quiz 5

Question 1

Bob Dylan

Answer 1

sang folk musing in Greenwich Village NY, albums like “The Times They are a Changin’”, “Bringing it All Back Home” which paved way for folk rock,
“Highway 61 Revisited”, “Blond on Blond” which was 1st double Rock album

Question 2

Harry Belofonte

Answer 2

calypso music coming from Trinidad, “Dayo”

Question 3

Joan Baez

Answer 3

queen of folk, committed to social justice, her first hit was “The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down”

Question 4

John and Allen Lomax

Answer 4

studied music, worked for library of congress, visited rural towns to record folk songs, met Ledbelly and helped him get released from prison

Question 5

Ledbelly

Answer 5

Huddy Ledbetter, folk singer who spent time in prison, “Midnight Special” and “Goodnight Irene”

Question 6

Pete Seeger

Answer 6

folk singer, member of the Weavers, covered “Goodnight Irene” was suspected to be a communist sympathizer and was blacklisted and forced to testify before HUAAC

Question 7

Peter, Paul, and Mary

Answer 7

folk group from NYC, “If I Had a Hammer”, helped Bob Dylan

Question 8

The Hawks

Answer 8

Canadian rock band, played for Bob Dylan, recorded private songs with Dylan called the Basement Tapes

Question 9

The Kingston Trio

Answer 9

Sang “Tom Dooley” which was the start of 50’s folk revival, song is #1 hit

Question 10

Woody Guthrie

Answer 10

most important early folk singer, emerged in early 30’s, pro union, anti fascism, anti hitler, “The Great Dust Storm”