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Flute player and front man for Jethro Tull

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Ian Anderson

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groups that featured many great British musicians like Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck

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The Yardbirds

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Band that helped shape Hard Rock with songs like “Born to be Wild”

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Stepphenwolf

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Original singer for Black Sabbath

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Ozzy Osbourne

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Singer and core member of Steely Dan

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Donald Fagen

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Member/founder of King Crimson

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Robert Fripp

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Eagles Soft Rock hit that is one of the most popular tunes of all time

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“Hotel California”

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Eastern spirituality advocate, guitar virtuoso, and founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra

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John McLaughlin

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Gente which uses unusual musical elements such as odd time signatures, soundscapes, and extended songs with multiple musical section

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Progressive Rock

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Gente created with an aim to bring Jazz back into the ear of younger people during the 1960s

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Jazz-Rock Fusion

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What country does hard rock band AC/DC originate from?

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Australia

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American Hard Rock band Aerosmith is well known for their front man:

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Steven Tyler

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This man was Led Zeppelin’s manager for their entire career. His heavy handed business dealings ( he traveled with a cricket bat) improved pay and conditions for Led Zeppelin, and many bands that followed in dealings with concert promoters.

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Peter Grant

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This band, who was heavily inspired by Cream, is one of the only Hard Rock Bands to perform at Woodstock, featured Leslie West on guitar, and is a good example of the early American Hard Rock sound:

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Mountain

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This Canadian Progressive Rock group features the bass playing of Geddy Lee.

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Rush

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Who is the famous albino guitarist of the 1970’s that helped give recognition to some of the
originators of electric blues (Muddy Waters, ect…)?

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Johnny Winter

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The youth scene in LA during the 1960’s that was similar to the hippie scene in San Francisco during the same time:

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Freaks

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What is a slow emotional rock song that starts soft and grows in volume and intensity, adding hard rock elements along the way?

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Power Ballad

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Weather Report featured virtuoso bass playing from the man who popularized the fretless bass guitar. Who was this musician?

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Jaco Pastorius

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This Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist combined classical music with more traditional blues techniques to create a fast new style (shred) of playing the electric guitar.

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Ritchie Blackmore

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Frank Zappa’s early band had to change their name because the record label thought it would be too offensive. What did they change their name to?

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The Mothers of Invention

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Led Zeppelin’s 4’ album included their most popular and one of the most requested songs in radio history. What is this song?

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“Stairway To Heaven”

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This Pink Floyd guitarist plays with a mature style well beyond his years. His solo on Time” is considered a high point for guitar during the 1970’s.

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David Gilmour

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Which Hard Rock band was sued over the lyrics of their songs in the “Subliminal Message Trial” of the 1980’s because they supposedly influenced two people to commit suicide?

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Judas Priest

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Although not in the original lineup, this drummer plays in Rush and even writes the lyrics for the band.

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Neil Peart

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Iron Maiden’s “mascot” that appears in most of their album art and sometimes on stage:

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Eddie

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This lead guitarist from AC/DC has a bottomless supply of energy and is known for his unusual dressing style.

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Angus Young

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Which band is NOT an early influence of Hard Rock?

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Weather Report

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One of the Bitches Brew musicians, ____________, formed a Jazz-Rock Fusion band called Return To Forever which added plenty of Latin flare to the genre.

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Chick Corea

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This “Little Ol’ Band from Texas” took the blues revival of the 1970’s into stadium sized concerts. They had one of their biggest hits with the song “La Grange”:

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ZZ Top

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This guitar player from the Yardbirds was one of the first to add a progressive sound to his music in the 1960’s. Even in his advanced years he constantly strives for new sounds, learning new techniques he didn’t know in his youth.

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Jeff Beck

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Jazz keyboardist ________________ combined Funk, Rock, and Jazz to create his brand of danceable Fusion music.

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Herbie Hancock

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Deep Purple got their inspiration for the song “Smoke On the Water” from a:

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building burning down

during a Frank Zappa concert

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Aerosmith’s self titled first album was a flop at first but later became a success because of this power ballad type song:

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“Dream On”

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This band was one of the earlier successes of Progressive Rock. Their aggressive sound, filled with elements of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, became one of the most influential in the genre.

