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Thursday 10/28: 1970s: Southern Rock, Progressive Country, and the Outlaw Movement
1. What is southern rock, and what stylistic influences does it combine?
Primarily rock/blues music with some elements of Southern culture
2. Why did many southern rock bands and audiences embrace the widespread use of the Dixie
flag?
People wanted to avoid the racism impact and secure the culture of southern areas.
(a) What does this flag represent today?
This flag is very controversial in today's society
and has many meanings to different people
.
3. Who is Lynyrd Skynyrd, and where were they from?
A band formed in 1964, from
Jacksonville, FL
4. How does Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" (1973) typify the southern rock style?
Sound, Image, and texts. Beat style and use of musical instruments
5. What is progressive country, and what are some of its influences?
Progressive country is
another style of country music. Background was in the counterculture of the 1960s
6. How was the city of Austin, Texas, influential in the development of progressive country in
regards to the follow:
(a) music venues:
Threadgill’s, Armadillo World Headquarters
(b) radio:
KOKE-FM
(c) television:
Austin City Limits
(d) music festivals
8. Who is Willie Nelson, and why is he significant?
Born in Abbott, Texas in 1933.
Experimented in fusing rock and country
9. Why did he leave Nashville for Austin, TX, in 1972?
He left to sign with “Atlantic”
(a) what was "progressive" about his 1973 album Shotgun Willie?
Southern rock
9. Why is Willie Nelson's 1975 album Red-Headed Stranger significant?
First country music
theme album, eventually sold over 2 million copies, #28 on billboard.
10. How does Nelson's "Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain'' reflect his Texan style and his approach to
studio recording?
The song was simple which reflects his Texan style.
11. Who were the Outlaws?
Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Coltur, Tompall Glaser
(a) What were they reacting against?
12. What musical influences appear in the following songs from Wanted! The Outlaws (1976)?
(a) "Suspicious Minds" (Waylon Jenning/Jessi Colter)
Steele guitar
(b) "T for Texas" (Jimmie Rodgers, rec. by Tompall Glasur)
12 bar blues
(c) "I Ain’t the One" (Waylon Jenning/Jessi Colter)
not Country
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