Week 7
Folk, Folk-Rock, the LA scene
Read: Chapter 6
1. Nat Hentoff, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, pp.272–75.
2. Dave Headlam, "Blues to 1960s rock,", pp. 275–79.
3. Paul Williams, "Folk, Rock & Other Four-Letter Words," pp. 277–79.
4. John Harris, "You had to hold on to the furniture when Sandy sang," pp. 279–82.
5. Robert Christgau, "The Monkees," p. 282.
6. Lillian Roxon, "The Doors," and "The Monkees," pp. 283–85.
7. Lester Bangs, "Astral Weeks," pp. 285–88.
8. Robert Christgau on the Los Angeles scene, pp. 288–89.
Additional Reading:
Nat Hentoff, "The Crackin', Shakin', Breakin' Sounds," pp. 289–92.
Luc Sante, "I Is Someone Else," (Bob Dylan), pp. 292–302.
Eve Babitz, "Roll Over Elvis: The Second Coming of Jim Morrison," pp.302–10.
Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
The Byrds, Eight Miles High
Van Morrison, Cypress Avenue
Fairport Convention, Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
The Mamas and the Papas, California Dreaming
Monkees, Last Train to Clarksville
The Doors, Light My Fire
Marie Gaye, I Heard it Through the Grapevine
The Jackson Five, I Want You Back