Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show
1960s West Coast Scene
podcast
Beat music morphed into rock in the mid-1960s. The rock scene on America’s West Coast, particularly California, was a hotbed of new bands. Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Country Joe & the Fish, The Doors, Love and others, were blazing a trail for rock and psychedelia. All this and in San Francisco, Haight-Ashbury was the centre of the hippie universe. The story in this – 1960s West Coast Scene podcast.
The Beatles led the way with the British Invasion in 1964, a time when UK bands dominated the American music scene. The 1960s music scene changed dramatically in 1965 and 1966 when a new wave of American rock and psychedelic groups made an appearance, particularly in California’s Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The hippies and their counterculture brought a new sense of peace and love. Sadly, this new order was short lived. The hippie ideals were big business and it wasn’t long before they were taken over by record company executives and big business.
Despite this, the second half of the 1960s was a great time for music. The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Country Joe and the Fish, and a host of other bands erupted onto the music scene.
1960s West Coast Scene PODCAST
This is the original radio show and contains all the music played in the show.
Original broadcast on Access North West 4 May 2020.
PLAYLIST
West Coast Music Scene
1 Love – 7 and 7 Is
2 Grateful Dead – Cream Puff War
3 The Byrds – Eight Miles High
4 Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
5 Country Joe and the Fish – Flying High
6 Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz
7 Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
1960s & 1970s ARTISTS ON TOUR
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Rock’n’Roll Unravelled – THE BOOK
Derek Shelmerdine is the author of Rock’n’Roll Unravelled.
RocknRoll Unravelled tells the story of rock’n’roll from its roots up until mid-1970s punk. Not just the story of the music but also the social events such as the Vietnam War and Civil Rights struggle because they had such an influence on the music.
Record Collector magazine – Review
Record Collector magazine’s review described the book as…
“comprehensive and invaluable* and went on to say, “it’s clear that Shelmerdine has made a painstaking effort to document pretty much every event that would prove significant in shaping popular music”
