Sixties Rock: Garage, Psychedelic, and Other Satisfactions (Music in American Life) - Hardcover

Hicks, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0252024273 ISBN 13: 9780252024276

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1999

Synopsis

Looks at the artists and innovations in garage rock and psychedelic music in the 1960s

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From the Back Cover:

Unlike their rock 'n' roll predecessors, many rock musicians of the mid-sixties came to consider themselves as artists, as selfconscious makers of a new sonic medium. Sixties Rock offers a provocative look at these artists and their innovations in two pivotal rock genres: garage rock and psychedelic music. Delving into everything from harmony to hardware, Michael Hicks shows what makes this music tick and what made it unique in its time.

From Booklist:

Hicks admirably describes some often-overlooked varieties of rock. Garage is rock made by unprofessional, often adolescent musicians who typically practice in a member's auto shed. The term implies a charming lack of sophistication, and Hicks lengthily explains the implications of musical decisions that many garage bands made based on what members could play, decisions that could eventuate in the overexhilaration garage rock often expressed. Hicks' discussion of psychedelic rock is no less detailed, and he cites resemblances to garage that many fans may not have noticed. His academic bent is best employed in the chapter on the song "Hey Joe," recorded by scads of bands (the Leaves and the Jimi Hendrix Experience cut the most familiar versions). In a musicologically riotous passage, he traces conflicting "Hey, Joe" authorship claims and winds up suggesting it is a venerable folk song of unknowable attribution. The technical side of this book can't be ignored, and casual readers and fans may be put off. Diligent, musically engaged readers, however, will glean much information and insight. Mike Tribby

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0252024273
• ISBN 13: 9780252024276
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 162