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Exam 2 Fall 2019 Flashcards

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Lead Singer of the Rolling Stones

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Mick Jagger

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who were the guitarists in the Beatles

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John Lennon on guitar, George Harrison on electric guitar

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who was the bass player in the Beatles

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Paul McCartney

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Who was the drummer in the Beatles

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Ringo Starr

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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

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Keith Richards and Brian Jones

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Who was the bass player for the rolling stones

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bill wyman

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who was the drummer for the rolling stones

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charlie watts

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the rolling stones name is taken from a song written by which blues musician

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Muddy waters in “Like a Roiling Stone”

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Name.3 other British rock bands/artists from the 60s-70s strongly influenced by American R&B and blues

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Beatles, Cream, Led Zeppelin

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Name the Roling stones concert/festival that was marred by violence and the film that inadvertently documented it

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Altamont; “Gimme Shelter”

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who is the lead singer/guitarist of the Grateful Dead

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Jerry Garcia

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How have the Grateful dead continue to influence musicians today

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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)

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What album did “truckin” come from

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American Beauty

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in what city and neighborhood/district was the Grateful Dead founded?

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San Francisco; Haight-Ashbury

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at what musical festival did jimi hendrix reinterpret the star spangled banner

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woodstock

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at what musical festival did jimi hendrix burn his guitar

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monterey pop festival

18
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Name all 4 members of the Beatles

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John Lennon (guitar)
George Harrison (electric guitar)
Paul McCartney (bass)
Ringo Starr (drums)

19
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Who was the Beatles manager

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Brian epstein

20
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who was the Beatles producer

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George Martin

21
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What distinctively British style/ musical genre influenced their sound

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skiffle music

22
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who was the original drummer for the beatles

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Pete Best

23
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An appearance on which TV show sparked the British Invasion in ‘64?

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Ed Sullivan Show

24
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Which album of the beatles is considered to be the first rock “concept record”

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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

25
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Name a quintessential “prog” band and describe 2 musical characteristics of that rock style

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YES
1)virtuosic instrumentalists
2)long and complicated song structures/chord progressions

26
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What southern rock band recorded “Sweet Home Alabama”

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

27
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NAme one of the Who’s rock operas and their guitar player who wrote most of their material

A

?

28
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What group started their career as Linda Ronstadt’s backup band

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Eagles

29
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Lead singer of black sabbath?

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Ozzy Osborne

30
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what glam artist created an alter ego character who was an androgynous rock star from outer space? What was the name of the character

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David Bowie; Ziggy Stardust

31
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What songwriter is known for complicated guitar tunings and wrote the song “Woodstock”?

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Joni Mitchell

32
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What was the name of Janis Joplin’s backup band?

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big Brother and the Holding Company

33
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Name the author and book that inspired the lyrics for Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit”

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Alice in Wonderland

34
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Name the composer and classical piece that inspired the music for Jefferson Airplane’s “white Rabbit”

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Ravel’s “Bolero”

35
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what band recorded one of the first rock/rap collaborations with a reworking of their song “Walk this Way”

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Aerosmith

36
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Who was the lead singer of Queen

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freddie Mercury

37
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Name all 4 members of Led Zeppelin

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Robert Plant (lead singer)
Jimmy Page (guitar)
John Paul Jones (bass)
John Bonham (drums)

38
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Who was the guitar player in Cream

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eric Clapton

39
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what southern rock genius of the slide guitar died in a motorcycle accident in ‘71?

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Duane Allman

40
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Name a band Neil Young has played in

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buffalo springfield

41
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what was unusual about the instrumental lineup of the Doors

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there was no bass player- Manzarek played the keyboard with right hand and bass notes on the organ with his left

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