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Music 187 Lecture #1-Unit 2
Folk Music, Bluegrass, Hillbilly
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Music
Undergraduate 4
01/02/2012

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Term
Country Western Music/ Folk
Definition
Lecture #1
Term

Old Time and Hillbilly Music- "2 beat"

Key Artists

Definition

Jimmy Rodgers- "Waiting for a train"

 

Song played in class

Term

 Old time and Hillybilly music

Key Artists

 

Definition

Carter Family- A.P carter, Sara and sister-in-law Marybelle

 

"Cant the circle be broken"

 

Term

 Old time and Hillybilly music

Key Artists

Definition

Bill Monroe and The Bluegrass Boys

-Father of Blue Grass, focused on virtuosic playing

-Mandolin, fiddle, banjo, guitar and bass

Term

 Old time and Hillybilly music

Key Artists

Definition

Bob Wills

-Western Swing

-Fuses swing rhythm with country music melodies

Term

 Old time and Hillybilly music

Key Artists

Definition

Hank Williams

-Heavily influenced by the blues- remains standard for which country songs are judged upon today

Term

 Old time and Hillybilly music

Key Artists

Definition

Gene Autry

-"Back in the Saddle"

-Discovered by Will Rogers

Term

 Old time and Hillybilly music

Key Artists

Definition

Roy Rogers

-Starred in 80+ films

-Song in class: "Happy Trails"

Term

 Old time and Hillybilly music

 

Record Company Influence

Definition
All white owned all white operated
Term

 Old time and Hillybilly music

 

Record Compnay Influence

Definition

-Pre 1949 black artists records were called race records

-Then changed to rhythm and blues

-Institutional racism

Term

Rock and Roll

 

Factors

Definition

-Multi Cultural society

-Free enterprise

-Those who have the $$ are in control

-Target Teenagers

Term

Rock and Roll

 

Media and Press

Definition

- Have the power to make or break an artist

-Talent is only one piece of the puzzle

-Timing, Contacts, Resiliance, ability of providing at least one of the following-- Escape, Reflect, Change

Term
Teenagers: New Consumer Class
Definition

-Term coined in 1950s

-Extra time and $, developed own fashion style and music

-R&B finds new audience

-Radios wont discriminate

Term
Tin Pan Alley
Definition

-NYC center of popular music publishing

-White professional song writers

-Influences from Broadway, Hollywood and Swing Period

-Beggining in 1930 records are selling out of sheet music

Characteristics: Non-Offensive, non controversial, boy girl romance, very conservative

Term

Tin Pan Alley

Artists

Definition

Louis Jordan

 

-Rhythm and Blues

-Jazz Instrumentation

-Reduces big band

-"Choo choo cha boogie" "Saturday Night Stir Fry"

Term

Tin Pan Alley

Artists

Definition

Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller

 

"Hound Dog"

 

Covered by Elis

Term

Chess Records

Chicago Electric Blues

Key Artists

Definition

Chuck Berry- "Maybellene"

-Shared 1/3 of royalties to Alan freed

Payola- Illegal to pay a dj to play your specific music

"Johnny Be Good" "Sweet Little Sixteen"

Term

Chess Records- Chicago Electric Blues

 

Definition

Little Richard

-Major influence on Paul Mcartney

 

"Tutti Frutti"

Term

Cover Versions

 

Definition

-Normally White artist arrangment of black artist original

-Result- the cover out sold the original 100% of the time

Term
"Rock around the clock"
Definition

1954

-Originally sung by Sunny Day and his Knights

Covered by Bill Haley

Term

Rockability

 

Definition
Combined R&B with C&W
Term
Rockability Cont.
Definition

"Shoo-Boom" - Doo-Wop

 

Male-Female Vouce, Non sense words

Original by the Chords

 

Covered by Crew Nuts- Tim Pan Alley influence

Term
Rockability Cont.
Definition
"Little Darling" Original tune- Gladiolas- Covered by the Diamonds a month after the original came out
Term
Elvis Presley
Definition

Discovered by Sam Phillips- Sun Records- Memphis Tenessee

Rebel Figure- Contreversial stage persona

Great at interpreting "Jail House Rock"

Term
Buddy Holiday
Definition

Amoing the first non white pop stars to compose

 

"That'll be the day"

Term
Allen Freed
Definition

Radio DJ, New York, Played original black artist music- Hated Covers

-Used Term R & R

-Indicted for Payola

Term
Alabama White Citizens Council
Definition
Put Pressure on congress, goes national to bring down rock and roll.
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