Ch. 11 - Jazz, Southern & Country Rock

Improvisation, horn and rhythm sections, notation is flexible as well as the chords in the music, & swing rhythm.

What are some characteristics of Jazz Music?

They used their rhythm section as a rock band, would with sometimes emphasize strong back beats, similar song structures as rock bands, and more of a grit and continuous groove that was synonymous with rock bands.

How did Jazz Rock bands distinguish themselves from being just a jazz band?

Electric Flag

What band was known as one of the first jazz rock bands started by Michael Bloomfield after he left the Paul Butterfield Blues Band?

1. Mystery 2. Groovin' is Easy 3. Going Down Slow 4. Wine

Name one of the Electric Flag song.

1 ½ years

How long did Electric Flag last as a band?

New York City

What city did Blood, Sweat, and Tears, form in?

1967

What year did Blood, Sweat, and Tears form in?

3 eras - Al Kooper, David Clayton-Thomas, Jerry Fisher

How many eras of singers did Blood, Sweat, and Tears go through?

The Bass

What instrument sound was very important to Blood, Sweat, and Tears to keep the beat strong and very present?

Erik Satie and Sergei Prokofiev

Name two of Classical composers that Blood, Sweat, and Tears were influenced by.

Thelonious Monk and Billie Holliday

Name two Jazz artists that Blood, Sweat, and Tears were influenced by?

When a chord progression is constantly moving back and forth between two chords.

What is Static Harmony?

Spinning Wheel, Go Down Gamblin', Lucretia MacEvil, Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie, God Bless the Child

Name a Blood, Sweat, and Tears song?

The Big Thing and Chicago Transit Authority

Name two band names that Chicago had before settling on Chicago.

1967

What year did Chicago form?

Every member could sing.

Unlike some other jazz rock bands, what did most of the members of Chicago do to help create their sound?

Peter Cetera, Terry Kath, Walter Parazaider

Name 3 people in Chicago

Un-intended suicide by shooting himself in the head

How did Terry Kath die?

"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" "25 or 6 to 4", "Saturday In The Park", "Hard Habit to Break"

Name a Chicago song

Walter Becker and Donald Fagen

Steely Dan was started by whom?

2 years

How long did this band tour before they only did studio recordings?

Some topics include drugs, crime, prostitution, incest, gaslighting.

Name three topics that are considered socially unacceptable that Steely Dan wrote about in some of their songs?

The Brill Building writers

Early in their careers, who did Steely Dan try to sell their music to?

Mu Major Chord

What is the chord called that was very often used by Steely Dan that used a triad plus an added 2nd?

"Rikki don't lose that number", "Pearl of the Quarter", "Cousin Dupree", "Everyone's Gone to the Movies", "Hey Nineteen", "Do it Again"

Name 3 Steely Dan Songs

Very clean. The band was meticulous and strove for perfection in the recording studio. They want all instruments to be clearly heard with no favoritism of one instrument over another.

Steely Dan's sound has a reputation of being described as what?

They would bring in session musicians to record a song one day, and then bring in a different group of session musicians the next day, and repeat this process until they felt they found the right version of the song.

Steely Dan would go about a very unconventional way of recording their songs. What was it?

Honky-tonk piano, Banjo, Pedal Steel Guitar, Fiddle, also Slide Guitar

What are some of the instruments used in Country Rock-Style music that give it a Country sound?

False. Country Rock was more relaxed in nature.

True or False, Country style Rock tended to be sung about the hardship of daily life?

Lyrical themes in Country Rock often told stories and expressed the love a rural lifestyle.

Name two lyrical themes of Country Rock?

Characteristics include; two-beat bass patterns, even beat subdivisions, occasional waltz (triple meter) rhythmic patterns, use of country instruments, lead instruments filling space between the singer's phrases.

Name 3 characteristics of Country Rock.

The Eagles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Byrds, The International Submarine Band

Name three Country Rock Bands.

Bob Dylan and Gram Parsons

What two artists are given credit for developing the style of Country Rock?

