Exam 2 Fall 2019 Flashcards
Lead Singer of the Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger
who were the guitarists in the Beatles
John Lennon on guitar, George Harrison on electric guitar
who was the bass player in the Beatles
Paul McCartney
Who was the drummer in the Beatles
Ringo Starr
Name 2 other artists who played the guitar for the Rolling stones in later eras
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who were the guitarists for the rolling Stones
Keith Richards and Brian Jones
Who was the bass player for the rolling stones
bill wyman
who was the drummer for the rolling stones
charlie watts
the rolling stones name is taken from a song written by which blues musician
Muddy waters in “Like a Roiling Stone”
Name.3 other British rock bands/artists from the 60s-70s strongly influenced by American R&B and blues
Beatles, Cream, Led Zeppelin
Name the Roling stones concert/festival that was marred by violence and the film that inadvertently documented it
Altamont; “Gimme Shelter”
who is the lead singer/guitarist of the Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia
How have the Grateful dead continue to influence musicians today
inspired todays jam band scene; business model with emphasis on touring influenced every future band to be a jam band (not rigid, playing and improvising)
What album did “truckin” come from
American Beauty
in what city and neighborhood/district was the Grateful Dead founded?
San Francisco; Haight-Ashbury
at what musical festival did jimi hendrix reinterpret the star spangled banner
woodstock
at what musical festival did jimi hendrix burn his guitar
monterey pop festival
Name all 4 members of the Beatles
John Lennon (guitar)
George Harrison (electric guitar)
Paul McCartney (bass)
Ringo Starr (drums)
Who was the Beatles manager
Brian epstein
who was the Beatles producer
George Martin
What distinctively British style/ musical genre influenced their sound
skiffle music
who was the original drummer for the beatles
Pete Best
An appearance on which TV show sparked the British Invasion in ‘64?
Ed Sullivan Show
Which album of the beatles is considered to be the first rock “concept record”
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Name a quintessential “prog” band and describe 2 musical characteristics of that rock style
YES
1)virtuosic instrumentalists
2)long and complicated song structures/chord progressions
What southern rock band recorded “Sweet Home Alabama”
Lynyrd Skynyrd
NAme one of the Who’s rock operas and their guitar player who wrote most of their material
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What group started their career as Linda Ronstadt’s backup band
Eagles
Lead singer of black sabbath?
Ozzy Osborne
what glam artist created an alter ego character who was an androgynous rock star from outer space? What was the name of the character
David Bowie; Ziggy Stardust
What songwriter is known for complicated guitar tunings and wrote the song “Woodstock”?
Joni Mitchell
What was the name of Janis Joplin’s backup band?
big Brother and the Holding Company
Name the author and book that inspired the lyrics for Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit”
Alice in Wonderland
Name the composer and classical piece that inspired the music for Jefferson Airplane’s “white Rabbit”
Ravel’s “Bolero”
what band recorded one of the first rock/rap collaborations with a reworking of their song “Walk this Way”
Aerosmith
Who was the lead singer of Queen
freddie Mercury
Name all 4 members of Led Zeppelin
Robert Plant (lead singer)
Jimmy Page (guitar)
John Paul Jones (bass)
John Bonham (drums)
Who was the guitar player in Cream
eric Clapton
what southern rock genius of the slide guitar died in a motorcycle accident in ‘71?
Duane Allman
Name a band Neil Young has played in
buffalo springfield
what was unusual about the instrumental lineup of the Doors
there was no bass player- Manzarek played the keyboard with right hand and bass notes on the organ with his left