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King Crimson

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Jazz trumpeter, ___________, is known for creating the genre of Jazz-Rock fusion.

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Miles Davis

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This early British Hard Rock band wrote many songs, including their biggest hit “You Really Got Me”, using a repetitive guitar/bass ‘riff

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The Kinks

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Which group spells their name a bit odd because they felt that “thick Americans” would mispronounce it?

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Led Zeppelin

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Promising young guitar player Duane Allman tragically died very early in life (motorcycle crash). Shorty before, Duane (and the rest of the Allman Brothers) recorded this album which is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed live albums of all time.

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Live at Fillmore East

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Guitar hero of the early 1980’s and a star of Ozzy Osbourne’s solo record Blizzard of Ozz:

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Randy Rhoads

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In the early part of their career, Rush was the opening act for the American band Kiss.

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True

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The members of Steely Dan made their albums quickly and did not spend very much time in the recording studio.

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False

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Black Sabbath replaced singer Ozzy Osbourne with a man named Ronnie James Dio.

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True

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The members of Led Zeppelin are: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham.

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True

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One of Stevie Ray Vaughan’ breakthrough projects was playing on David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” album.

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True

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Chicago is a traditional rock band consisting of only drums, guitar, bass, and vocals.

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False

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Progressive Rock bands tend to write their music with radio airplay in mind. Prog songs are, for the most part, short and catchy.

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False

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AC/DC’s most successful album Back In Black was recorded with singer Brian Johnson shortly after their original singer died.

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True

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Black Sabbath albums have always sold large numbers and have received positive reviews from critics.

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False

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The band Jethro Tull laid the musical foundations for Soft Rock music.

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False

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Who is the Honky Toni Country artist with a fast lifestyle and simple music that was emulated by many?

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Hank Williams

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52
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What is the conjugated form of Lyserguc acid diethylamide, more commonly known as…?

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LSD

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Who is one of the most important “Beatnik” writers/leaders of the 50s and 60s?

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Allen Ginsberg

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54
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The “king” of rock and roll

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Elvis Presley

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Emotional singer that helped create soul music and championed evil rights

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Sam Cooke

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American artist who helped promote and managed the band “The Velvet Underground”

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Andy Warhol

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Original band/backing group for the exciting James Brown

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The Famous Flames

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Record Label from the south that was known for their soul artists

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Stax records

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Founder of Motown records

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Berry Gordy

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Dj who had his biggest fame hosting the TV show “American Bandstand”

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Dick Clark

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One of the early guitar innovators, also pioneered recording techniques/technology’s

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Les Paul

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Record label from Memphis, TN which signed many big Rockabilly artists including Elvis

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Sun Records

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The Godfather of Soul

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James Brown

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One of the original Motown artists as leader of “The Miracles” had hit with “tears of A clown”

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Smokey Robinson

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Motown ‘house band’, played the instruments on most Motown Songs

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Funk Brothers

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Wife of John Lennon and avantgarde artists

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Yoko Ono

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People who embraced the ideals of the counterculture early on as part of the “beat movement”

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Beatniks

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An “Electric Blues” performer signed to Chess Records; he preferred an aggressive and loud style in his music

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Howlin’ Wolf

69
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Singer and front man for the Doors. Life possibly ended by a drug overdose

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Jim Morrison

70
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This folk rock artists brought deeper meaning to lyrics with his poetic writing style. He had some of the biggest and most influential songs of the 1960s.

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Bob Dylan

71
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The Who gained early fame by …. At their live performances. (Fill in the blank)

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Singing obscenity laced lyrics

72
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Devote followers of the Grateful Dead that followed the band around the country and listened to every performance.

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Deadheads

73
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The house band for Stax Records; they also had a hit on their own with the song “Green Onions”

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Booker T. And the M.G.‘s

74
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What does the marquee(sign) of the original Motown Records headquarters say?

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Hitsville USA

75
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The supremes, with their elegant feminine image, became one of the biggest Motown acts. Which member was lead singer and eventually got her name in the title of the group.

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Diana Ross

76
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This surfer instrumental group was one of the pioneers of stereo sound.

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The ventures

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Soul and gospel singer many people call the greatest female singer of all time; she sings with a heavy Gospel background and a powerful style.

