Rock 1960's

Rock and roll has commonly been used to designate a range of popular music styles that flourished from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s. By 1966 and 67 new styles began to emerge that were different enough to be designated under the short term of rock (Koskoff 347). Some of the musical groups that lead this new style of rock were Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, the Byrds, Led Zepp

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elin, and the Beatles (Koskoff 348). ” 1969 Woodstock Festival and Concert. Woodstock brought in many different kinds of people including protesters and just ordinary people looking to enjoy music. Some of these are the most well known bands in the world and they all began during the 1960s. The organizers of this event were not sure how many people were going to show up for this event, but no one could have guessed that over 500,000 people would. There were traffic jams over twenty miles long leading into the grounds for the three day musical event (Barnes 1). This is evident by Woodstock alone. They were followed by such bands as the Byrds and Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1964, Grateful Dead in 1966, and Led Zeppelin in 1968 ( Bonds 24,47,61,95,137,196,).

The 1960s were very instrumental in changing this country through new kinds of sounds as well as through political views by America’s people. On August 15,16, and 17th 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Festival was held in Bethel, New York. They focused on new artists that were popping up during the 1960’s and moved on though the decades.

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