My Favorite Song My favorite artist in the music genre is Jimi Hendrix. Although it is difficult to choose a paricular song by this great musician, one that I feel that I can closely relate to is known as "Like A Rolling Stone". No matter how many times I listen one of the same ve...

My Favorite Song My favorite artist in the music genre is Jimi Hendrix. Although it is difficult to choose a paricular song by this great musician, one that I feel that I can closely relate to is known as "Like A Rolling Stone". No matter how many times I listen one of the same ve...

Rock n' Roll War Fan blades of a Huey rotating slowly above a troubled dreamer, Jim Morrison's voice singing "The End"... Young soldiers on their way to Vietnam in the summer of Woodstock, marching onboard their plane at Ft. Dix singing "Fixing to Die"... Cassett...

Phish Brian Tochman "They are the best live band in America," said Senior Eli Wilson. He is referring to the band Phish. It all started in 1983 when the lead singer Trey Anasatsio hears John Fishman playing his drumkit from outside his dorm-room door. He also walks by a room and hears...

Woodstock, the Festival of the Flower Children, has had a huge impact upon the world that we live in now. Not only did it cause so much happiness and pain in 1969, but even in today's society, there are no signs of it fading away. The music of that generation began to fell music as a deeper t...

A Piece of the "Pie" Ask anyone what was the defining moment in the rock history of the 1960s was and all you will get is a one word answer: Woodstock. The three day rock festival that defined an era was only one of many music festivals of the '60s. But Woodstock has come to symbolize, "an e...

One didn't simply go to Woodstock: one lived through it. In August 1969, the Woodstock Festival was the largest counterculture event ever staged, attracting some 500,000 people and featuring many of the country's top acts. Two decades later, Woodstock has come to mean more tha...

November 1960 Today was my last official day at the University of Minnesota. I have decided to move to New York and where my idol, the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie, is hospitalized with a rare hereditary disease of the nervous system. For the past 19 years I have been living with my parents i...

There are vast amounts of electronic resources available on Bob Dylan. Most internet resources deal with current tour dates, set listings, available lyrics, and general reasons why the web designer has a Bob Dylan page and why he or she likes Dylan. These are of little use for someone attempting ...

Rock and Roll in the 1960s Rock and roll in the 1960s undertook some major changes. The style of music referred to, as rock and roll simply became known as rock during the 1960s. Many new artists came about during this time period that were instrumental in the development of a completely new ge...

In the turmoil of the 60's, America was at war with Vietnam. But more evident was the movement among the young people taking part in the protests and displays. Many people were against this was, especially the youth, an unfair was the was seeing many of our youth being killed and draft...

Bridging the Generation Gap Between Teens in the '60s and Teens in the '90s Throughout history many generations have been named after something that describes them in every way. The decade from 1960 to 1970 is definitely one of those eras and it became known as the Counter Culture E...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." - Henry David Thoreau In 1967, Timothy Leary persuaded America's youth to "tune in, turn on, and drop out."...