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Aretha Franklin

78
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What band had a TV show and was crafted to be America’s answer to The Beatles?

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The Monkees

79
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When the Doors appeared on the Ed Sullivan show Jim Morrison:

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Sang a lyric he was asked to censor

80
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Rhythm and Blues was first created when Jazz musicians put together small ensembles to perform dance tunes. Louis Jorden had a hit this way with …, the song many consider to be the first true Rock and Roll song.

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“Caldonia”

81
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This British Invasion band started by playing American Blues, had a dark sexual image (bad boys, is often called “the greatest rock and roll band in the world”

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The Rolling Stones

82
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This Jazz trumpet player was one of the first people to use the vocal technique of “scat singing.” This later became a large influence to many Rock and Roll vocalists.

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Louis Armstrong

83
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Crosby, Stills, Nash, and (sometimes) Young are an early example of this type of rock ensemble.

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Supergroup

84
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The fanatic following of the Beatles in the 1960s was known as …

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Beatlemania

85
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Who was Elvis Presley’s manager for the majority of his career and earned 25% of all of Elvis’ earnings?

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‘Colonel’ Tom Parker

86
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This beatle was tragically shot and killed outside his New York apartment in 1980.

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John Lennon

87
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This African American composer of the early 20th century popularized the standard blues form.

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W.C. Handy

88
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The three “J’s” that died of drug overdoses in the Acid Rock era were Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and …

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Janis Joplin

89
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This soul artist has his biggest hit with “sitting’ On The Dock of the Bay”, recorded just before his death, featuring some whistling:

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Otis Redding

90
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This teenage heartthrob was the lead singer and biggest star of the Monkees

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Davy Jones

91
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Which style of music is a key influence on the Doo-Wop groups (vocal harmony) of the 1950s?

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Gospel

92
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The center of the hippie (counterculture) movement in San Francisco was a district known as …

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Height-Ashbury

93
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This man ran the popular Fillmore nightclubs and also managed many of the big Acid Rock bands including Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead

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Brian Epstein

94
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The “power chord” was made popular by this guitarist.

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Link Wray

95
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Phil Spector created the production technique known as the …, which used overdubs of many instruments to create a bigger sound for his recordings

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The Wall Of Sound

96
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This music festival in the summer of 1969 had a turnout of over 500,000 people, featured many big name artists, and is now seen as one of the biggest counterculture events during the 1960s.

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Woodstock

97
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This men is the lead singer for The Rolling Stones. With the help of his charisma and stage presence, he is also referred to as a ‘front-man’

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Mick Jagger

98
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With an activist approach on and off stage, what female folk musician helped lead counterculture thought during the 60’s and 70’s

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Joan Baez

99
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What artist pioneered the now-standard rock band lineup of 2 guitars players (one playing lead guitar and the other playing rhythm guitar) , a bass player, and a drummer?

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Buddy Holly

100
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Beat writer/ musician Luo Reed and modern musicians John Cale formed the band ———. It was one of the first groups to express the sensations/experiences of drugs through lyrics and music.

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The Velvet Underground

101
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This man was one of the first to use the electric guitar to play the Blues inspiring many legendary musicians such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and Jimi Hendrix

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T-Bone Walker

102
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This acid Rock group popularized the “jam band” style and often had “acid tests” at their concerts.

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The Grateful Dead

103
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One of the first Motown artists, this male singer had a successful career which features hits such as “Let’s Get It On” and “What’s Going On” (also a concept album?

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Marvin Gaye

104
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This Motown group became one of the biggest pop acts of the 1970s. It was also the launching point for “the king of pop”

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The Jackson 5

105
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One of the first artists who wrote, produced, and played his music; ——— changed the word of R&R with a style that mixed together chords/Melodies of Blues and the rhythms of Country.

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Chuck Berry

106
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This artist was on the plane “the Day The Music Died”, had a hit with the song “La Bamba”, and is considered to be one of the first Latin rock stars.

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Ritchie Valens

107
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This L.A. based Folk Rock band used 12-string guitars to create clever electric versions of classic Folk tunes such as Bob Dylan’s ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’

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The Byrds

108
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With the vocals of ———, Jefferson Airplane became one of the leaders of the Acid Rock Scene.

