy Waters who sent him over to Chess Records to make a record. Berry had no recordings of his own and had to return to St. Louis to put some music together on tape. One of those songs was “Maybelline” which would become his first big hit. The
Where did Folk Music Come From? Folk music originally came from the black slaves of America when working all day long, some of the songs we still know today, like ‘down by the riverside’. The songs were about overcoming hardships and struggle. Another song would be ‘We Shall Overcome’ which was one of the bases for Martin Luther Kings speech. There were also different types of folk music even before the American slave era, the songs based from different melodies told stories and were passed down generation by generation.
Indeed, long before Calderon, guitar music was the music of choice in the places of ill repute which became home to bachata. The guitar and guitar music like bolero and son were also the staples of the campo, the countryside, and with the death of Dictator Rafael Trujillo in 1961 a number of musicians left the campo to record in the capital. The dictator’s family had virtually monopolized the music industry in the country, and when he was killed entrepreneurs began recording the first generation of bachateros. At this point the music was not
The pop genre seems to be controlled by what the American artists do and thinks. The music culture is also something that has been in development for a long time. I think that one of the first genres in America was something like folk music and maybe classical, I’m not sure. Then came country, which was called hillbilly music. R&B/race-records were music only for black people and slaves.
How did ‘The Basement Tapes’ influence popular music in the late 1960s? The Basement Tapes, released as a studio album in 1975, was an album consisting of songs written and recorded by Bob Dylan and members of The Band in 1967. These intimate, ‘home-grown’ recordings, penned and taped in the “basement of a nondescript, three bedroom ranch house,” in Saugerties, NY reverberated across American and English folk, gaining popularity through interpretations by Manfred Mann, The Byrds, Peter, Paul and Mary and many others, as well as through countless unofficial bootleg copies in circulation long before the official release in 1975. At a time when psychedelic rock was taking over the airwaves, the recording sessions in the basement of ‘Big Pink’ (so named for the colourful exterior), involved Dylan and The Band returning to the authentic feel of folk music, emphasising simplicity and honesty, stripping the music back to its roots. These recording sessions saw Dylan return to the acoustic guitar after his controversial ‘plugged-in’ performance at the Newport Folk festival two years previously.
Zhang Zishuang Professor Benjamin Hanna Western Culture III 0126 22 December 2014 Country music and American culture When you walk along the street, you may hear Taylor Swift’s new album kept playing again and again; When you pass by a truck, you may be attracted by the euphonious ‘country road’ by Johnny Denver; When you step into a bar, country music will frequently appear among many energetic Rock songs. Undeniably, country music has been everywhere and even gained worldwide popularity in recent years. Caught by the beautiful sound and moving melodies of the American country music, I decided to lift the veil of American country music to people who have a passion for it. Besides the superficial acoustic enjoyment, the American country music is a perfect embodiment of American history, culture and customs. Once you could profoundly understand and sincerely appreciate the American country music, you are offered a golden opportunity to comprehend what the American truly value.
1920’s to 1940’s Two developments had a profound influence on the future of Australian country music in the 1920’s: * The introduction of radio in 1923 (By 1929 more than three hundred thousand Australian homes had a radio license) * The spread of phonograph (by 1929 many houses had a wind-up gramophone By the 1930’s, country music was an established part of rural life. Many young Australians began singing because of jimmy Rogers and other recording artist like Wilf Carter and Hank Snow. During the 1940’s many artist began to climb the charts with their country songs and country music climbed to a whole new height of popularity (the cowboy hat became a symbol of country music). 1940’s to 1960’s War dominated the early 1940’s but in the late 1940’s and 1950’s country music boomed as more new stars appeared including many artist who would be famous for decades to come. Country reigned on radio, country was seen in the cinema, and it played in talent quest, show grounds and town halls.
By 12 he was contributing to the family income by giving music lessons. Mertz eventually devoted most of his energies to the guitar, but it was not until he was 34 that he moved to Vienna to launch his career as a concert guitarist. He appeared in a concert at the Hofburgtheater in Vienna in November 1840 under the patronage of the Empress Carolina Augusta. The success of this concert introduced Mertz to the Viennese social, political, and artistic elite. Attesting to his early Viennese triumphs, guitar music by Mertz was first published during this same period by the prestigious Haslinger publishing house of Vienna.