Linda Rondstadt

The Eagles started off as the back-up band for what 11 time grammy award winning singer?

1. Don Henley (drummer/singer),
2. Glenn Frey (guitar/singer/keyboard/harmonica/bass)
3. Bernie Leadon (vocals/guitar/banjo/pedal steel/mandolin)
4. Timothy B. Schmidt(vocals/bass/guitar),
5. Randy Meisner (vocals/bass/guitar/guitarron). When Bernie Leadon left he was replaced with guitarist Joe Walsh.
6. Joe Walsh (vocals, guitar, keyboard)
7. Another important musical contributor to the Eagles was Don Felder (lead guitarist with the Eagles from 1974-80 and 1994-2001,also played pedal steel, vocals, mandolin, keyboard)

Name two members of the Eagles?

Desperado, One of These Nights, Hotel California, Lyin Eyes, Take it Easy

Name a few Eagles Songs.

Creedence Clearwater Revival

What band was started by brothers John and Tom Fogerty?

False. Many of these groups were from the West Coast.

True or False. Country Rock musicians wrote with expertise about southern regional areas like the Bayou, The Mississippi Delta, and river life because they grew up in these regions?

"Down on the Corner", "Proud Mary", "Born on the Bayou", "Fortunate Son", "I Put A Spell on You", "Have You Ever Seen The Rain", "Bad Moon Rising"

Name a few Creedence Clearwater Revival songs.

That is a trick question. The band Blue Ridge Rangers consists of only one member, John Fogerty.

Name two members of the Blue Ridge Rangers.

From the East Coast and the South, music is generally fast and aggressive, double and triple instrumentation of same instrument.

Name 3 characteristics of linked to Southern Rock Bands.

Pride of the South, Independence, & freedom.

Southern Rock Bands lyrically would often sing about what?

Al Kooper from Blood, Sweat, and Tears.

Who discovered Lynyrd Skynyrd?

Triple lead guitar and honky-tonk piano

How did Lynyrd Skynyrd achieve their signature sound?

Singer Ronnie Van Zant, Guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister and backup vocalist, Cassie Gaines

What members of Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed a 1977 plane crash?

"Gimme Three Steps", "That Smell", "They Call Me The Breeze", "Sweet Home Alabama", Free Bird", "Saturday Night Special".

Name Three Lynyrd Skynyrd songs

Neil Young

Sweet Home Alabama was written as a response to what artist? Neil Young.

"Southern Man" and "Alabama"

What two songs by Neil Young angered Lynyrd Skynyrd?

The Violin

What distinctive instrument set Charlie Daniels apart from most Southern Rock bands?

He was looking for a soul to steal.

In the song by Charlie Daniels Band, why did the "Devil Go Down To Georgia?"

If the devil plays the violin better than Johnny he takes his soul. If Johnny is better, he wins a golden fiddle.

In the song by Charlie Daniels Band, what did Johnny win if he beat the Devil?

Two lead guitars and two drummers.

The Allman Brothers instrumentally had a unique sound. How did they achieve it?

Trading twos where each guitarist improvises for two measures based off of what the previous guitarist played.

What jazz technique did the Allman Brothers utilize that created the effect of the instruments talking to each other?

"Midnight Rider", "Ramblin' Man", "Jessica", "Whipping Post","Statesboro Blues", "Southbound".

Name two Allman Brothers songs.

Motorcycle accident at age 24 in 1971

How did Duane Allman Die?

Derek and the Dominos

What Rock and Roll Hall of Fame blues-rock band did Duane Allman form with legendary guitarist Eric Clapton in 1970?

"Layla"

What iconic Derek and the Dominos song was written as a love letter from Eric Clapton to George Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd?

ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Molly Hatchet, .38 Special, The Doobie Brothers, Gov't Mule, The Marshal Tucker Band.

Name three other southern rock bands besides The Charlies Daniels Band, The Allman Brothers, & Lynyrd Skynyrd.