1960s West Coast Scene Radio Show
New rock and psychedelic bands sprang up in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the second half of the 1960s – West Coast Scene Radio Show.
First broadcast – 6 May 2020
…..on Access North West
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1960s West Coast Scene Podcast
1960s West Coast Scene Radio Show
The Beatles led the way with the British Invasion in 1964, a time when UK bands dominated the American music scene.
In 1965 and 1966 a new wave of American rock and psychedelic groups were making an appearance, particularly in California’s Los Angeles and San Francisco.
With this new music came the hippies and counterculture.
The second half of the 1960s was a great time for West Coast bands with the arrival of The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Country Joe and the Fish, and a host of others…
PLAYLIST
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
COMPETITION
Win a copy of Rock’n’Roll Unravelled
For this month’s question and
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I’ll post the book to the lucky winner
anywhere in the world…
In its unique three-part format, -Timeline – What Happened Today? – Pocket Histories, Rock’n’Roll Unravelled tells the story of rock’n’roll from its roots to mid-1970s punk.
Not just the music but also accounts of events such as the Vietnam War and Civil Rights struggle, are included because they had a strong influence on the music of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.
Record Collector magazine – “document[ed] pretty much every event that would prove significant… invaluable”
THE ROCK’N’ROLL UNRAVELLED SHOW
We’ll be looking at how rock’n’roll came about, it’s transition into rock music in the mid-1960s and the array of rock genres which followed in the late 1960s and ‘70s.
Blues, R&B, rock’n’roll, rock, prog, folk rock, country rock, psychedelia, glam, early metal, punk, new wave +++… will all find their way into the shows. Plus artists and bands, including, some who are well known and others who are more on the cult side. Stories behind classic singles and albums, record labels, venues, gigs… Not forgetting the people behind the scenes: producers, managers, promoters, writers, Svengalis – the people who made it all happen.
If it’s relevant to the music of the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s I’ll be talking about it.
There will be some great music, some you’ll recognise and some that you might well be hearing for the first time.
Rock’n’Roll Unravelled – THE BOOK
Derek Shelmerdine is the author of Rock’n’Roll Unravelled.
The book 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.
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Record Collector magazine review “Shelmerdine has made a painstaking effort to document pretty much every event that would prove significant in shaping popular music … a comprehensive guide… invaluable.”
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1960s West Coast Scene radio show
First broadcast 6 May 2020 on Access North West
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