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Grace Slick

109
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One of the biggest influences for Folk Rock Artists of the counterculture period is this American songwriter who wrote the tune “this land is Your Land”

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Woody Guthrie

110
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This teen idol has a hit with the song “Diana” and also wrote songs for Frank Sinatra and Tom Jones.

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Paul Anka

111
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Considered the “King of Surfer Guitar”; he created the early form of Surfer Rock even though he rarely performed his music outside of the California area.

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Dick Dale

112
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The manager for the majority of the Beatles’ Career:

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Brian Epstein

113
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This male vocal group from town transformed a Doo-wop background into Funky/Psychedelic hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s

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The temptations

114
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This Who album is considered one of the first concept albums to be a “Rock Opera”

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Tommy

115
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The summer of 1967 is often referred to as the ——— because of the influx of ‘hippie’ culture into the mainstream.

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Summer of Love

116
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Sometimes considered the unofficial fifth Beatle, ——— is the producer for the majority of the group’s music.

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George Martin

117
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This former Harvard Professor spread the word about LSD usage throughout the country earning him the nickname: “The Guru of LSD”

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Timothy Leary

118
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This music festival was used as a template for festivals in the future. It featured several artists never seen before in a large public setting. Many of these artists became staples of the rock landscape.

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Monterey international pop festival

119
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The song writing team of ——— crafted many of the best known Motown hits for groups The Supremes and The four Tops.

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Holland/Dozier/Holland

120
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This surfer rock group combines Doo-woo and Surfer influences to create their brand of vocal music.

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The Beach Boys

121
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Groups, artists, and record labels commonly bribed radio DJs during the 1950s in order to get their music played on the airwaves.

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True

122
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Motown artist Smokey Robinson rarely wrote music for other artists.

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False

123
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Most young people were supporters of the Vietnam War in the Late 1960’s. This stance was one of the pillars of the counterculture movement.

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False

124
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A genius musician with a terrible drinking problem, James Jamerson is known as one of the most
important ‘Funk Brothers’ because of his rhythmic approach to playing the bass guitar.

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True

125
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James Brown was a very charismatic performer and was famous for his “cape routine” and other
exciting spectacles during his live shows.

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True

126
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Chess records set a new standard in the recording industry for the efficiency of their recording process. They had the same songwriters, the same producers, and the same ‘house/studio musicians’ working on almost every song.

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True

127
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The Beatles were comprised of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Yoko Ono.

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False

128
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Jimi Hendrix, one of the most influential guitar players of all time, often played live shows under the influence of drugs.

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True

129
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Elvis Presley was an accomplished songwriter who famously wrote many of his biggest hit songs.

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False

130
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Jerry Garcia is recognized for writing and performing the song “I Got A Woman” considered by many to be the first true Soul song.

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False

131
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Because of complications with the music licensing companies, Doo-Wop groups would often have their songs stolen and outsold by other Doo-Wop groups.

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True

132
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The Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” was their tribute to LSD and the drug scene of the 1960’s. The lyrics depict the first time John Lennon took LSD.

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False

133
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Robert Johnson was one of the first musicians to excel at Blues with a guitar. He laid the foundation for many modern R&R techniques (chord voicing, slide playing, transitions, ect…)

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True

134
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The Grateful Dead were known to be very tough on those who bootlegged (recorded) their concerts. The band would often persecute offenders to the furthest extent of the law.

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False

135
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Chet Atkins was the first guitar maker to manufacture and mass produce a solid-body electric guitar.

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False

136
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The Supremes were one the most commercially successful Motown groups of the 1960’s. They even charted higher than the Beatles on several occasions.

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True

137
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The Chantays were an instrumental Surf Rock band known for incorporating the sound of electronic keyboards into their music.

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True

138
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Very little American influence can be heard in the British Invasion bands of the 1960’s. Groups like The Animals and The Rolling Stones crafted an original European approach to Rock & Roll.

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False

139
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Johnny Cash was known as the “Man in White”

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False

140
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The Beach Boys album Pet Sounds is considered an early example and influence for psychedelic music, even inspiring groups like the Beatles to incorporate new elements into their music.

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True

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