America counters the British Invasion

• New York melting pot

• Too much words

• San Francisco

• Youth hitchhiked to places.

Coalescing Disparate Fragments of an Eclectic Society

• Rock Hill Concerts

  • Ball room type

• FM Radio- Higher frequency

The San Francisco sound

• It’s super vague on if its about the folk, rock, or soul.

Characteristics of the San Francisco Sound

• It stayed consistent

Attributes of San Francisco Bands

• Drugs (Acid Rock)

• Sounds

• Instrumentals

• Electronic Technology

San Francisco Bands

• They pushed boundaries

• Very loud

• About Drugs

Jefferson Airplane

• First band to get a record deal with RCA.

The Grateful Dead

• Better at Live Performances

• 1 long songs

• Banjo

Jefferson Airplane Career:

• First album bombed

• White Rabbit (Sgt Pepper) is abt drugs

• No single sits

• Reduce Balins role

• It disbanded

• Used new names every time

• Lawsuits they had drop jefferson and just airplane

Ken Kesey:

• Throws party

• Acid Test

• Warlock member/ The Grateful Dead

The Greatful Dead in the 60s

• Changed name

• Warner Brothers

• No wanting commercial success

• Added drummer Micky Hart and Robert hunter

• Live performances

Changing Directions in the 70s

• First album and it sucks

• Did albums from live did better

Janis Joplin

• First female artist that got really popular

• Music Style

  • Roots in r&r and did country

• Apart of big brother

• Raw and strong

• Real star

• Did solo career

• Unique

• Died of overdose

Other San Francisco Groups

• Charlatans

• QUicksilver

• Country joe